The Hughes TH-55 Osage is a piston-powered light training helicopter produced for the United States Army. It was also produced as the Model 269 family of light utility helicopters , some of which were marketed as the Model 300 .

The project was submitted to the US Army who ordered five, designated YHO‑2‑HU, for evalua­tion at Fort Rucker. Recommendations by Army en­gineers were adopted by Hughes to improve the design. In the summer of 1964, the Army chose it as a primary trainer and ordered 20, designated TH‑55A Osage.

Jul 11, 2016 · The Hughes TH-55 Osage was a piston-powered light training helicopter produced for the United States Army. In 1955, Hughes Tool Company’s Aircraft Division carried out a market survey which showed that there was a demand for …

The TH-55A was developed from the Hughes Model 269A light helicopter, development of which started in September, 1955. Originally five pre-production helicopters were purchased by the U.S. Army to be evaluated as possible replacements for the OH-13 …

Mar 11, 2019 · TH-55A - U.S. Army service models, based in the MOdel 269A, featuring U.S. Army-specific equipment and instrumentation; 792 examples delivered from 1964 into 1967.

In 1964, it was selected by the U.S. Army as its primary helicopter trainer and was given the designation TH-55A and the name Osage. TH-55’s served until 1988, but they saw the most use during the Vietnam War when the Army’s need for helicopter pilots was virtually insatiable.

The TH-55A was the U.S. Army’s primary helicopter trainer from 1964 to 1988, with over 60,000 Army pilots trained in the aircraft, making it the Army’s longest serving training helicopter. Former owner rebuilt/restored aircraft from the ground up with unsurpassed attention to …

The Hughes TH-55 Osage was a pist on-powered light training helicopter produced for the United States Army. It was also produced as the Model 269 family of light utility helicopters, some of which were marketed as the Model 300.

TH-55 is a great airplane; last of the "seat-of-the-pants" type flying. If you couldn't fly it, the washout was justified. Early morning climbouts over the ridge from the main heliport enroute to your stagefield for the morning was an honest test of letting an 18 year old WOC fly on his own.

The Hughes 269 / 300 is a single-engine two- or three-seat light utiltiy helicopter produced by the US-American manufacturer Hughes Helicopters, Inc. and later by Schweizer Aircraft Corporation. The TH-55 Osage is a trainer variant for the US Army. The Hughes 269A was also license-built by Kawasaki Kokuki K.K., Japan as the TH-55J.