by Randy Nichols | Jun 29, 2020 | Air Tractor News
Air Tractor Europe, in a joint venture with Saab Support and Services, recently delivered to Sweden the second of two Air Tractor AT-802F Fire Boss scooper water bombers. The aerial firefighting airplanes, pilots and support crews will fulfill a contract with the...
by Randy Nichols | Jun 22, 2020 | Air Tractor News
L-R, Tommy Lewis, Charlene Heafner and Harold Powers After decades serving ag operators and pilots in the Mississippi Delta, Harold Powers, Jr. will go into well-deserved retirement and shutter the business that he helped build since 1959. Air Tractor parts...
by Randy Nichols | May 4, 2020 | Air Tractor News
A new Gen III FRDS firegate has received STC certification for installation on Air Tractor AT-802F airplanes. Air Tractor, Inc. supplier Trotter Controls, with Air Tractor support, has received a Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for...
by Randy Nichols | Apr 17, 2020 | Air Tractor News
Scott Delong of Farmers Cooperative in Dorchester, Nebraska, left, with Garrett Frost of Frost Flying upon delivery of Air Tractor AT-602-1308. The partnership between Texas-based aircraft manufacturer Air Tractor and Pratt & Whitney dates back decades, and...
by Randy Nichols | Mar 9, 2020 | Air Tractor News
The popular Air Tractor 502XP continues its global reach by taking to the skies above New Zealand, thanks to ag operator Super Air Ltd. John Elliot, manager of Super Air Ltd. in Hamilton, New Zealand, took possession of the 502XP (SN 502A-3149) in late 2019. Following...
by Randy Nichols | Mar 3, 2020 | Air Tractor News, Uncategorized
As the Aerial Firefighting North America 2020 Conference begins this week in Sacramento, California, international firefighting agency attendees will be assessing the damage, intensity and scale of Australia’s January bushfires. More than 15.6 million acres (6.3...
