Marine Corps TH-57 & TH-73A pipeline officer. “Academic engineers and multiple PhDs gave input, and we looked at the theory of learning to affect a more effective syllabus so the students can use the information,” said Capt. “The first thing we are going to see with the students is that the glass cockpit they have trained to and the scan they developed in the T-6 are going to flow to this aircraft (TH-73A), and we will see them picking things up sooner than in the TH-57,” Otten said.Īdditionally, Training Air Wing Five and Chief, Naval Aviation Training personnel have been working over the past several years to develop efficiencies in the training program in preparation for the new helicopter. The TH-73A has glass screens that are representative of, and mirror more closely, what pilots will see in the fleet. Thus, they are required to transition several times using different technology during training. Upon graduating from advanced helicopter training, students will then move out to fleet aircraft, which use glass display cockpits. If selected for helicopters, students move into the current TH-57, which has older digital or analogue displays. Students in primary aviation training initially fly the T-6B Texan II aircraft, which has a glass display cockpit. Otten commented that the TH-73A will make student training more reflective of fleet helicopters, thus streamlining the training. We are all on this journey together, and I can’t wait to get the students up in the aircraft.” “I’m especially excited that the HT-8 “Eightballers” are the ones helping transition the students and instructors to the new aircraft. Annie Otten, commanding officer, Helicopter Training Squadron (HT) 8. “Training students in the TH-73A has been years in the making, and I’m excited on behalf of everyone who has helped get us to this point,” said Cmdr. The current TH-57B was introduced in 1981, followed by the TH-57C in 1982, which will be phased out as the TH-73A comes onboard. The TH-57 Sea Ranger provides basic helicopter training and advanced Instrument Flight Rules training to hundreds of aviation students a year at NAS Whiting Field.
NAS Whiting Field accepted the first TH-73A in August 2021 as a replacement for the 40-year-old TH-57 Sea Ranger aircraft.
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