AG Aviation Africa Ploughs An Exciting New Furrow
Air Tractor dealer AG Aviation Africa hosted a conference to underline the importance of investment in agricultural aircraft in South Africa.
A Texas “HUMP“ Pilot Builds An Aviation Legacy
Neal Aircraft has proudly been serving the aviation industry for 75 years.
Capstan AG’s SwathPRP Aerial Application System Surpasses Anything Ag Aviation has Seen in System Spraying Technology
Suppose a pilot could change two of the most critical parameters of spraying during an application and just suppose the pilot wanted to change the spray droplet size to a predetermined one because the wind component changed, or they detected a temperature change?
Agriculture by Air
“It’s the last frontier in aviation,” Leland Snow told an interviewer in 1966. “You do your own flying. And you don’t have to answer to anyone except a farmer if you goof on a job. The ag pilot has more freedom than anyone else in the air.”
Pioneering Snow S-2A Ag Plane To Be Displayed At NAAA Ag Aviation Expo 2021
Savannah, GA — One of the earliest ag airplanes designed and built by the founder of Air Tractor, Inc. will fly to the 2021 National…
Disney’s Dusty Crophopper—the Little Airplane that Could—Comes to the Smithsonian
Buckle up! It’s going to be “Dusty” time at the Innovations in Flight Family Day and Aviation Display this Saturday, August 21. At the request of Disneytoon Studios, this Air Tractor AT-301/400A was fixed up to look like the Disney animated aircraft that had high-flying aspirations of competing as an air racer.
Founder of BC aerial firefighting company Conair dies
Barry Marsden, one of the founding members and CEO of Conair Group Inc., passed away July 29th. He was an accomplished aviator, fire fighter, innovator and leader.
Fourth New Air Tractor 802F Fire Boss Arrives in Sweden
Saab’s fourth aerial firefighting aircraft has touched down at Skavsta Airport, its home base, near Nyköping in Sweden. The AT-802F is an aerial firefighter capable of delivering up to 50,000 liters of water per hour.
What does it take to be an aerial firefighting pilot?
Aerial firefighters are elite multitaskers who understand the terrain and the effects of weather in close proximity to the fires, learn to execute low-level flying techniques, and have a firm grasp of fire control strategies and tactics.