TH-55 Osage Hughes 269 | |
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![]() A Schweizer 300C with the Swedish Air Force Museum | |
General information | |
Type | Light utility and trainer helicopter |
Manufacturer | Hughes Helicopters |
Primary user | United States Army |
Number built | 2,800[1] |
History | |
Manufactured | 1961–1983 |
First flight | 2 October 1956 |
Variants | Schweizer 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.