BETTER TRAINING. SMARTER MECHANICS. SAFER PILOTS.
No one is better at helping your mechanics and pilots learn about our aircraft than the Thrush Factory Authorized Training Team. They’ll provide hands-on training in our dedicated classrooms and facilities. So, whether you are taking delivery of your first Thrush or you’re sending new technicians or pilots to learn how to operate and service an existing fleet, we have a customized course for you.
Flight Training Courses
Our training for agricultural pilots is smart, thorough, and focused on safety. We can provide customized transitional or re-currency training from instructors with many years of experience.
Thrush Aircraft will support requests for flight training as requested by pilots.
General Familiarization Training
This training course is designed to familiarize pilots with operational aspects of the Thrush Aircraft. The course covers all aircraft systems, performance information, weight and balance calculations, engine operations/limitations and normal/emergency procedures. The Thrush Aircraft Pilot General Familiarization Course consists of classroom instructions and five hours in our Thrush 510AS simulator. The course is normally conducted in three days.
Turbine Transition
This course is designed for pilots with no turbine engine experience or those with no experience in a Thrush. The course includes classroom instruction and five hours of simulator time.
Airframe & Maintenance Training
This training course is designed specifically to help your team learn how to keep your Thrush Aircraft in peak operating condition. We teach engineers and technicians to perform scheduled maintenance, make repairs, and perform complete inspections. In this course, we place special emphasis on preventive maintenance to keep your airplane operational, and repairs to a minimum.
The course also includes detailed instructions on how to troubleshoot the aircraft’s systems from flight control rigging, engine rigging and ground runs, electrical, and much more! Every course is tailored to a customer’s specific needs.
For more information about training, email training@thrushaircraft.com.