Air Tractor News

Wanted: Best Air Tractor Photo of 2021
Another spectacular year is drawing to an end. Send us your best Air Tractor photos of 2021. You could win major bragging rights, and your photos could be featured in future Air Tractor promotions. Your photo submissions may show your Air Tractor airplane either on...
New DOI/USFS Aviation Helmets Standard for Air Tractor Aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently approved a new flight helmet standard for use by pilots of Air Tractor® models AT-504, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A. This standard was developed by the US Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Aviation...

900th AT-802 Joins Fleet of Largest Ag Operator in Western Australia
Australian Air Tractor operator Neville Dunn of Dunn Aviation recently took delivery of AT-802A-0900, the 900th in the 802 ag and firefighting series built by Air Tractor, Inc. in Olney, Texas. It will take its place among eleven other Air Tractor AT-802 series...

Real-Life Dusty Crophopper Has New Home At Smithsonian
Air Tractor® “Dusty Crophopper” takes its place beside aviation legends. On Aug. 3, the National Agricultural Aviation Association presented to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum the full-sized, fully flight-capable replica of Dusty...
Propelling the Progress of Ag Aviation
Air Tractor Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Ag Aviation at EAA AirVenture 2021 Oshkosh, WI — Air Tractor joins the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from July 26 - Aug. 1 to mark the 100th anniversary of ag aviation at this...