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Serving in Uncertain Times by Bill Lavender
Top Right: The Magalhães family with the favored PA-25 Piper Pawnee on display at the 2019 SINDAG congress in Sertãozinho. Carlitos
Brazilian ag-aviation is the second largest group of agricultural pilots and planes in the world following the United States. The industry is growing rapidly with a significant expansion into turbine powered aircraft as the world’s demand increases for food and fiber.
Magalhães says the Pawnee is a preservation of the history of Tangará Aeroagrícola. (L-R) Rogério and Bruna Ribeiro, Carlito and Thiago Magalhães. Middle: Tangara Aeroagricola is an authorized service center for AeroGlobo Aeronaves. The company services all model Air Tractors, as well as other model ag-aircraft. It is also a sales outlet for both new and used ag-aircraft. These two photos represent the capabilities of Tangara Aeroagricola with the airframe of an AT-802 before being rebuilt and the finished version. The AT-802 is used by Aeroagricola Chapadão for fire fighting. Below: The lineup of hangars at Aeroagrícola Chapadão and Tangará
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Aeroagrícola in Orlândia, SP. Terraviva Aeroagrícola is another company owned by Bruna and her husband, Rogério Velludo Ribeiro. This company extends the spraying services of the Magalhães family into Minas Gerais. The companies are in the process of building new facilities that will have new, spacious hangars, offices, runway, fuel services and loading facilities: completion date is in 2021.
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