Does Flight School at Fort Rucker, Alabama still train students to solo with the TH-55? I graduated flight school in 1973 and when I was at Fort Wolters, Texas we flew the TH-55 to solo.

Posted on Apr 14, 2015

Does Flight School at Fort Rucker, Alabama still train students to solo with the TH-55?

MAJ David Vermillion

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I graduated flight school in 1973 and when I was at Fort Wolters, Texas we flew the TH-55 to solo.

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Posted 9 y ago

As far as solos go, students get two chances to solo. Once during "contact" phase after their first checkride doing a traffic pattern to full stop, and the other after Basic Warfighter Skills checkride doing a cross country flight to another airport (usually Troy).

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Posted 9 y ago

Yea, all Single engine aircraft (TH-67/OH-58s) have gone the way of the dodo. All flight training at Rucker will now be completed using the Dual Engine Lakotas

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Posted 9 y ago

Now it is the TH-67, but soon the Lakota will be taking over.

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MAJ David Vermillion

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Thank you, I knew I was out of touch.

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Does Flight School at Fort Rucker, Alabama still train students to solo with the TH-55?

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