Air Tractor News
Milestone 4,000th Air Tractor Is A Bird Of A Different Color
Air Tractor President Jim Hirsch has been checking the numbers and anticipating this day’s arrival. The serial number of the 502XP sold to Mike Rivenbark of Morehead City, North Carolina differs only one digit from the previous Air Tractor. Yet another airplane in a...
Air Tractor VP Finance retires after 31 years
David Ickert's legacy is Air Tractor's world-class financial team. After 31 years of service, Air Tractor Vice President of Finance David Ickert has retired. Ickert's contributions to the agricultural aircraft manufacturer's success range from creating a world-class...
Best Air Tractor Photo of 2020 Contest
Send us your best Air Tractor photos of 2020. You could win major bragging rights, and your photos could be featured in future Air Tractor promotions. The photos may show your aircraft on the ground or in the air. However, all photography must be taken safely and...
Air Tractor Continues Meeting The Demand
Air Tractor returns to Savannah at the close of a strong year of aircraft production and sales. Air Tractor President Jim Hirsch reports that despite the worldwide novel coronavirus pandemic, domestic and international demand for agricultural and firefighting aircraft...
Prather Joins Air Tractor As Chief Financial Officer
Jeremy Prather has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Air Tractor, Inc.
Sweden’s wildfire defense expands with Air Tractor scooper water bombers
Air Tractor Europe 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 Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) to enhance...
Abide Ag-Aero closes after 61 years
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...
First AT-802F FRDS GEN III Firegates Installed On U.S. Air Tankers
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...
20,000th Lethbridge-built Pratt & Whitney engine installed in Air Tractor airplane
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...
New Zealand’s First Air Tractor 502XP Delivered To Super Air Ltd.
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...
