Hughes TH-55 Osage

TH-55 Osage
Hughes 269
A Schweizer 300C with the Swedish Air Force Museum
General information
TypeLight utility and trainer helicopter
ManufacturerHughes Helicopters
Primary userUnited States Army
Number built2,800[1]
History
Manufactured1961–1983
First flight2 October 1956
VariantsSchweizer S300

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 Model 300C was produced and further developed by Schweizer after 1983.

  1. ^ FLUG REVIEW online accessed 1 October 2007 Archived April 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine