Hughes TH-55 Osage

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.

TH-55 Osage
Hughes 269
A Schweizer 300C with the Swedish Air Force Museum
Role Light utility and trainer helicopter
Manufacturer Hughes Helicopters
First flight 2 October 1956
Primary user United States Army
Produced 1961–1983
Number built 2,800
Variants Schweizer S300
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