Air Tractor

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Air Tractor, Inc.
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An AT-502B on the ramp at Belle Glade Airport
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A two-seat AT-802 in Missoula, Montana
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A firefighting AT-802F Air Boss at Miramichi Airport
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A counter-insurgency AT-802U at the Paris Air Show

Air Tractor Inc. is a United States aircraft manufacturer based in Olney, Texas. Founded in 1974[1][2], the company began manufacturing a new agricultural aircraft derived from the S-2B aircraft (designed by founder Leland Snow's previous company, Snow Aeronautical). Designated Model AT-300 Air Tractor, the new aircraft first flew in 1973.

History

Leland Snow began designing his first airplane, the S-1, in 1951. The 23-year-old Snow completed test flights with the S-1 in 1953. Snow's S-1 flew dusting and spraying jobs in the Texas Rio Grande Valley and in Nicaragua until 1957. He followed up the S-1 with the models S-2A, S-2B and S-2C (now the Ayres Thrush), which were produced in Olney, Texas from 1958.[3][additional citation(s) needed]

In 1965, Leland Snow sold his company to Rockwell-Standard and was appointed a vice president of the Aero Commander division. During this time, the Model S-2R was developed and named the Thrush. The first 100 Thrush aircraft were built at the Olney Division before the plant was closed and Thrush production moved to Georgia in 1970. More than 500 aircraft were produced under Snow Aeronautical Corporation and Rockwell-Standard in Olney.[3]

Snow resigned from Rockwell and devoted the next two years designing the Air Tractor. Construction on the AT-300, which later became the AT-301, began in 1972. Air Tractor's first turbine model, the AT-302, was introduced in 1977.

Sixteen years later (1993), Air Tractor delivered its 1,100th airplane and soon began expanding the Olney plant for increased capacity, and less than five years after that (1998), the 2,000th Snow-designed airplane was built there.[3]

Since then (1998), Air Tractor has produced a line of aircraft that includes Template:Cvt capacity planes powered by Pratt & Whitney piston and turbine engines.[4][additional citation(s) needed]

From 2011 through 2018, Air Tractor consistently delivered more turboprop-powered fixed wing aircraft than any other manufacturer; of 601 total worldwide general aviation turboprop deliveries in 2018, 141 (23%) were Air Tractors.[5] Now (2024), even the entry level agricultural plane AT-402B is available only with turbine engine.[6][additional citation(s) needed]

On July 1, 2008 Air Tractor, Inc. became an employee-owned company with the establishment of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.[3]

Aircraft

Model name First flight Number built Type
Air Tractor AT-300 1973 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-301 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-302 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-400 1979 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-401 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-402 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-501 1986 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-502 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-503 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-504 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-602 1995 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-802 1990 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Air Tractor AT-1002 2009 Single engine agricultural monoplane

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Air Tractor (2024-12-12). Decades - Air Tractor 50th Anniversary Documentary. Retrieved 2026-04-06 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.info@tractionokc.com (2024-05-28). "Air Tractor Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation with Founder's Day Celebration". Air Tractor. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
  3. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our Heritage". Air Tractor. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Air Tractor Aircraft". Air Tractor. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.2018 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). General Aviation Manufacturers Association. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AT-402B : Move Up To A Turboprop". Air Tractor. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

Bibliography

Air Tractor AT-300

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Air Tractor AT-400

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Air Tractor AT-500 family

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Air Tractor AT-602

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* Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. Template:ISBN.

Air Tractor AT-802

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  • Ayton, Mark. "Archangel: Crop Duster to Tank Buster". Air International, Vol. 92, No. 2, February 2017. pp. 24–33. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
  • Hoyle, Craig. "World Air Forces Directory". Flight International, 13–19 December 2011. pp. 26–52.
  • Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. Template:ISBN.
  • Keijsper, Gerard. "Water-Bombers Required!" Air Forces Monthly, London: Key Publishing, July 2008 Issue.
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. pp. 31–32.

Further reading

  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 20.
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. p. 31.

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