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

2015-04-14T18:48:00-04:00

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

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 15 at 2015 12:41 PM

2015-04-15T12:41:06-04:00

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

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 18 at 2015 10:29 AM

2015-04-18T10:29:11-04:00

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

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2015 3:37 PM

2015-07-05T15:37:30-04:00

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).