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18 Agricultural Aviation in Argentina has New Leadership

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On the cover: Flying W Aviation operates two aircraft out of Dalhart, Texas. Photo by Ryan Mason.

This page: Flying W Aviation operates an AT-802A and a recently purchased AT-502B.

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100th Year, Let’s Have a Party

We have control over a portion of the accidents in ag aviation. Let’s take those out of the equation.

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In less than two months, on August 3, 2021, a milestone will be reached for ag aviation. The 100th anniversary of the first aerial application of a crop protection product will have arrived.

According to the National Agricultural Aviation Association on their website dedicated to celebrating and bringing awareness to the anniversary (agaviation100.com), “August 3, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of an experiment in Ohio when lead arsenate dust was spread over catalpa trees to kill sphinx moth larvae. Under the direction of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, Lt. John A. Macready, a U.S. Army pilot, made the first application by aircraft with a modified Curtiss JN-6 “Super Jenny.” The government then utilized aerial application in the Southern states. In 1922, Curtiss biplanes were used to dust cotton fields near Tallulah, Louisiana to control boll-weevils. In 1923, Huff-Daland Dusters, Inc.—the forerunner of Delta Airlines—did the first commercial dusting of crops with its own specially built aircraft.”

I’ve been involved with this great industry for almost 40% of its existence. That’s a very sobering statistic, for me at least. Over the course of the last 40 years, I have seen a tremendous advance in technology and safety. As education and awareness of human factors evolves, and better habits are embraced as the norm, then we (should) have a steady reduction in fatalities and incidents. As a whole, this holds true. There has been a drastic reduction in accidents and fatalities over the last 100 years. But, they are still occurring. And some are the result of not-so-good habits, yet some are

out of our control all together. There will always be accidents in ag aviation. That’s not easy to hear, but it’s the honest truth. Things are sometimes simply out of our control. We do, however, have control over a portion of the accidents in ag aviation. Let’s take those out of the equation. As the season starts in the U.S. for a large majority of applicators, take an extra 10-15 seconds, don’t push and live.

The celebration of the agricultural aviation centennial is kicking off as you read this. Events are planned for Oshkosh with live aerial application demonstrations and static displays. Press events and other media productions will all culminate with the Ag Aviation Expo in Savannah, Georgia the first of December. To help kick-off the event, AgAir Update will be hosting its fifth open-house and hangar party on Friday, December 3rd. We are changing things up a bit this year - food trucks and live music will be on site, and a newly paved ramp will keep all the airplanes on asphalt. Shuttles are provided to get you (and your vehicle if you drive) to the hotel. Yes, boiled peanuts will be provided.

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October 25-26, 2021 KsAAA Annual Convention

December 6-9, 2021 NAAA’s Ag Aviation Expo

January 20-22, 2022 MsAAA Convention

Kansas Star Casino Mulvane, KS Rhonda McCurry 316-650-6857 kaaa@ksagaviation.org ksagaviation.org

Savannah Convention Center Savannah, GA 202-546-5722 naaaexpo@agaviation.org agaviation.org/convention

Beau Rivage Resort and Casino Biloxi, MS Vicki Morgan 662-299-7836 vickimorgan@msaaa.com msaaa.com

October 25-27, 2021 CaAAA Annual Convention

Harrahs Lake Tahoe, NV Terry Gage 916-645-9747 terry.gage@caaa.net caaa.net October 28, 2021 OkAAA Operation SAFE Fly-In

Escott’s Aerial Spraying El Reno, OK Sandy Wells sandy@okaaa.org October 30 - November 2, 2021 PNW AAA Convention

Coeur D’Alene Resort Coeur D’Alene, ID Tara Lea Brown 509-989-9098 pnwaaa@gmail.com November 2-4, 2021 Mid-States Ag Aviation Convention

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Golden Nugget Lake Charles, LA Ed Krielow 337-230-9952 edward@ekrielowcpa.com www.laaaonline.org January 14-16, 2022 ArAAA Convention

Downtown Little Rock Marriott Little Rock, AR Katherine Holmstrom 501-503-3310 Katherine@araaa.org www.araaa.org January 17-19, 2022 OKAAA Convention and Trade Show

Embassy Suites (TBD) Norman, OK Sandy Wells 405-431-0381 sandy@okaaa.org

January 26-28, 2022 NM AAA Convention

Inn of the Mountain Gods Mescalero, NM Sue Stewart 940-864-2456 dandsaerial@aol.com www.nmagaviation.org January 2022 NEAAA Convention

TBD Sandy Carter 609-820-7846 businessoffice@northeastaaa. org www.northeastaaa.org January 2022 AMAA Convention

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Francis Marion Hotel Charleston, SC Linda Minton 772-465-0714 www.flagaviation.org February 13-15 2022 NC AAA Convention

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Thank you

My Dad

business and be successful without the proper foundation.

Reminds me of an excellent book entitled “The E-Myth” by Michael Gerber.

The title parallels your article in that it refers to the mistaken idea that just being good at something – flying, baking, welding – doesn’t translate into success once you start a business. Gerber agrees with “paying your dues”. For those starting a new ag aviation business, they need to take off their pilot’s hat (or helmet), and replace it with another where, as you say, the focus is on knowing how to run a business.

All the Best, Ted Delanghe Regina, SK Canada

It’s sad to lose a dear friend like that. I lost my friend James Taylor on Aug. 27, 2014, almost seven years ago. I still miss him to this very day. I guess the only thing we can do is be thankful for the time we had to share with them.

Will Crump Bolivar, TN

I love your publication. My dad, Dick Rice, was an ag pilot and operator for 34 years in the Missouri Bootheel. Mostly cotton, with a smattering of beans, wheat, milo, and rice. He was in the spraying business as an excuse to have an airport and a shop. He loved restoring old airplanes.

Rick Rice Collierville, TN

Thanks for your email, Ted. Yes, especially in ag aviation, you need to first learn to crawl before you can do your job as a professional pilot. I started a flying service after only two years experience. That mistake caught up with me ten years later. Fortunately, I was able to team up with a good mentor.

Take care, —Bill

Hello Will Yes, losing a friend is always hard, especially when they have had such a positive influence on your life.

I, too, am thankful for the times I shared with my friend and mentor, Frank (Bledsoe).

Take care,—Bill

Howdy Rick Sure glad you like AAU! Apparently your dad had things figured out, doing spraying to support his hobby habits!

Thanks for your sub renewal.

Take care,—Bill

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Thanks Hammer, We sure miss seeing you at SEAF in the past. Maybe you can make it to AAU’s 5th hangar party preceding NAAA’s 100th anniversary convention!—Bill

Just a quick note to say thank you for sharing our Open Field Radio podcast episode with Rick Richter. We appreciate the inclusion and so appreciate what you do for the industry.

All the best, Mark Flint Host, Open Field Radio Gowan Company Yuma, Arizona Hello Mark We appreciate your kudos! Rick is a good friend and an excellent business person.

You guys did a good job.

Take care,—Bill

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Cover Story I just had a look at the May issue. Wow! Thank you for the cover story and beautiful spreads in the magazine. I’m sure the folks at Air Tractor are super excited, too!

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Tractor branding efforts, and a crucial platform for our U.S. and international marketing efforts. The stories and industry information are always easy to read and accessible. It’s an exceptional venue for Air Tractor. Please know that we appreciate the talent and effort that goes into every issue.

Randy Nichols Traction Marketing Hello Randy Thanks for the kudos. Traction makes it really easy to work with, and of course, Air Tractor has always been a great client!

Take care—Bill

Your April “Dues” article offers sage counsel for those getting into the ag aviation business. While for many new owners the focus is largely on the airplane, it is indeed at the expense of developing the myriad of other critically important business and operational items. As you state, you cannot expect to jump into the

I’m no longer in the ag pilot community but I do like to keep up with what is going on. Awesome job you guys do.

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Flying W Aviation Story and Photos by Ryan Mason

Clay Waldrip ran a single pilot operation with a single AT-802A, until the recent purchase of an AT-502B and the hiring of a second pilot to keep up with demand in the Texas panhandle area.

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Clay Waldrip is what some would consider ‘self-made’ in the ag aviation world. Not born into an ag aviation family, Waldrip grew up in the Northwest Texas Panhandle. Like many before him, Clay spent his summers working on farms. It was there that Waldrip got his first taste of the yellow airplanes, watching them spraying the same crops he tended to as a teenager. It was then that Waldrip began shaping his future towards aviation.

He started on the ground at the very airport his business is now based out of, and working for a local operation he now owns, Waldrip learned the ropes of the ag aviation business as a ground crew member. He began taking flight lessons out of Dalhart, Texas, gaining his private and commercial fixed-wing ratings in 2009. He graduated to spraying in July of 2011. Just under ten years later, Waldrip and his wife would purchase the business,

rebranding the company to the name Flying W Aviation on January 1st, 2021.

The Dalhart area comprises a wide variety of farming. From potatoes to watermelon and pumpkin farmers, corn, cotton, alfalfa, oats and wheat are all grown in the small Texas panhandle community. Organic corn in the area is a growth industry around the Dalhart area that sees the company spraying over 200,000 acres each year ➤

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across all crops sprayed. A number that continues to grow annually. Spraying organic crops is more of a challenge for ag aviation. Organic chemicals require OMRI certification, which is an expensive proposition for spraying. However, Waldrip has continued to grow that segment of the business as organic corn, soybean, and wheat crops continue to be more and more prevalent in the Dalhart area, primarily used for feed for a large local organic dairy farm.

“Liquids and herbicides make up 40% of what we spray, with the other 60% made up of fungicide and miticide for spider mites in corn,” said Waldrip.

Safety Challenges Waldrip stated that in addition to the standard safety concerns of ag spraying being primarily wires in the environment, challenges exist by way of a high-density altitude, which differs from many other areas. Dalhart, Texas sits at 4000 feet MSL. In addition to some of the different regions, the company works close to New Mexico, where altitudes can rise to over 5000 feet, adding another level of complexity to the flight.

Drift is also a major factor in the company’s flight environment. Dalhart is a constantly challenging area for wind. “It blows here. It can blow at 40-50 miles an hour here regularly, so that is one of our biggest challenges. Sometimes we have to get up early to beat the wind where we can get dry, hot, and windy very quickly.”

In addition to the windy and hot climate, most of the dirt strips he lands at out in the field are short field strips with wires on the northern end.

This means that the short strips are one-way in, one-way out strips. Waldrip remains positive in his safety focus, content not pushing the envelope and mitigating as much risk as possible on each flight.

Growth Above: Clay Waldrip and his wife Kendall have lived most of their lives in the Texas panhandle, and are now raising children Magnolia, Fisher and Elanor-Kate and running their business in Dalhart, Texas.

Right: Safety is a major priority for Flying W Aviation, which for Waldrip involves in-house and external training along with site surveys, among other safety measures.

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Flying W operates in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico thanks to their central location that can see an aircraft make it to New Mexico or Oklahoma within 15 minutes from their base in Texas. While the company currently operates a single 2019 model AT-802A, expansion is now underway; Clay has hired an additional pilot, and took delivery of an AT-502B model in May.

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The company mixes its chemicals in an on-site chemical warehouse at their Dalhart base that provides them turnkey ability to go from office to chemical warehouse within the same facility and another hangar operated by the company nearby used for aircraft storage and overflow when needed.

Training Most of the training done by Waldrip and his second pilot has thus far been in-house training. However, the company is looking to expand its training and is entertaining a recurrent turbine course held in Manhattan, Kansas, in the near future.

Wintertime offers the opportunity for both pilots to maintain their currency, do IFR work, and operate some charter work.

Onboard equipment In addition to standard radios, the company’s AT-802A features a Garmin transponder with ADSB in and out. For GPS and flow control, the operation uses Insero’s AgPilot X through a mounted iPad in the cockpit, which also integrates with ChemMan.

Due to the complexity of some areas the company flies, Waldrip has all of the farms he works already mapped out. This allows him and his staff to accept a work order and quickly deploy if needed with a direct to setting and a shape file to execute the work if the complexity of the specific job requires it.

On using the AgPilotX, Waldrip comments that the ability to incorporate so many new pieces of technology into the cockpit through the iPad interface like Foreflight and now with ADSB in/out real time traffic has made embracing new technology a no-brainer. The double redundancy of having a phone to back it up should anything happen to the iPad ensures you “never skip a beat” in the cockpit, says Waldrip.

Business Challenges Waldrip stated that of the many challenges that come from reestablishing a new business from an existing one has been related to their tri-state location and having to ensure all regulatory requirements are adhered to between the three states they work in, which was a handful to start with.

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Top Left: Flying W Aviation started with only a single aircraft, but has now added an AT-502B in addition to the AT-802A pictured.

ensuring there is enough help available when work increases, which is something that has not been a problem to date, thanks to mutual agreements between operators in other parts of Texas. Waldrip has had to call on them occasionally to ensure all needs of customers have been met, which he likens to a mutual aid agreement of him helping them when needed and vice versa.

Bottom Left: Flying W Aviation mixes all of

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Being born and raised in the Northwest Texas panhandle, Waldrip believes in giving back to the community, from hiring high school kids to load and help out during the busy summer months to believing in those with dreams of becoming a pilot and joining the ag world as he did. His next pilot, scheduled to come online with the arrival of their next aircraft before summer, is a born and bred Dalhart resident, growing up working on farms and being around aircraft who will soon be taking the next step and joining the Flying W family as a pilot in the company’s next aircraft. “It’s so hard to get into this business, especially not being a part of it or growing up in it, so if I can help somebody else

in-house with ample storage at their Dalhart, Texas headquarters.

Below: In addition to Clay’s wife Kendall, the rest of the staff that keep Flying W Aviation running are from left, Emory Lobley, Clay Waldrip and Clinton Hale.

in the business to get into the pilot seat, then that is what I’m going to do.”

Operations No business can be successful without support staff to make it happen. Waldrip is no exception to the rule. Waldrip considers himself lucky to have the assistance of Clinton Hale, who oversees the business’s day-to-day operations, from customer booking to load scheduling and everything in between. Waldrip stated that he “was the best thing that came with the business,” keeping everything running smoothly in addition to a second pilot and help from his wife with business operations.

Flying W Aviation is a business destined to be handed down in the family, although not for a while to come. However, with the hard work and determination being put in, success for Flying W Aviation seems to be not a case of “if” but “when” for the Waldrip family.

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Agricultural Aviation in Argentina has New Leadership

The objective of the Federation is to protect, encourage and promote the development of ag aviation activity in Argentina.

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Argentina’s agricultural aviation board, the Federation of Agricultural Chambers (Fearca) renewed its board of directors recently. The new Board of Directors will be chaired by the current President of the Chamber of Agricultural Companies of the NOA (CANOA), Fernando Camarda, together with Walter Malfatto, member of the Chamber of Aero-applicators of the Province of Buenos Aires (CAPBA).

Fernando Camarda is the founding partner of Aerosoluciones and lives in Las Lajitas, in the Salta province of Argentina. Walter Malfatto, born in the town of Bragado, Buenos Aires, will be co-chairing the federation during the next board term.

“We are going to continue with the work that we have been doing from the Board of Directors” explained Fernando Camarda. “The objective of the Federation is to protect, encourage and promote the development of ag aviation activity in the country. We will participate in each of the activities that are related to the industrial agricultural sector in order to demonstrate that our activity is essential for the development of the Argentine economy.

We will continue working together with the public / private sector with the aim of promoting,

developing and communicating Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)” he continued.

“Fearca will always defend accredited companies that employ authorized pilots,” said new vice president Walter Malfatto. “The aerial spraying industry takes care of the environment more than anyone else, I live in the countryside, 70 meters from my house I have a plane stored and I am not going to expose my family if I was not sure what the products are.”

Fearca’s new Board of Directors includes President Fernando Camarda (CANOE), Vice President Walter Malfatto (CAPBA), Secretary Juan Molina (CEAER), Treasurer Eduardo Olmedo (CEACH), and three regular members, Francisco Casajus (CEAC), Andrés Fargioni (CEASFE), and Alfonso Rodriguez (CAPBA.) The Fearca board also includes substitute members Mauricio Fargioni (CEASFE), Marcelo Belich (CEACH) and a two member accounts review commission staffed by Ignacio Bocca (CEASFE) and Alberto Torregiani (CEASFE). The board is rounded out with one alternate member, a spot filled by Bruno Del Archiprete (CEAER.)

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100th AT-502XP Flies with Saskatchewan Colors Powering the 100th 502XP is the 100th Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG. (Robert Salyers, PWC left; Jim Hirsch, right)

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A distinct yellow and green - not blue - Air Tractor is ready to soar above the fields of Saskatchewan, Canada. The airplane, proudly sporting the colors of the province’s flag, is also the 100th AT-502XP built by Air Tractor.

Recently delivered to Accumark Airspray owner Travis Karle, the new aircraft is the second 502XP in Accumark’s fleet of four 500-gallon aircraft. “I found out that it’s the 100th 502XP, along with the 100th PT6A-140 engine to match. That’s super, super cool!” Karle said.

For Air Tractor dealer Dave Frisch of Portage Aircraft Specialties, who sold the plane, getting this milestone plane for his longtime customer and friend is rewarding. Having built a successful aerial application operation and aircraft maintenance

shop, Frisch enjoys helping Air Tractor owners maximize their aircraft investment. Delivering a milestone plane makes it even more rewarding.

“We have had a long relationship with Accumark Airspray,” Frisch said. “Travis bought another yellow and green 502XP from me in 2019. And that one was actually going to be the 50th XP. But we missed it by one. Karle’s airplane ended up being number 51. But Travis nailed it on number 100.”

At Frisch’s facility, Karle’s 502XP was outfitted with the Guia AgNav Platinum GPS, the Garmin GNX 375, and a GTR 225 Comm radio.

The partnership between Frisch and Karle dates back to 2013. “I met Dave when I went down to Texas to fly my first Air Tractor home. Just by chance, I met Dave at the airport there. ➤

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I had never flown a plane from Texas to Canada,” Karle recalled. “Dave helped me fly back safely and successfully to Canada. And from that point forward, we just became very good friends.”

The right plane for a growing business

This is the second 502XP for Travis Karle and Accumark Airspray.

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The new 502XP comes as Accumark continues expanding its operations. “Over the years, we’ve steadily been getting busier and busier every year,” Karle observed. “I think a lot of that is just timing.

Farmers want their crops sprayed in an efficient, accurate and timely manner. They’re running a business, and they see the profitability in using the ag planes versus theirground rigs.”

Accumark Airspray is answering the demand.

Karle says his operation can spray up to 12,000 acres per day—and now even more with the new 502XP. His main base and maintenance facility is located in Nipawin, Saskatchewan. Karle also operates from 11 satellite airstrips. “We’ll usually have one plane at multiple different locations. We spread them out throughout the province. “We use rotary atomizers for applying fungicide in canola. We have about a week to apply the fungicide during the canola run. That being said, we usually have to bring in at least four to eight other airplanes to help us. And desiccation is about half of our business as well.”

Karle says Air Tractor 500-gallon airplanes are well suited for the fields in his area. “We are

very satisfied with our AT-502B airplanes. When I began flying the 502XP and experienced how well it handled during some hot 35-36° C days, I was really impressed. It’s just an amazing machine. The 502XP performs extremely well in our high, hot conditions.”

The 502XP is powered by the Pratt & Whitney Canada 867-horsepower PT6A-140AG turbine engine and is paired with a 4-blade Hartzell propeller. The combination of the 4- blade prop and the additional 117 horsepower provides substantially more overall thrust offering excellent performance with a full 500-gallon load in high and hot conditions. All of these attributes contribute to faster ferry times, more acres covered in less time, and reduced pilot fatigue on long days on the job.

At Air Tractor, one milestone chases another The delivery of the 100th 502XP comes on the heels of the 4,000th Air Tractor aircraft delivery, also a 502XP. Orders for the XP have grown steadily since the first was delivered to Oklahoma pilot/ operator Terry Mundell back in 2016.

The airplane’s popularity is no surprise to Air Tractor President Jim Hirsch, though. “The 502XP is most definitely an Air Tractor success story,” Hirsch said. “As we often say: ‘When the world demands more, Air Tractor delivers.’”

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How long have you had the reins of Thrush Aircraft?

Left: Mark McDonald, President, Thrush Aircraft.

We acquired the assets of Thrush in early November, 2019, so just over a year and a half.

We are halfway through a turnaround plan that covers just about everything – from operations to customer service to product enhancements and, most important, the culture of the company. We’ve had great support from customers, employees, dealers, and suppliers. We’ve already invested millions in inventory, product improvements, manufacturing equipment, and in people to help make this business even better. We have more to do, and the team here has a passion that is tangible. Every day we look forward to proving to our customers why they should have faith in us.

Over that time period, what are some major changes that have been implemented?

There have been so many positive improvements here at Thrush, it’s hard to pick the most significant ones. The company is on a firm foundation now, financially, operationally, and with our supply chain. We continue to improve the product, ramp up production volume, bring on new team members, expand service offerings, and improve everything we do. We’ve completed over 200 projects, some large, some small, and I’m sure we will implement another 200 over the next year and a half.

Of those changes, which ones are you the most excited about?

Over the next couple of months, we will be introducing new products and services to the

industry. We told people at NAAA that we would be adding the PT6A-140AG to our product offerings. That is not the only new product or service planned for this year. In fact, we have five type certificate programs planned for this year.

In general, we are excited about how different the business feels. There is real momentum in every department within the business. The great people of Thrush are enthusiastic and anxious to deliver the promises we’ve made.

What has been the biggest challenge since you have been with Thrush?

The GE engine and service issues have been a significant concern for many of our customers. We are bringing options to the market that will help the current situation, but the damage was already done. There’s no perfect solution, but are working with customers to develop a better way forward.

The macro-economic environment has created some recent challenges. COVID has had a greater impact to the business this year compared to 2020.

Some areas of our supply chain are struggling.

Inflation is becoming a national issue and Thrush is being affected like everyone else. We are recruiting from around the country to fill positions in support our growth plan (resumes are welcome!).

Has your vision changed from when you first started until now?

No, not really. We knew we needed to learn a lot about the industry, the business, and our customers. What we’ve learned has helped finetune the vision, but not changed it significantly.

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complete the turnaround plan in little over a year, I expect customers, dealers, employees, and suppliers will be impressed by Thrush’s capabilities, performance, and the new products and services we’ve brought to market.

What is the #1 goal of the Company, at this stage?

To exceed our customer’s expectations.

What does support for current and prospective owners look like?

Thrush always had a great product, but the company’s services weren’t up to the same standard. We’re focused on making sure that our spares, technical support, training, and aircraft quality are all world-class. The first line in our company culture statement says that we will make and keep commitments. We’re not perfect, but we’re striving to create an outstanding customer experience, so that we’re not only known for building great aircraft, but for supporting those aircraft better than any other manufacturer.

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What else can you tell our readers that might answer some of their questions?

We’ve heard a few rumors that are untrue so let me provide some clarity. The company is not for sale. We have no activity right now in the military markets. We’re investing in the business and its products. We’re delivering aircraft to various locations around the world and still have slots available for delivery this year.

Any closing comments?

We can’t wait to unveil our new products and services to the marketplace and to work with existing and new customers to grow their operations. We’re sincerely grateful for everyone’s support over the past year and a half, and for all that’s been achieved. I can promise the next year and a half will be even better!

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More GPS flight log data is needed for the next research steps to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft into the airspace in which manned ag aircraft operations occupy.

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Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory is continuing its research study on safe operational distances between lowaltitude, manned aircraft and drones. MSU Raspet is now beginning the second stage of GPS flight log data collection from manned agricultural aircraft.

Many AgAir Update readers may have donated GPS flight log data during the first stage of data collection from 2017 to 2020. This second stage of GPS flight log data collection is critical to continue MSU Raspet’s ongoing research. Methods for GPS flight log data deliveries remain the same as the first stage.

This effort is supported and encouraged by the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) because MSU Raspet’s objective is to understand, model and predict manned ag aircraft in order to educate drone operators and promote safe, responsible drone flight in ag environments.

Madison Dixon, the MSU aviation program manager, reported on the progress of the first study at the 2020 Ag Aviation Expo. Over a period spanning three years, NAAA members donated 49,180 flight logs in 20 different states. Some information calculated from the data includes an

average ag aircraft application speed of 139 mph and an average ferrying speed of 132.8 mph.

More GPS flight log data is needed for the next research steps to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft into the airspace in which manned ag aircraft operations occupy. The data collected could have other benefits to ag aviation safety and performance such as average turn radius, decent and ascent angles, etc.

As with the first stage of data collection, NAAA and MSU Raspet agreed that all of the information collected is confidential, as confirmed from this language from MSU Raspet: *IMPORTANT* Just as with our previous GPS flight log data collection effort, please know that MSU remains fully committed to protecting the privacy of NAAA’s members who donate their flight logs. The personal information of NAAA members who choose to donate their data will NOT under any circumstances be shared outside MSU. Furthermore, the GPS flight logs themselves will be stripped of all personally identifying information before any research is conducted using the data. Our research would never be possible without these data donations from NAAA membership. We tremendously value and ➤

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I’ve always loved technology and the ability to improve workflow. Although it’s been a long time coming, I’m so proud that our GPS systems are working toward wireless technology. (Basically, no more thumb drives).

AgpilotX was one of the first (to my knowledge) to introduce the iPad in the plane where you can open a shape file (polygons) from Chem-Man and import it into their GPS system. The applied log data can then be transferred back in an email and uploaded to overlay the map. The ability to get your shape files remotely has been received very well!

We have also been working with Satloc with their G4 systems that have modem capabilities and have now released the ability to wirelessly transfer the shape files at the click of a button. Their official announcement of the wireless interface is June 1.

However, we’ve had several customers get on board and love their new work flow.

There are so many options in the plane that my goal is to keep things as simple as possible. We’re working toward a workflow that will minimize the pilot’s interactions to as few buttons as possible.

Also bringing more information back will be essential. This will also allow our operations to give shape files to our growers with much more information that many are starting to ask for. It’s coming and it will help change our industry. I can’t wait!

Speaking of anniversaries, Chem-Man will also be celebrating our 30th anniversary next year.

Besides making so many friends, I’ve really enjoyed watching the advanced evolution of technology throughout the years. From the days of DOS and floppy disks, to the days of wireless technologies, we’ve come a long way. I can’t wait to see what the future holds!

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The Flight Path To Transparency

One of my major goals is to increase accessibility to our offices and transparency in our decisionmaking process.

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Every new Federal Air Surgeon has goals they wish to accomplish during their tenure.

My predecessor, Dr. Michael Berry, focused on consistency, increasing the number of conditions eligible for CACIs (Conditions an AME [aviation medical examiner] Can Issue), and an increased emphasis on evidence-based decision making. He was successful in all. In fact, the latter enabled us to authorize Class I and II medical for individuals with insulin-dependent diabetes.

One of my major goals is to increase accessibility to our offices and transparency in our decisionmaking process. While an airman/controller walks out of the AME office with a certificate in hand 95% of the time, we (aerospace medicine) are aware that there is frustration with how we process medical applications, and we are taking steps to improve.

Last fall, many members of the FAA medical team met to identify the top concerns. We invited representatives of the various advocacy groups including AOPA, EAA, and the Aviation Medicine Advisory Service (which represented the concerns of ALPA and several other unions).

After this meeting, we outlined two overarching goals. First, issue a reliable, consistent, quality aeromedical decision within 60 days from when an airman or Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) presents for medical certification.

Second, when someone does not meet standards for aeromedical certification, use the most effective means feasible to determine if we can still safely certify the airman/ATCS. We meet regularly with our stakeholders and have identified multiple areas for improvement. Here’s an update on our progress.

It came through loud and clear that processing

time, when FAA review was necessary, took too long. To reduce this, we have increased overtime hours as needed, and seek to hire additional personnel. We are also working with advocacy groups to educate airmen/ATCSs on sending all the information needed (outlined in the AME Guide and/or a letter from the FAA) and only the information needed. Extraneous material and duplicative records slow everything down. Also note that over 90% of the denials we issue result from failure to provide the requested information.

Another major source of frustration is the inability of an individual to track the progress of their application packet through the system.

Another major source of frustration is the inability of an individual to track the progress of their application packet through the system.

We are working to enable this tracking. In addition, we want the airman or AME to be able to directly upload documents to the individual’s file. We made some progress in this area for the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program, but it is labor intensive. Expanding these capabilities while protecting privacy and security is challenging, but worthwhile.

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Multiple working groups are addressing specific issues.

These include developing pilot videos analogous to the AME minutes and the FAA Safety Team’s “57 Seconds to Safety” videos.

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We reviewed the letters that we routinely send, and rewrote thirteen of those which were thought to be the least friendly. While the primary intent of these letters is to inform the airman, they are also legal documents; therefore, we are coordinating them with the FAA’s Office of the Chief Counsel.

We remain committed to the “pathway to yes.” Our goal is to certify as many airmen and ATCSs as we safely can, and to do so as quickly as feasible.

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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines At the beginning of 2020, many viewed COVID-19 as a distant problem. Our world is now very different and how long the “new normal” will last is unknown. However, we have made considerable scientific progress this past year. Medical authorities quickly realized that we needed to develop and approve a vaccine quicker than usual to prevent spread of the virus and to minimize transmission.

Vaccines are created in various ways. Live, but attenuated, infectious vaccines such as measles or chickenpox are very effective, with low risk of actually causing the disease.

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When necessary for public health, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to make emergency use authorization (EUA) decisions that govern the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine prior to obtaining all the normally required data. The FDA closely monitors available data and updates authorizations when necessary. After FDA approval, the CDC gives clinical and general recommendations. These usually start conservative and liberalize as the CDC analyzes additional data that confirm safety and efficacy.

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the EUA-approved COVID vaccines. Thus far, the clinical data show that both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are safe and effective. The immune system begins to make antibodies after one dose of any of the vaccines. Risk of serious illness and hospitalization is negligible and the vaccines have been 95% effective against death from COVID-19. From the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, the CDC notes that about 70% report a sore arm at the injection site. Over 20% report fatigue after the first dose and almost 50% do after the second dose. Other common side effects include headache, fever, muscle aches, and chills.

Data has shown that side effects start approximately 1-2 days after vaccination and last for about 1-2 days after the symptoms first begin.

The FDA recently granted EUA to the vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson (Janssen). This vaccine uses a different method, but remains non-infectious and has the advantage of requiring only a single dose. The FAA allows airmen to use the Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J/Janssen EUA COVID vaccines, but mandates a minimum 48-hour grounding after any of these (note: 14 CFR section 61.53 still applies). The FAA will continue to monitor patient response to each vaccine and may adjust this policy as necessary to ensure aviation safety. We will evaluate additional vaccines when an EUA is issued.

With over 100 million cases worldwide, it is not surprising that there are multiple new SARS-CoV-2 variants. Fortunately, the vaccines in use appear to significantly reduce the likelihood of hospitalization and death, and reduce community transmission from these variants. Also, simply reducing disease prevalence will decrease the number of additional new variants.

The scientific community and industry are evaluating the need for modification of the current vaccines and/or a booster, similar to what is already done for the influenza vaccines annually. Meanwhile, wear a mask, practice social distancing, get vaccinated, and fly safe.

Leo M. Hattrup, M.D., received a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University, a master’s in public health from Harvard University, and a doctorate from Vanderbilt University. He is retired from the U.S. Air Force in which he spent the majority of his career in aerospace medicine. He is board certified in aerospace and occupational medicine. He is a certificated flight instructor and enjoys flying airplanes, helicopters, and gliders.

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An icon in the aviation industry, there’s probably not another company that better reflects the growth and resolute of ag aviation than Transland, Inc. And, no less to the credit of the success of Transland and mentor of that company than the man known worldwide as Conrad Barlow, Mr. Transland.

Born in England in September 1920, Conrad Barlow served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as an Aircraftsman, Second Class (AC2). This was the beginnings in his youth, that lay the foreground for the innovative designs of aerial application dispersal equipment, with his modification to the seat of an F4U for an intelligence officer to accompany the pilot.

After the war, Conrad’s fledgling career placed him in New York working in export sales with Smith-Kirkpatrick, a surplus aircraft and Franklin engine supplier. During this tenure, Conrad met George Wing, owner of High Shear Rivet Tool Company, inventor of the High Shear aircraft rivet. Wing, wanting to expand the use of his rivet, decided to make aluminum truck bodies, thus the name Transland. This venture didn’t work, prompting Transland to design and build aluminum hoppers and spreaders for N3N aircraft and become Transland Aircraft.

While in the ag aircraft hopper business, Wing became interested in designing a new ag aircraft.

He bought the rights to the Ag-1 from Texas A&M and from that design built three Ag-2s. He also began building aircraft dispersal equipment to compliment his hopper building business. From this, Wing needed to develop foreign markets for his Ag-2 and dispersal equipment, here is where Conrad Barlow enters the picture as salesperson for Transland Aircraft.

Conrad’s key duty at this time (December 1958) was to develop a market for the Ag-2. The aircraft

was large, powered by a P&W R-985, 450 hp. Later a conversion was developed for the P&W R-1340, 600 hp. Transland Aircraft exhibited the Ag-2 at several trade shows in its marketing attempts. One of the aircraft was lost on a return flight from the World Congress of Aviation in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After this, Transland Aircraft decided to abandon the Ag-2 project focusing more on the development and marketing of ag aircraft dispersal equipment.

The name synonymous with Transland is Swathmaster; developed by Joe Sellers in the late 1950s, a dual purpose applicator for both dry and wet material, still in use to this day. After the demise of the Ag-2, Conrad hit the road selling the Swathmaster for $1,500, demonstrating it with a movie film of a Stearman dusting.

In 1960 Conrad met Leland Snow at a Texas ag pilot convention, where he negotiated a deal to build the gate boxes for Snow Aeronautical. That alliance still stands to this day. However, gate boxes are now built for all U.S. ag aircraft, along with the Transland Firebombing gate, specially designed to answer the needs of today’s fire bomber ag aircraft.

This gate box was the first to allow the ag operator to incorporate both firebombing work and normal applications without a change to the system.

Also, from Conrad’s earlier work with gate boxes, Transland offered the first emergency dump system, saving untold lives in the ag aviation industry, worldwide. This gate box became so

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Conrad Barlow has always been an active participant in the ag aviation industry, not only as a supplier and designer that responds to the industry’s needs, but as a dedicated individual who has served the industry relentlessly. From 1968-1972, as a charter member of the National Agricultural Aviation Association, he served as its Exhibit Chairman, expanding the number of exhibitors from 22 in 1968 to 118 in 1973, then resigning from the chairmanship in 1974 after a job well done. Conrad has received the 1972 NAAA Presidential Citation, 1973 NAAA Related Industry Award, 1974 NAAA Outstanding Service Award, 1978 NAAA Delta “Puffer” Award, 1984 CaAAA Allied Industry Pioneer Award, 1988 CaAAA Outstanding Service Plaque, 1998 CaAAA Outstanding Service Plaque, 1999 MsAAA Allied Industry Associate of the Year and more recently in 2000 the NAAA Delta Airlines “Puffer” Award and induction into the National Agricultural Aviation Hall of Fame.

For the vast majority of today’s worldwide fleet of ag aircraft, somewhere installed upon their airframes, there is a manufactured or copied Transland component. The name Transland, Inc. is known worldwide, along with its driving force, Conrad Barlow.

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Daryl Johnson makes turn over storage barns in Garfield, WA in Cascade Flying Service’s AT-401/Walter.

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GARFIELD, WA — During a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest, I had the pleasure of exercising an invitation to not only visit Cascade Flying Service, but to also perform an evaluation flight of his newly converted AT-401 to Walter turbine engine power; the same aircraft on display at NAAA’s Reno 2000.

By anyone’s standards, it was an IFR day, not the most pleasant for an evaluation flight. Cold, wet, and windy, with low ceilings amongst the Palouse Hills. If you’ve never seen the Palouse Hills, I highly recommend you take a drive through them. Your respect for the ground tracking abilities of local ag pilots will be increased several notches.

Driving up to Doran Roger’s Cascade Flying Service in Garfield, Washington, located in the eastern part of the state, I was greeted by veteran ag pilot (has been with Cascade Flying Service for 26 years) Daryl Johnson squeaking the mains of the AT-401/Walter on the rain-soaked asphalt runway.

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The internal design of Cascade Flying’s air inlet allows for a smooth flow of air into the K&N air filter. Also, the inlet is set back from the prop approximately five inches.

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an authorized Air Tractor repair facility and Walter engine installation center.

Slipping out of the misting rain into a warm hangar, remember this was June, Doran Rogers introduced me to the crew at Cascade Flying Service. A tightly run operation, with Daryl serving as spray pilot, test pilot and all-around helper in the shop, Mark Scarbourgh handling the sheet metal and fiberglass work and Brad Akin also doing sheet metal and welding. Doran’s wife, Sandy, handles the bookkeeping end of business.

Doran immediately began telling me about his two primary projects; turbine engine air inlet mod and the Walter conversion. The air inlet mod addressed all the obvious points of design that one would have thought anyone else building an air inlet would do. The Walter conversion was mounted to an AT-401 airframe after a fresh overhaul.

With the Cascade Flying Service air inlet, air is directed in such a manner as to flow with a minimum of internal turbulence. Other inlets that I’ve seen have boxed off internal edges that undoubtedly must create an air disturbance, disrupting a smooth even flow to the filter.

Whereas, the Cascade air inlet is aerodynamically smooth from the opening all the way back to the end at the K&N air filter, offering the least amount of air disturbance as possible.

Another item I noticed about the Cascade air inlet was the opening’s position in relation to the prop. The opening sets back from the prop area by five inches. Other installations are much closer. I believe the significance of this is the potential of the prop to create a buffeting against the inlet that could transmit throughout the airframe.

Cascade builds up its own fiberglass inlets in

their shop in Garfield. The fiberglass shop is headed

by Mark Scarbourgh. Here, from a mold, the air inlets are formed and fitted to work on Air Tractor models 402s and 502s with the PT6 engines, -11 through -34. The air filter is the popular K&N filter.

According to Doran, at 82°F outside air temperature, the Cascade Air Inlet lowers the ITT by 27°C at 2% less Ng. The inlet installation also includes a new all aluminum plenum. With the air inlet, the underside of the cowling is cleaned up and should improve cowling aerodynamics, an assumption of mine. However, the Cascade Air Inlet eliminates the nose bowl lights. If an operator needs these lights, Doran says a retracting light can be installed.

The Cascade Air Inlet for the Air Tractor 402 and 502 took three years to develop.

The Cascade Air Inlet for the Air Tractor 402 and 502 took three years to develop. It now has an STC effective March 2001.

Now for the primary reason I was visiting Cascade Flying Service, to fly their 1993 AT401. Its airframe had installed on it a factory remanufactured Walter 751 shp M601-E11 and a three-blade Hartzel 106-inch propeller. The aircraft (N9091Q) looked and even smelled new. Of course, it only had 460 hours total time. When 9091Q was powered by a R-1340 it had been damaged.

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Left: Doran Rogers by newly manufactured belly skins.

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I don’t know the extent of the damage to the aircraft. But, I did see in Cascade’s shop where they had the jigs to rebuild wings and fuselages, as well as “remanufacture” belly skins.

During the preflight, Daryl briefed me on cockpit procedures. Cascade designed the cockpit to follow the PT6 installation design as much as possible.

The throttle quadrant was typical Air Tractorstyle. Except with the noted ease of the Safe-Start System, the cockpit was for all practical purposes like any other turbine powered Air Tractor.

The power settings I used were based on torque.

With the cool outside air temperature, the engine easily developed 751 shp and was limited by torque and not Internal Turbine Temperatures (ITT). Most likely, on a very hot day, the pilot would need to monitor the ITT needle as it approaches redline.

Daryl advised me the typical torque setting for working to be 50 pounds. That’s what I used with the first empty flight, but found 40 pounds to be plenty of power with working speeds at 145 mph.

Returning for a half load of 200 gallons, still 40 pounds was plenty of torque. Only on the last full load, did I feel better using 50 pounds of torque while working the aircraft.

With little or no wind, maybe a knot or two downwind, even with the full load, the Air Tractor used only about three-quarters of the 2200-foot

asphalt strip. I’m sure Daryl, with much more experience in this aircraft, breaks ground sooner.

An interesting fact about the Walter turbine engine is its resistance to damage from a wire strike. Walter policy is to simply check the crankshaft for trueness, repair the prop as needed, and go back to work. Why this engine doesn’t have the problems a wire strike causes other turbine engines is beyond me. I’ve known of other instances where the Walter engine was stood on its nose, albeit idling, inspected in the field and sent back to work!

Maintenance-wise, the Walter engine is about as good as it gets. There are no fuel nozzles to clean. There are no hot section inspections due until overhaul at 2,000 hours for the -E11. Three hundred-hour inspections are recommended, but they are only filter changes, check the starting and rigging adjustments, if needed, the basic stuff.

Keep jet fuel in it, and an operator can expect about a $40 per hour operating expense during the 2,000 hour exchange or overhaul period.

The Walter powered AT-401 turns easily and manages airspeed surprisingly well. The reason for that last comment is, you must remember I’m attempting to literally ride the Palouse Hills with better than 100-foot rises. A mile run could have a half dozen of these rises, giving a roller coaster ➤

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effect. I think the rise and falls (mini-climbs and descents) were close enough together the overall effect to the airspeed was minimal, a consistent 140-150 mph across the field.

One thing I noticed not related to the Cascade Walter-powered Air Tractor was the depth perception exercise that is continually going on while spraying the Palouse Hills. You really have to pick out the tops of your hills and focus upon them, making sure the one you are looking at is actually the next hill! I can see where a hill could get disguised along a pilot’s path, especially when the field is a solid color, like with wheat. Of course, I’m sure experience makes this a simple maneuver.

Departure, climb-out, cruise and working, the Cascade Walter powered Air Tractor is smooth, just like a turbine ag plane should be. I attribute this to two things; the Hartzel three-blade prop and its position in relation to the air inlet and the 0° angle of incidence for the engine mount. The aircraft tracks straight (yea, a little rudder on takeoff) in flight, and it still needs flaps in the turns and on takeoff. But, it flies like a turbine AT-402; quick, easy and fun.

Yes, you can have fun while working, it is OK. Just be careful with this aircraft. It has the ability to put you in an unusual attitude that you may not be able to fly out of, with its excellent power to weight ratio and aerodynamic design. It’s almost like driving a high speed sports car with 55 mph speed limits.

Doran Rogers is no new-comer to the ag aviation game. He started ag flying in 1962.

He formed Cascade Flying Service in 1966 and has been operating from the same location in Garfield, Washington since 1969. The shop is a factory-authorized repair station for Air Tractor (since 1992) and more recently, a Walter engine installation facility, as well as running a spray operation.

Like other Palouse Hills operations, Cascade Flying Service sprays primarily grain cereals, as well as lentils and canola. The season starts in March with dry fertilizer applications, followed by herbicides on grain. In June and July, the flying is mostly insecticide work with most of the work coming to an end in mid-August with preharvest herbicide applications. This leaves a nice long winter for Cascade’s shop to perform STC’d Walter installations and STC’d Turbine Air Inlet conversions, as well as other ag aircraft rebuilding projects.

An ag pilot can climb into the cockpit of a Cascade Flying Service’s AT-401 converted to Walter power as its new owner for less than $300,000. The aircraft will be low time, new paint, new instrument panel and a Walter factory overhauled engine with new Hartzel prop. That’s about as an affordable priced turbine ag plane, in like-new condition, that I’ve seen on the market.

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Floyd “Speed” Nolta of Willows Flying Service in Willows, California, was perhaps the first ag aviator to seed rice by air in 1927. Stacked behind his Travel-Air are sacks of rice to be seeded. Photo courtesy of Nolta family.

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“Speed” Nolta continued to act as chief pilot for the firm, assisted by many fine pilots, including Ernie Moe, Kenny Palmer, Lee Sherwood, “Dusty” Verain, Ray Varney, B. Lane, and Frank Michaud.

After World War II, still another Nolta brother, Vance, who learned to fly after the war, officially became part of Willows Flying Service.

Willows steadily updated its equipment, graduating to 450 horsepower P & W Stearmans as they became available. All dispensing equipment was designed and built in the firm’s own shop. It was not until the advent of “modem” production aircraft that this situation changed.

The firm is now operated by founder Dale Nolta’s son Greg. Greg operates a fleet of Thrushes and Ag Wagons. He is a typical second-generation operator, steeped in tradition, but with an eye to the future. Consistently in the front ranks to improve agricultural aviation, he is presently president of the California Agricultural Aircraft Association and an active member of the National Agricultural Aviation Association.

During a recent interview, a smiling Greg confided, “I expect we’ll operate here for another 54 years or so. I’ve got some young Noltas who can take my place. So one of these days Willows Flying Service will undoubtedly celebrate its 100th anniversary. We expect the next fifty years to be a little bit easier!”

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One of the first and most influential agricultural aviation operations in the Bakersfield area was Atwood Crop Dusters, run by Bud Atwood, who set up his operation before WW II. His fleet consisted of the usual aircraft of the day-notably Travel-Airs, Wacos, and possibly a Bull Stearman or two. ➤

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Clockwise from one o’clock: Bull Stearman with ICD rotors from Atwood Dusters spraying fruit trees in California about 1940.

This Travel-Air, equipped with a 180 HP Hisso engine, was used by Willows Flying Service to seed rice about 1928. Photo courtesy of Nolta family.

First prune orchard spraying by Independent Crop Dusters on Hines orchard near Fresno, California, February 1933. Photo courtesy of George Sanders.

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Cotton was a major crop and Atwood was among the first operators to use new liquid insecticides on cotton. Atwood employed many fine pilots, including Jim French, Hank Bourne, and Ray Varney. Varney was a veteran of the Noltas’ operation at Willows.

Atwood also employed Joe Sellers, who became a top pilot and eventually organized Sellers Flying Service at Bakersfield after the war. Sellers greatly expanded ag flying in the Valley. Much of his time was devoted to developing more effective dispensing equipment.

One such development was the Sellers Swathmaster, which became a standard in the industry. A radical departure from the ordinary, the Swathmaster was much wider than normal and was designed to dispense either solids or liquids. Sellers eventually sold the manufacturing rights to Transland Aircraft at Harbor City, and the Swathmaster is still being manufactured in essentially the same form.

Sellers was influential in the formation of many new operations and the Bakersfield area became a haven for the crop dusting fraternity. Among the familiar names connected with the business in this area were Jim French, Noel Wilson, Bill Putnam, Tom Tierney, Arnold Whisman, and Jack Ferdinand.

Ferdinand initially worked for Jim French before setting out on his own in 1949. At that time, he organized J& J Crop Dusters, which still performs out of Bakersfield, Arvin, and Lancaster.

In the lower Imperial Valley, around towns like Brawley and El Centro, the 12-month growing season created a strong demand for agricultural aviation. One of the first operators in this area was Warren Brockman, a veteran pilot who had flown for the legendary Mel Carberry.

Brockman operated out of Brawley, which with El Centro, became a center for ag flying. Some of the early post-World War II pioneers in this vicinity were Wally Pankratz, the Stoker Company, and Ken Johnson’s Flying Service. Hugh Littrell was one of Johnson’s veteran pilots.

Flax was an important crop in the area and Wally Pankratz recalls using a material called Sinox for broadleaf weed control in flax. “Sinox would kill broadleaf weeds in flax,” says Wally, “and it would also turn your hair bright yellow! You could recognize a crop duster from as far away as you could see him! The stuff wouldn’t wash out. You had to wear it off. You could tell when the weed spraying season was over, because the pilots” hair gradually took on its normal color!”

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Stearman of Visco Flying Service, Imperial, California, doing night flying on cotton. Pilot is Chuck Quigley.

Vedder, who organized Visco Flying Service, operating out of El Centro and Imperial. Vedder’s ag flying career began inauspiciously when he talked Russ Parkhill of Wenatchee Air Service in Wenatchee, Washington, into letting him apply lime and sulphur to apple orchards in a J-3 Cub in 1946. On his second day, Vedder made an extremely late pull up and hung the Cub in an apple tree, demolishing both the aircraft and his embryonic career with Wenatchee Air. Vedder temporarily gave up ag flying. He bought a surplus B-18 at Jackson, Mississippi, and converted it to carry passengers and cargo. For a year or so, he used the plane to haul freight and Marines out of the San Diego area.

In 1947 he returned to ag flying, working with Bill Wood at El Centro and finally with Dick Hyde of Ag-Air, who operated a fleet of Stearmans. In 1951 he organized his own firm, Visco Flying Service, with a Stearman fleet that steadily grew.

Vedder had a strong impact on ag flying in the Imperial Valley and was among the first to introduce helicopters to the area.

This is a facet of his business that has continued into the present.

“Then one night my chief pilot, Al Lefleur, and I decided to spray a big field with tall eucalyptus trees at the end. We flipped to see who would fly and I won, so Al had to fly first!

“I sat and watched and the first thing I noticed was that he cut off the lights as he began pulling up over the trees. When he got back, I asked him why and he told me I’d find out!

“I found out all right! We flew low and slow in those days and the lights shining ahead just went about half way up those trees.

Without really thinking, I gauged the time to add power for the pulling up in accordance with the point where the lights showed the top of the trees.

“But when I started up, I quickly realized that the lights only showed the bottom half! I managed to get over them. But from then on, we had to completely reorient ourselves about adding power, since the lights didn’t carry to the tree tops.

“This was probably the hardest thing to learn about night work. Nowadays, with much more power and speed across the field, it doesn’t make nearly as much difference.”

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Vedder’s operation was innovative. As early as 1957, he was using bulk insecticide tanks years before this became common practice.

A great many fine pilots worked for this firm, including Jack Rye, Myron Ballard, Gene Rye, Chuck Quigley, Tommy Mills, Louie Baker, Al Lefleur, and Cliff Shores.

Vedder still operates Visco Flying Service, using both fixedwing aircraft and helicopters. He still has a “boneyard” with several Stearmans and he told me that occasionally one is called into service.

Vedder has been a leader in ag aviation and served as president of the National Agricultural Aviation Association in 1976. He still flies regularly himself. Recently, he had to excuse himself from a dinner of industry veterans at 9:00 p.m. to fly cotton for the rest of the night!

Visco Flying Service helped introduce night flying operations, especially on cotton. George Willett of Huron, California, apparently performed the first night applications in 1948 or 1949. According to Vedder, his firm got into the act almost by accident.

“What happened,” he explained, “was that during the peak cotton season there was just no way to get caught up. So we found ourselves finishing lots of jobs in the dark, with no lights at all.

“We began thinking seriously then about night work, so I went into the San Joaquin Valley and looked over some equipment and found out how to rig up the lights. I came on back home, rigged up an airplane, and we began spraying some easy fields with no obstructions.

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The multi-mission platform provides the operator agility and flexibility to identify, track and react to counter threats. It merges the capabilities of larger ISR and armed aircraft into one resilient package. It is also capable of takeoff and landing on unimproved airstrips – allowing the aircraft to be deployed and co-located with special mission operators.

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“Our mission systems, platforms, direct operators and sustainment teams have supported more than 1.3 million combat hours of special operations ISR and attack missions in the past 10 years,” said Luke Savoie, President, Aviation Services, L3Harris. “Combining that experience with Air Tractor, one of the largest turboprop aircraft OEMs in the world, enables our team to design and provide a mature platform capable of operating anywhere in the world and provides the tools needed to support any mission.”

Sky Warden’s name commemorates two bestin-class, multi-mission special operations combat platforms. It merges the deep history of the Vietnam era A-1E Sky Raider with the present-day U-28, which uses the callsign “Warden” during combat operations. Sky Warden combines their heritage and capabilities to collapse the stack, providing one aircraft capable of multiple mission roles. Learn more about the Sky Warden’s legacy and how it brings modern technology to the ISR strike mission at www.L3Harris.com/SkyWarden.

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Paul wrote, “I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Christians are commanded to pray for our government leaders whether we like them or not. Paul lived under the Roman government that was ruled by Nero; he was a very wicked, vile, wretched, perverted man who persecuted many Christians. Paul was beaten, put in jail, and eventually killed by the Roman leaders. Paul was in a Roman jail and expecting to be killed and he didn’t criticize the Roman government leaders (2 Timothy 4:6-8). Paul did use the government laws to further the kingdom of Jesus Christ when he had the opportunity (Acts 25).

“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3-4). God wants all people to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of God’s truths so His truths will be operative in our society. Whether our leaders are good or bad, cruel or wicked, peaceful or warlike; Christians are to pray for all government leaders for their salvation. Why? Because government leaders play such a tremendous role in our life and in the life of Jesus’ church. We know that Jesus Christ has absolute control over His church (Matthew 16:18); but He allows His church to be under worldly government control to a certain degree.

Because of their authority over us we should be

good citizens, and we ought to pray for them.

Paul wrote, “Remind them [Christians] to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men” (Titus 3:1-2). Paul doesn’t say pray for their removal from office or get rid of all the leaders who disagree with us. Paul certainly doesn’t say to replace them all with Christians. Paul says to pray that God will save them. Why have many of

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Jesus Christ’s followers lost that command? Because many Christians have forgotten the importance of bringing lost souls into God’s eternal kingdom!

Jesus said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:18-20). Jesus’ command to all Christians is to witness to everyone about Jesus Christ. Christians are to pray for all city, county, state, and federal rulers that are the authorities in America.

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Saint Francis of Assisi once invited a young monk to accompany him to town to preach. The novice was honored at the opportunity. The two set out for the city, then walked up and down the main street, then several side streets. They chatted with peddlers and greeted the citizens. After some time, they returned by another route to the abbey. The young man reminded Francis of his original intent. “You have forgotten, Father, that we went to town to preach.” “My son,” he replied, “We have preached. We have been seen by ➤

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many. Our behavior was closely watched. Our attitudes were closely measured. Our words have been overheard. It was by thus that we preached our morning sermon.”

Christians are to be loyal to our government because it’s ordained by God (Romans 13:17). Christians are to honor the king (President) and do what’s right before all other leaders and respect them so that there’s nothing they can say against us (1 Peter 2:17-21). Christians should be good citizens and set an example for unbelievers.

Too many evangelical Christians are criticizing our leaders, even though the Bible says to pray for their salvation. It would be much better if Jesus’ church took the money, energy and time it spends in political lobbying and maneuvering and put all our efforts and resources into praying for and witnessing to our political leaders; only God can actually change a person’s thinking and actions.

Tertullian (160-230 AD) wrote, “The Christian is the enemy of no man, least of all the emperor.

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safety. Therefore we sacrifice for the safety of the emperor.”

Theophilus of Antioch wrote, “The honor that I will give the emperor is all the greater because I will not worship him, but I will pray for him. I will worship no one but the true and real God for I know that the emperor was appointed by Him. Those give real honor to the emperor who are well disposed to him, who obey him, and who pray for him.”

Samuel said, “Far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you” (1 Samuel 12:23). Jesus said, “Pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:44-45). Not praying for our government leaders is sinning against God!

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Reabe Aircraft Improvement Receives STC for 7 ½” Reabe Smart Gate Green Bay, WI— Reabe Aircraft Improvement (RAI) today announced it has received the FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the 7 ½” Reabe Smart Gate.

The 7 ½” Reabe Smart Gate is a durable, light weight-35lb system that attains a 6-inch gate opening and can run constant and variable rate application. The simplicity of the electric system, 4 components and wiring, limits maintenance and installation time. The system interfaces with all major GPS units. The STC is great news for the customer because it further streamlines installation procedures and reduces cost, while guaranteeing FAA product safety and reliability standards.

Safety is paramount to RAI which is why mechanical redundancy is a key feature of the Reabe Smart Gates. It is the only system on the market with constant and variable rate features that retain the lever and all mechanical linkages as a secondary system. This safety advantage allows the gate to be manually operated by the pilot at any time during flight.

The primary purpose of the mechanical redundancy is that it provides an added feature and ensures that the aircraft can always work on dry application even if a system error occurs.

It also provides the benefit of being able to close the gate manually, in flight, after an emergency dump.

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At RAI, we would not have been successful without our wonderful customer base that trusts our products and our mission to improve performance and safety in our industry. We are grateful to everyone that has provided input to us, which have led to new products and improvements over the years. We strive to serve our customers by making our products the most intuitive, safe, and dependable.

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by Harry E. Williams Assistant Entomologist University of Tennessee Extension Circa January 1971 Insects are first-class travelers, and many of them are ‘’one way tourists.” These small creatures are among the most successful immigrants in the world. How many of us could travel alone to a strange country without bags or baggage, adapt to the new en­vironment, and leave many relatives when we pass on?

Perhaps you have questions about some of the foreign names of our insect pests. These names tell us a very interesting story about these insects.

Insects are the most successful animal on earth when it comes to providing food, shelter and protection for themselves. Their strength, their reproductive potential, and their ability to escape or resist an enemy is unsurpassed.

The alfalfa weevil is a native of Europe that was brought to this country around 1900 in a bale of hay. This weevil settled near Salt Lake City, Utah, and was very successful there. Since that time his relatives have moved all across the United States.

In 1958 the weevil moved into Tennessee and has been very successful here. This insect is most active during cool, wet weather which decreases the effectiveness of chemical control. Biological control by a parasitic wasp looks very promising for the future.

The Japanese beetle is a native of the isle of Japan in the far East. This immigrant arrived in

the United States around 1916 and settled in New Jersey. The Japa­nese beetle feeds on approximately 300 plants and has found very favorable climatic conditions in this country. The beetle now has infested over 100,000 square miles and will eventually be a pest over much of the United States. Parasitic wasps and a bacterial disease are important natural controls for this pest.

The white-fringed beetle is a native of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. ­Infestations have also been reported in New South Wales, and the Union of South Africa. This beetle settled in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi around 1936 and has spread as far north as New Jersey at the present time. The adult insect cannot fly and will walk as far as one-fourth of a mile in its lifetime.

There are no males in the population. All whitefringed beetles are females and can pro­duce fertile eggs. With favorable climatic conditions that now exist and more than 200 host plants to feed on, this pest can spread over large areas of the United States. There are no known natural ene­mies of importance.

The European corn borer is a native of Europe that settled in Massachusetts in 1917. Since that time it has spread southward and westward over a large part of the important corn acreage east of the Rocky Mountains. This pest feeds on corn, weeds, flowers and vegetables, and has been found in over 200 host plants. The natural ene­mies of the corn borer have been imported, but to date are not important in the control of this pest except in

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The face fly is a native of Europe. It was first reported in Canada in 1962. Since then it has spread over a large area of the United States. This fly is now one of our worst cattle pests. This fly is extremely annoying to livestock on pasture. The adult flies over winter in heated buildings usually in wall voids or in attIcs. As a result, it is also an annoying pest to the housewife during the winter. A parasitic nematode, which is a natural enemy, has been reported in this country.

The success of these travelers is a real challenge to our travel agencies. These tourists travel first-class at a very exclusive, economical rate. They are a con­ stant, persistent headache to our customs service, and successfully avoid scrutinous inspections to detect their presence. On the basis of her past performance, “Madam Bug” should be most successful with a chain of franchised travel agencies.

Editor’s Note: Submitted by Barry Martin/Tennessee Aircraft.

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NTSB Identification: CEN21LA161 Date: 03/15/2021 Location: Dumas, AR Aircraft: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602 (A1); AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602 (A2) Injuries: None On March 15, 2021, about 940 mountain daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-602, aka #A1 and an Air Tractor AT-602m aka #A2, were substantially damaged when the airplanes were involved in a mid-air collision near Dumas, Arkansas. Neither pilot from either airplane were injured. Both airplanes were operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flights.

According to the pilot of #A1, he was enroute to return to his private airstrip to reload with agent after he completed an aerial application flight. He was about 500 ft above ground level (agl) when he saw his airstrip and began his descent toward the runway. About 300-400 ft agl, he looked at his map briefly and then looked back out toward his airstrip when he felt his airplane strike something. He stated he did not see the other airplane and was focused on his landing strip. He reported that he and the other pilot usually text each other in the morning to discuss where each would be flying but that communication did not happen the morning of the accident. The pilot stated he saw the airplane earlier that morning and thought he was still flying further away. The pilot stated he was not monitoring the dedicated radio frequency that was

established for agricultural pilots in that area.

The airplane received substantial damage to the left wing.

According to the pilot of #A2, he had flown that morning and had already completed a couple aerial application jobs. When he saw the other airplane before, he was conducting applications in an area to the west of where he was flying. The pilot returned to his airstrip to reload with agent and looked over his maps to prepare for the next application flight. He took off from his airstrip, made a left turn and climbed to 500 ft in altitude. He flew to the field he was going to be spraying next but explained he had not flown the field in a while and decided to circle the field to review the terrain. He was in a 40° left bank as he turned north at the southeast corner of the field when he felt the other airplane impact his airplane.

The pilot stated the other airplane came from the “5 o’clock position” and struck his right-hand step and spray boom with its left wingtip. The pilot stated he was monitoring the dedicated radio channel for agricultural pilots in the area but did not hear any radio communications from the other pilot. The airplane was not substantially damaged.

The pilots of both airplanes were able to return to their respective airstrips and land without further incident. Both pilots also reported they do not have ADSB or any other collision avoidance system installed on their respective airplanes.

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We all have had some hard times this past year in this pandemic: scurrying to find common household items like Lysol, 409 and even toilet paper.

Whether these were caused by panic buying by the public or as a direct result of workforce shortages on production lines, the shortages were, at least, temporary and the supply chain caught up quite quickly with most of these commodities.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our everyday LSA, glider and general aviation components, including tires. The supply chain has not yet caught up with demand in general aviation, and we may not see back to normal stocking levels until late summer 2021.

And these dilemmas include one of our key components: tires. Looking back at the cause and effect of this dilemma, we use the airline tire supply chain model as an example guide to the current GA tires supply issues.

Airlines, both major and regional, were crippled

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areas - including truck tires, whose growth in the pandemic required more immediate supply than pre-covid (‘normal”) times. As aviation capacity/ operations weaned, the domino effect started, and workers and manufacturing equipment were shifted to focus on supporting other product modes. This ‘restarting and retraining’ of the workforce, along with the shift to previously focus aviation production equipment back in place, has left a void in the aviation tire supply chain for some suppliers. In effect, it is much easier and quicker to downsize and move capacity than to start up the same production capacity for aviation products.

What impact do these shortages have on us?

The Bad News: It is likely a product you want and have used regularly for years is currently not in stock.

The Good News: There are four 4 general aviation tire manufacturers, with 10 product lines, for all the aircraft that we fly. So, while you may not be able to get your chosen brand now, there are excellent alternatives that will fit your application.

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Aircraft - Ag Cat

1974 Ag Cat G164A with 8829.9 total time, 2800.9 since Hershey rebuild. Pratt and Whitney Geared 1340 1241.9 SMOH. Hamilton Standard 23D40 3 blade hydrostatic propeller. Aircraft features sealed cockpit, metal wings with Hershey tips, 335 gallon hopper, 115 gallon fuel system with bottom load port, stainless steel belly and booms, and aluminum spreader. Equipped with a SATLOC M3 touch screen, smoker and flagger. $85,000 Aircraft is located at KHSG, Thermopolis, WY. Please call Steve at 307-277-3822 or Nathan at 307-9218579

1992 Turbine Factory Super B, Air Conditioned, SS booms and spreader, Ducks feet Aileron boost, M3 SATLOC keypad entry, Big fuel. $365K steve@andersonsflying.com for more info.

1976 Grumman Ag Cat G164A, TTAF 8689, Engine & Prop TT 0. $115,000 Call Boyd at 406-3884497 or 406-580-9909

Your choice out of three 400 Gallon Super B Ag Cats. Only looking to sell one at the moment but all are well maintained and always hangared northern airplanes. They aren’t exactly alike though, so look at each photo for better details. All Garrett powered (2 have Super 1’s & one is a -1), 400 Gallon Hoppers, SS Booms, Swathmaster Spreaders, All Metal Wings, Cockpit Heat, Bottom Load Fuel, Automatic Flagman. These airplanes are all working, so the times are subject to change. $284,500 Message for more info or call 541-9692062.

Better’n NEW 450 Ag Cat! Total “Ground-up” Restoration! Loads of Up-Grades. “B” Cabin, hopper, 67 fuel, TL Gate, Fly Tips, More. Best “450” performer EVER! Ready for another 50-years of SAFE, Reliable, Profitable Service. Worth $185K, will consider fair offer. frank.kelley@ag-cat.com 870886-2418/2489F 759-1692 Cell. Ag cat Sales/Service since 1971.

Special “Pair” Pricing for (2) Fresh Super A+600 Queen Cats. 350 Hopper, H-V TLand Combos, 80-Fuel, B-Cabins, TST, Zero AF & E&P! Buy smart, fly safe, do better work! Bank on 4-wings!

Ag Cat Sales and Service since 1971.

870-2418/2489F frank.kelley@ag-cat. com Ag Cats In Progress - S/N 526B S&R TPE331-Turbo FatCat 500-gal. 126-fuel, Hi&Heavy, TST, 41” TL DAF, your E&P, $225K. S/N 566B AgJet TPE331-Turbo SB 400-gal, 120-fuel, Hi&Heavy, TST, 38” TL DAF, your E&P, $345K. S/N 349B Mills PT6-Turbo Std B-350-gal, 115-fuel, St. Gap, TST. All Look/Perform Like New! 870-886-2418/2489F 759-1692 Cell frank.kelley@ag-cat.com AgCat Sales/Service since 1971 Order your Turbine Ag Cat Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250 Order your B Model Ag Cat Pen and Ink Drawing From our DeSpain Collection Call 478-987-2250

Aircraft - Air Tractor

1989 Super B Fat Cat, super 6 engine, 500 gallon, 11,166 TT, 1189 since hot, 188 IRAN, hydraulic spray system, air conditioning and heat, wing extensions, servos, night lights, E/I digital gauges. $250K out of annual or $280K with annual. Call 509-5208267

1972 G-164A AG CAT EXWING! Fresh annual, TTAF: 8220, PW R-985A-14B enrolled in on-condition program, Engine TSMOH:1027.5, Hamilton Standard 2D30-301 TSMOH: 0, Hershey locking tailwheel, C/W single point refueling, Mode C Xponder, VHF comm, GPS, Pump and one set of booms. New tires all around, New brakes and fresh overhaul on prop! $73,000 USD. Call Bruce at 306-6287606

1975 Grumman Ag Cat G164A, AFTT 5678, Engine & Prop TT 302. $100,000 Call Boyd at 406-388-4497 or 406-580-9909

Export Special: G164A+, Fresh repair w/factory jigged fuselage, New 335-Hopper, Ext’d/Metal Wings, 80fuel, 24V w/Strobes, E-Servo, TWL, Hybrid Combo, Ready for 1000 hr. service-run. Your R985/R1340 E&P. $69K Includes CofaW4E, your container or flyaway. AgCat Sales/Services since 1971, 870-886-2418/2489 Fax, 870-759-1692 Cell. frank.kelley@ ag-cat.com

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AT-301

1988 AT-301, N69WN, TTAF 8900.0, P&W R-1340 SMOH 370.0, Overhaul by Younkin, Hamilton Standard Prop SPOH 530, 320 Gal Hopper, AgPilot X GPS, Flow Control, Smoker, SS Boom, A/C, VG’s, Lane Electric Brake, Bottom Load Fuel, 25 inch gate, 2 each spreaders. MidContinent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-3250885 www.midcont.net 1986 AT-301, R-1340 geared engine, 600 hrs since Covington OH, Bantam GPS, CP’s, $75K no trade. Farm Air Inc. Call 877-715-8476

1977 AT-301, Bought new and been in Montana all its life. Always hangared.

TT5065, PW 1340-AN1 275 SMOH Tulsa, Prop 22D40 494 SMOH, Wing spar cap 320 HR since replacement, Ag Tips, Dyna Nav GPS w/flow control, VG’s, Speed Ring, Fresh Annual w/sale.

Photos Available. $75K 406-262-3826 Phone or Text

1983 AT-301, N31580, TTAF 9679.2, P&W R-1340 Geared TTE 550.0, 350 Gallon Hopper, Bantam GPS w/G4 Light Bar, IntelliFlow, SS Boom, CP03 Nozzles, Smoker, A/C, Bottom Load Fuel, New Side Windows. Call Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net

1981 AT-301A, 11,430 TTSN, 851 SMOH, 851 SPOH Tulsa R-1340-61 Geared Engine. Really Nice & Ready to Work! 23D40 Prop w/7005A blades, Collins AC, EGT Bosch Mags, Lane Fan/Brake, 29X11 Tires, 38” Gate, New Throttle Quad, SATLOC M3 w/upgraded light bar, 40 CP-09s w/AFS valves, SSF Latches 3 Gal, Smoker, All Metal Tall Tail w/SL196 (no AD!) Turn Windows, Tinted Glass, Com Radio, Dig Tach, CropHawk, 7B John Herr Refurbed Hopper & Door ATS, VGs, Spreader, 126 Gal Fuel, Hangared.

Great Starter or Transition! Economical Fill-In! $72K Make Me an Offer! Call Bunker at 307-331-9147

1984 AT-301, N3167P, TTAF 5879.6, Tack Time 382.1, ESMOH 999.6, Metal Tail, 3 Blade Hydromatic, Geared 1340 Engine, Weather Aero Fan/Crop Hawk, Lowered Booms, GPS, Includes spreader but plane has never had a spreader on it. $89,000 Call Nick Herzog at 701-3717329

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1981 AT-301, N2367C, TTAF: 15734, Wings: Zero time, Pratt and Whitney: Model R-1340-S3H1-G, TTE: 10353, SMOH: 128, Prop: 3Blade Hydromatic, TSOH: Zero. $125,000 Call Doug Thiel at 559-665-7830 1983 AT-301A, Montana airplane, 7484 TT, PW 1340-AN2 Geared 48 SMOH, 23D40 Prop 48 SMOH, Dyna Nav GPS w/flow control, New Seat Cushion w/pneumatic lumbar, A/C, Spar cap, leading edge skins & nose ribs 26 hrs, Always Hangared, Fresh Annual with sale. Photos available, $110,000 406-262-3826 Phone or Text 1977 AT-301, Bought new and been in Montana all its life. Always hangared.

TT 5301, PW 1340-AN1 373 SMOH Tulsa, Prop 22D40 “0” SMOH, Wing spar cap 385 Hr since replacement, Ag Tips, Dyna Nav GPS w/flow control, VG’s, Fresh Annual with sale. Photos Available. $75,000 406-262-3826 Phone or Text

AT-400 AT-400, PT6A-15AG, Bantam GPS/ flow/G4 screen, CP’s, Zee Air/heat, fresh hot. $325K For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@ farmairinc.com

2012 AT-402B, Rinse tank, 230gal fuel tanks, center point fuel, smoker, A/C, always hangared, clean! TTAF 2341.5. 0.0 since hot section, 2341.5 - TTPROP, Contact Darryl Riddell at South Delta Aviation, Inc.$625,000 Call Darryl at South Delta Aviation - 479-935-4891 / 870995-1323 nights and weekends

1991 AT-402 PT6A-34, N4549V, 9654 TTAF, 487 SHOT, TTE 13957, 7762 hours remaining on wing spars, new paint on fuselage and tail surfaces at last annual, SS camlocs installed at last annual, side load fuel, load hawg for hopper, LED nose lights, AERO LED Nav lights. $349,000 318341-2008 Get Serious About Selling Classifieds Starting at $19.99 478-987-2250. Fax: 478-352-0025.

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1993 AT-401-0898, 5684 AFTT, P&W R1340-AN1, 1018 SMOH by Covington, 22D40 Prop w/6533A-12 Blades, Air Conditioner, Smoker, W/S Washer, Chip Detector, Cold Air Intake, Business Band and Comm Radios, SATLOC M3 Touchscreen w/IntelliFlow, 126 Gallons Fuel w/Single Point, Lane Fan/Brake, SS Booms, 10,757 Hour Spar, Clean Northern Airplane $159K 406-768-7400 Best Classified Buy In The Industry.

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2014 AT-502B, N520SD, 502B-2956, TTAF 1085.4 hours, PT6A-34AG, TTE 1085.4, SHOT 0.0, Hartzell Prop HC-B3TN-3D, TT 1218.0, SOH 0.0. Annual inspection due: 4-1-2022, Spar cap replacement due at TTA of 9800 hours, 0.0 hours since prop strike inspection by R. T. Turbines. Equipment: Air conditioner, Bleed air heat, Ram air inlet, V.G’s, Smoker, Single point fuel, 38” gate, Lane fan and brake, Stainless steel booms, Ag-Nav Platinum with flow control and 3 way valve, MVP-50T, GMA-340 audio panel, SL-40 comm, GTX-327 transponder. $765,000 Call Darryl at South Delta Aviation - 479935-4891 / 870-995-1323 nights and weekends Parting Out 1990 AT-502 -34 Engine & Prop. Call Mike at Valley Air Crafts 559.686-7401 Order your AT-502 Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-9872250

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CLASSIFIEDS AT-602, Complete solid airframe less engine/prop. -65 engine mount, 11,000 AFTT, 1600 remaining on spar. $65,000 For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@ farmairinc.com 2018 AT-502XP Aircraft N290LA s/n 502A-3137, TT 30.2, The engine is a brand new Pratt & Whitney PT6A-140AG s/n VB0035. Optional equipment: Hatfield Single point fuel, 3” bottom stainless load, Smoker, Night work lights, Stainless steel camlocs, Electric right hand boom shut off, VG’s, Kawak throttle quadrant, Ag Pilot X GPS, Wingman system, Storm Cutters, Garmin radio package, Hours on A/C are ferry time. $1,040,000 Call Lynn at 940-357-1702

1994 AT-502B, Ready to go 3rd owner northern hangared Air Tractor. 8146TT, PT6A15AG, New G4, Flow Control, AMSafe Inflatable Restraints, Fresh Annual, Wings done, New Hopper, Reabe Hopper Gauge, Storm Cutters, Smoker, Side load fuel, Lane Electric Brake, Bleed air heat, A/C, KY197 Com, PT6A-15AG. $425,000 Call Pete Johnson, Owner - located in Marshall, MN United States 507-829-9656

AT-602

2010 AT-602, PT6-60, 6100 TT, IRAN prop, replaced PT starter and governor number 6 bearing October 2019 and HSI, new CT blades and segments and bleed air valve 700 hrs (clean). Wings scheduled to be done 12/21. Price reduced to $410K Call 662-645-8790

2007 AT-602, N602TA, -65AG, 5698 TTAE, SATLOC G4 w/IntelliFlow II, L7 Light bar, Hatfield Fuel, 292 gal fuel, AC & Bleed Air Heat, Smoker, Flagger, AmSafe Airbag Restraint, STORM Cutters, ADSB In/Out Garmin Aera 660/GTX350, Transland Rt Boom Shut Off with Internal Belly, Comm, VHF, UHF, AM/FM, Lane Fan w/ big brake. Call 620-339-9161

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2011 AT-602, N2003J, 65AG, 3290.7 TT, fresh annual, G4/flow control, 10” hydraulic gate/Vonderan controller, fast start, single point fuel, Wingman, 10 vane Transland spreader, spray booms w/CP03, 216 gal. fuel tank, drop booms, dual bottom load, smoker, elec fan brake. HSI 2144.6.

One owner since new, great history & maintenance record, hangared. Call 870-263-1300 or 870-489-2855 (text). fbfsllc@gmail.com $650K 1997 AT-602, N602LA, PT6A-45A, 9,370 total aircraft time, air conditioner, smoker, Lane fan and brake, Bantam w/Intelliflow. 3,500 hours since Light Engine Overhaul, 1650 Since Prop Overhaul, 3,500 hours remaining on spars. Stainless booms, Reabe Hopper and Pressure Gauge. No damage history. $275,000 Larry 956-330-7119

2008 AT-602 -65B. Completely rebuilt in 2008. 5550 hr since rebuild. Fresh annual.

Flow Control. Large size propeller N11276N5, 800 since new hub & blades, Bantam w/G4 screen. W/W. Heat/ factory a/c. Wash out system.

Manual tail wheel lock. SS Fasteners.

New paint on leading edges. Wingman.

LED strobes and nose lights. Night flight package. Factory air intake. Off set engine mount. Aileron trim. All glass good. Price reduced to $295K As is. For sale or lease. 501-516-6156

2012 AT-602, N2061L, Tac reading 3686.6 hrs, TTAE 3686.6 hrs, annual inspection date - new at sale, no damage history. PT6A-60AG, SN PCE-RGO179, TT 3686.6 hrs, H.S.I. new, Starter Gen. 0 hrs SMOH. Hartzell HC-B5MP-3C, SN EVA3161, TT 3686.6 hours, SATLOC Bantam w/ G4 screen, comm radio, Transponder, Lane fan & brake, smoker, s/s T/W deflector, factory heat & air, drop booms, low time landing gear, 0 time FCU and HP fuel pump. Ready to Spray. $625K Contact Rick Stone at Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service 800-441-2964 or mail@southeasternaircraft.com

AT-802

2004 AT-802 -67AG USFS/DOI CARDED, -67AG Fresh Hot Section, TT3932, STOH 2205, Prop 73 SPOH, KY 196A, KY 196A, TDFM 136A, GTX-345 Transponder, Smoker, Hydromax Fire Gate USFS/ DOI Carded Fresh Annual. $800K Call 575-763-4300 or Email cameron@aerotechteam.com for further details.

1997 AT-802A -65 Serial #802A-0038, Fresh Annual Jan 2021, 10022.6 TT, SATLOC Intellistar, WINGMAN, Smoker, Transland Swathmaster Spreader, Stainless Booms, 3” Spray system, Pump, Lane electric brake, Side load fuel. $515,000 Call Britt at 870-255-4873

2007 AT-802A -67AG, Vondran Controller & Fire Door, Smoker, 3350 hrs TTAE, 308 Gallon Fuel Tank, Time Continued with Covington, Light Overhaul 1000 hrs ago, CT Disk Blades, Fuel Controller, Prop Governor Replaced, Pac 24 Audio Panel, S140 Com, NAT 136D FM, GTX345 Transponder ADSB In/Out. Willing to change over to Ag, take fire equipment off. $850,000 Call Tracy Wooten 501517-6896

2016 AT-802A, N805KP, PT6A-65AG Available September 2021. Approx.

3600 Hours TT, 10” Hydraulic Gate, SATLOC G4 W/Flow Control, Wingman, LED Pulse Lights, PS Engineering PAR 200B Audio Panel/Com, Garmin GTX345 ADSB in/ out, Garmin 796 for displaying traffic and weather, New CT Blades at 2390 Hours TT, New Landing Gear at 3000 Hours TT. Will be sold with Extensive Fresh Annual and Hot Section. $980K Contact Steve at Ag Air Aircraft 870236-0146 steve.agairaircraft@gmail. com 2021 AT-802A, FTO, -65AG, LOADED, BOTTOM LOAD FUEL. $1,532,500 Call Lane Aviation 281-342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401

2010 AT-802A PT6A65AG, N389LA 802A0389, 3,526 TT, 10” Hydraulic Gate w/Vondran Controller, Wingman, G4 w/Flowcontrol, CP 11 Nozzle, Smoker, Electric Brake Gr Adj, Single Point Fuel & 308 Fuel, Fresh Annual. $725K Call David at 870-501-1136

2006 AT-802 -67 Total Time: 6800, Available November or December, New Paint, Annual In Jan. 2021, New Stage 2 PT Blades, SATLOC G4, Smoker, Wingman, Side Load Fuel, 10” Deep Throat Spreader, Vondran Controller, Hydraulic 10” Door, Flow Control, ADSB In and Out. $750,000 Call 501-517-6896

2006 AT-802A, PT6A-65AG, 7700 TTSN, new wing spars, new hoppers, 308 fuel, fresh FCU/pump, CP’s, com radio, transponder/ ADSB-out, G4 GPS/ flow, S.P fuel, Kawak. $750K For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@farmairinc.com

1998 AT-802A, N5094H, TTAE 12152.6, PT6A65AG, Hartzell Propeller 2000.0 SPOH, Reabe digital hopper quantity & spray boom pressure, E-TEC Inc. fast start system, Comm radio, Hemisphere G4 GPS, Right side boom shut off, Smoker, Hydraulic gate A/C, Wipaire vortex generators, Wingman, Annual 1/10/21.

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2000 AT-802A, N804DG, TTAF 8400, PT6A-67AG TTE 9030, TSOH 123, TSHSI “0”, Hartzell HCB5MA-3D/11691N w/new long blades, 158 hrs. SPOH, New Garmin radio package, New paint, Extensive rebuild in Sept. 2018 w/8236 hrs. TT. New annual Date-of-Sale. See spec sheet for complete rebuild list. $795K Call 409-656-5998 2002 Red/White AT-802A, N802MA, s/n 802A-0136 with 4048 TTSN, PT6A-65AG s/n PCE-PN0050, 4048 TTSN 0-since Covington hot, new CT blades, new segments, fresh liner, current FCU/pump, Hartzell propeller model HC-B5MP-3F s/n EVA2699 1450 S-IRAN, smoker, electric brake/ fan, steam gauges, 308 fuel, STC single point fuel, Kawak, G-4 GPS/flow, CP’s, Transland 7-1/2” hyd gate, Transland wingman, new annual. $725K Call 309-759-4646

2019 AT-802 FireBoss Equipped as a FireBoss, Equipped with PT6A-67F engine, dual cockpit/ full dual controls. Air Tractor FRDS fire gates, rear seat instruments and avionics, 380 gallon fuel, and a very unique paint scheme. Aircraft is additionally equipped as a FireBoss with amphibious floats, ground fill option, and a WipAire rear seat redundancy control package. Available for immediate delivery. Call Mike at Valley Air Crafts 559-686-7401

2001 AT-802 -67AG, TT 4990, Engine SMOH 1369 Fresh Hot Section, Prop 148 SNEW, TDFM 138, KY196A, KY 196A, Garmin 345 ADSB, Fresh Paint in 2019, Hatfield Fire Gate or available with 10” Transland and booms. $925K Call 575-763-4300 or email cameron@aerotechteam.com 2005 AT-802A, 6975 TTSN, PT6A67AG, 6975 TTSN, 220 since Covington hot, 0-SIRAN prop, electric brake, smoker, CP’s, G-4 w/flow, Kawak, MVP50T, wingman, 10” gate, new wing spars, new hopper, Farm Air referb, Sept. 2018 annual, NO TRADES. Call 309-303-5161

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Aircraft - Cessna 1997 AT-802AF PT667AG, TT 6677, -67AG w/ Fresh Hot Section 27960 SNEW, Prop 7591 SNEW, Hydromax Fire Gate, Fresh Annual, USFS/DOI Carded, ADSB, BK KMA 24H, BK KY196, Garmin GTX 327, TDFM 136, Sky Connect AFF. $750K 575-763-4300 or email cameron@ aerotechteam.com Order your AT-802 Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-9872250

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1974 Cessna C188 - For sale or trade, TTAF 7462, TTE 1000, new factory landing gears, both wings rebuilt, low booms, side step, new hyd engine driven pump, a spare chemical pump, new alternator, fuel pump, flow divider and throttle body bench tested and calibrated together, smoker, 98 SATLOC AirStar, all new glasses two years ago, SS split exhaust, also the adapter for a remote oil cooler, a new cooler not installed, remote oil filter. Asking $85,000 out right or would trade for a Bonanza or Skylab of equal value. I am retiring after 59 years. Call Ben Kirk at 662803-5102

1976 Cessna 188B Ag Truck, TT 4350.5, SMOH 294, TSPOH 865.6, IO520D, Hartzell 3 blade, new tires, completely new spray pump, CP flat fans, glass good, SATLOC Bantam, paint good, no fertilizer applications, spreader included. Located in South FL $95K Fresh annual with purchase 561-261-9740

1972 Cessna 188 Ag Wagon, N21883, TT6350, 1740 SMOH, Prop165, stainless steel booms, SATLOC Lite 2, new leading edges, refurbished hopper, CP nozzles, owner flown since new. Good flying and fast!

Current annual with sale. Call Kevin at 785-386-8875

1964 Cessna 310I, TT 5253, Continental IO-470U engines TSMOH LH 573 RH 249, McCauley props TSPOH LH 573 RH 670. Nice twin, true 6 seater & heavy hauler. It’s a clean northern airplane with no corrosion, new tires, new heater & fresh annual. Paint and interior are both prob a 5 out of 10. Basic radios. Would be interested in trade for Piper Cherokee 6, Saratoga, or Lance. $55,000 Call Tanner Sotvik at 701-520-0229 or 701-662-4416

1978 Cessna Ag Truck, 5832 TTAF, 625 TTE, 550 TT on prop, 8.50X10 Clevelands, GPS, field ready. Price reduced to $112,000. Call Chad Stuart, Airplane Services, Inc. Call 850-336-0552

Dromader

1975 Ag Wagon, 7310 TTAF. IO-520D 1315 SMOH. Approx. 300 STOH, 570 SPOH, 86” McCauley, Winglets, Robertson STOL. Weathero Fan, Lite Star II, Smoker. $75,000 785623-3480 1975 Cessna Ag Truck, TTAF 4802, SFR 1240, SPIRAN 1240, S/S Dual Exhaust, Smoker, Wag, Crophawk 7B, Hyd/MAN SS spray system (except pump), 30 CP03, 4 Rotary Nozzles, A/C, No Heat, Landing, Inst. Lights, Hopper Light, Wing Tip Strobe, VG’s Hardwired ANR, Locking Tailwheel. $97,500 478-285-3731

1969 Cessna Ag Wagon A188 (super clean) Registration: C-GZNI Serial #1880034 Location: TroisRivieres, QC, TTAF 5882 hr, Engine: Continental IO-520D Engine Time: 185hr/1200hr, SMOH 185hr, Propeller: Hartzell 3 blades, Paint/O/H: 2004 Equipment: VHF, Transponder/encoder, AgNav II, Spreader and spray kit. $69,000 USD Richard 819-380-3333

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Aircraft - Piper

1981 Piper PA-36-375 Turbine Brave, PT6A-20 662 SMOH, 232 SHS, Prop TSO 542, TTAF 5722, 2382 remaining on wing spar, fresh annual, new SATLOC Bantam w/IntelliFlow, Lane adjustable fan & brake, smoker, CP check valve nozzles, Nav/Strobe Instrument/ Landing and taxi lights. Very clean, great flying, great transition airplane. $295K OBO For more information call 318-339-4747 or email lowgoflyers@ gmail.com 1979 Piper PA 36-375, TTSN-8075 TSMOH 1495, Wing AD due. $55,000 OBO or possible trade. As is or will price with wing AD complied with. Call 830-275-1127

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Complete Engine Overhaul and Repair Service Power Section Inspection Hot Section Inspection Dynamometer Test Cell

www.rtturbines.com Phone

870-295-3552

FAA CRS # MW9R610J 3397 Hwy 121 West •Marianna, AR 72360 Danny Thompson • Cell: 870-821-2840

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1978 PA-36-375 Brave, TT 2820, TTSMO 1060, 2000 TBO, 1260 remaining on spar, SATLOC M3, flow control, stainless plumbing, fuel tank foam replaced, electric fan clutch, Vortex generators, Comm radio, split spray booms, smoker, hangared. Ready to work! $165K 281-450-0632 leave message or text.

1978 Piper PA-25-235 Lycoming 0-540 with less than 250 SMOH, Ground up restoration 2015.

Always hangared. Engine and airframe logs available. No corrosion, all AD’s complied with. Currently receiving fresh annual and wing EDY. Includes GPS, spreader, and 3 sets of nozzles. Nice looking bird. Eastern KS, 785-4483340 $78,750 1982 Piper Super Cub. Lowest time Piper built Cub on the planet, 650 hours TTSN, 0 SMOH, Stits Fabric, beautiful paint, Com Radio, L3 Lynx transponder with ADSB in-out with touchscreen weather, traffic. $150,000 Call Sun Valley Aviation 956-421-4545

1974 Piper Brave PA 36-400 IO-720 (400 HP) 3975 TT, 1875 SMOH, Wing Spar AD Complete, SATLOC Litestar III, Dyna Nav Flow Control, Superbooms with Davidon Rotary Atomizers. $97,500 or make reasonable offer. Call 701-400-1113

1978 Piper PA36-400, N3993E, TTAF 12,275, TTE 9952 Currently in Annual inspection, TSMOH 1124, PTT 6484, TSMOH 210, Bantam SATLOC. One owner, Complete books, Southern Ag SS streamlined drop booms, Hopper relined 6/2008, VG STC, Hopper light, New Transland spray pump, Converted to 400 5/2016. $90K Call 515-832-4366

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1975 Piper Pawnee PA25-235 D Model, TTAE 4092.29, SMOH 144.5 by Gann Aviation, Lycoming 0-540 B2C5 engine, Agrinautics pump, Weathaero Fan, Dropped airfoil SS beams, CP check body & Tips w/J tubes. All Ads complied with SATLOC Lite 2, owner/operator always hangared. $86K Call Jamie at 256-557-2882

1976 PA 36 SUPER BRAVE 400 HP - 3965 Total Time, 66 since Overhaul engine, 66 since IRAN Prop, 4040 hours remaining on wing spar caps, 275 gal hopper, Agrinautics pump and fan, dropped streamlined booms with CP nozzles and check valves, 2” left side load, extended wings, 90 gal fuel with new fuel cells, crop hawk, automatic flagger, pistol grip, nav/ strobe/instrument/landing/taxi and night working lights, left entry step, good paint, tires and glass. Price reduced to $185K or OBO. Contact Johnston Aircraft Service at 559-686-1794, info@johnstonaircraft.com or visit our website at www.johnstonaircraft.com

1976 PA 36 Turbine Brave 550SHP - 6450TT, 3097 since P&W factory O/H PT6A-20A engine with 0 since HSI and compliance with A.D.2014-11-05, 0 SOH 3 Blade Hartzell Prop, 275 gallon hopper, JAS gate, Agrinautics pump, electric brake, dropped streamlined booms with CP nozzles, 2” left side load, improved hopper lid, JAS High Lift Wing Leading Edges, 90 gal fuel, CommRadio, Crophawk, electric turn and bank, clock, nav/strobe/instrument/landing and taxi lights, Del Norte GPS, pistol grip, left entry step, good tires/glass and paint, 1739 hours remaining on wing spar caps. Aircraft is in very good condition and needs to go to work! Call and let’s make a deal! 559-686-1794, Email info@johnstonaircraft.com or visit our website at www.johnstonaircraft.com Order your Clipped J3 Cub Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250

Aircraft - Thrush

2019 Thrush 510P with P&W PT6A-34AG, Smoker, Bantam GPS, Intelliflow, Lane Electric Brake, Single Point Fuel, Vortex Generator and Leading Edge Lights. 264 TT. $875,000 Please contact Dennis or Tim at 319-266-0474.

1996 S2R-G1, S#G104, TPE331-6 Super 6, 9688 TTAF, 3222 on Spar Caps (Fresh Eddie current) 6200 hr. life, 0 SPOH by Northwest Propeller, TPE331-Super 6, TSCAM-4928, TSHSI-0, TSGBI-0, All engine work done by TAE (AG AIR Turbines) Hatfield bottom load fuel, A/C, Vortex Generators, New SATLOC Bantam w/flow control, Stainless Spray system, AFS check valves w/CP nozzles, Agrinautics pump w/Lane brake, Aircraft radio, March of 2021 annual, $390K OBO 509-750-2309

1996 Ayres S2R G6-510, TTAF:5690, TTE: 10,907, Engine TSMO: 364, Prop TT: 513, C.A.M.’d 400 hrs ago, SATLOC M3 w/small screen, Hartzell 3 Blade, Lane Fan & Brake, VGs, SPFS, Smoker, A/C, Smoker, Fast Start, Battery Mod, EI FP-5 Fuel Flow Indicator, EI Torque Gauge. $375K Call North Star today at 620-356-4528

2004 Thrush 550, TTAF 8093, with PT6-60AG 0 shot, 0 time fuel control, Bleed valve, and High pressure pump, 0 SMOH prop, Hyd. gate box, SATLOC G4, booms and spreader. Sale with fresh annual. $420,000 Call 979-257-6695

1973 Thrush S2R, Geared 1340 23D40 TSMO 400 AFTT 8,500, fresh annual, SATLOC M3, AutoCal flow control, Transland spreader and speed ring included. Delivery negotiable. $105K For more information call or text 719-648-9924

2019 S2R-T34 Thrush, N1009F, TTAE 1400.0, PT6A-34AG, Hartzell HC-BY-TN-3C/T10702NS SNEW 1080.0, AM Safe Seat Belts, Long control Stick, G5, Vortex Generators, IntelliFlow, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Custom Air Tail Wheel, SATLOC G4, Leading Edge Lights, SS Booms, Smoker, Cascade PT6 Pressure Cowl. Warranty on P&W is 2500 hrs.

TIS or 5 years. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www. midcont.net

1974 Rockwell S2R-600, TT: 7756, Engine TSMO: 513, Prop TSOH: 0, Geared 1340, SST Booms, Bantam w/G4 Screen, KY 964 Comm, Hartzell 3 blade, Flow Control, Smoker, SPFS, Collins A/C, Extended Wings, Spring tailwheel, Chip Light, Aileron Servo Kit, 24V Electrical System, Flagger, Digital Tach, CropHawk, SS Pump and Electric Brake. New: Battery, A/C compressor, Fuel pump, Spark plugs, Air, Fuel, & Oil filters, Seatbelt/Harness. $145K Call North Star today at 620-3564528

2013 Thrush S2R-T34, N3043V, TTAF 3398, PT61-34AG TTE 3398, 365 Since Hot Section, Concord Battery, CP Nozzles, Am-Safe Seat Belts, GPS, Bird Lights, SS Spray Valve, Prop 365 Since Iran, Fresh Annual. See spec sheet for details.

Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800325-0885 www.midcont.net

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FROST FLYING INC.

802 Spray Plane & Support Trailer For Sale

2000 AT-802A | N804DG • • • • •

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125 hours SMOH P&W PT6A-67AG Hartzell HC-B5MA-3D/11691N New Garmin Radio Package Extensive Rebuild September 2018

$795,000

2007 Siems Gooseneck Dove Tail Trailer Dual axle / Dual tires Generac Mdl. GP174500 Stand By Generator 1000 Gal. poly tanks 400 Gal. Jet A Fuel tanks Honda GX-390 gas motor on pumps

www.frostflying.com

$35,000

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M&M Air Service

George Mitchell - 409-656-5998 | Office: 409-794-2352 mmairgeorge@msn.com

2021 Slots Available .............................................................................Call 2012 AT 802A, 802A-0473 N473FS, PT6A-65AG, ~3,300 TT,Hatfield Single Point Fuel, Electric Brake Gr Adj, Smoker, Wingman, G4 w/Flowcontrol, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Storm Cutters, 10 Hydraulic Gate w/ Vondran Controller, Fresh HSI ......................................................... $725,000.00 2 0 1 7 AT 8 0 2 A , 8 0 2 A - 0 7 0 1 N 8 0 3 3 N , P T 6 A - 6 5 A G, 3 0 8 Gallon Fuel, Single Point Fuel, Electric Brake Gr Adj, Smoker, Wingman, G4 w/Flowcontrol & 7 1/2” Geared Manual Gate, Fresh Annual ...................................................................... $950,000.00

Alternators, Carburetors, Fuel Boost Pumps, Fuel Systems, Generators, Hydraulic Pumps, Magnetos, Propellers (Hamilton Standard & Hartzell), Prop Governors (Turbine & Radial), Reverse Current Relays, Starters, Starter Generators, Tach Generators, and Voltage Regulators.

Complete Air Tractor Parts And Accessories Dealer For Every Major Ag Aviation Parts and Supplies Large Selection of PT6 Accessories New Turbine Props and Blades S/S Pumps, Booms and Center Boom for Air Tractor Weath-Aero

Compro Target Spray Variable Rate Nozzles

2740 N Sheridan Road | Tulsa, OK 74115 Tel: 918-835-9924 | Fax: 918-835-3681 www.airacc.com

Jack Frost jack@frostflying.com Frost Flying Inc Office 870-295-6213 Maintenance 870-295-3776 Fax 870-295-6674

Garrett Frost garrett@frostflying.com Parts 870-295-6218 Fax 870-295-6237 parts@frostflying.com

Large inventory of PT6 and Air Tractor parts • Financing Available Call for Wingman installation For AgAv Parts & Accessories Call Matt Ashburn

IA and A&P mechanics needed

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StandardAero | Engine Services

2021 510P-34AG, 2” SST Spray System, 3” Side Loader, SST Reinforced 510 Gallon Fiberglass Hopper, 228 Gallon Fuel Capacity, Aluminum Booms, 250 amp Starter/Generator, A/C & Cabin Heat, Hi-Vis LED Wingtip, Navigation, & Strobe Lights, 41” SST Gatebox, Garmin G5 Attitude Indicator, MVP-50 Glass Cockpit, SST Belly Skin, Hartzell Prop, Dual-Caliper Cleveland Brakes, 21” Floatation Tires, Storm Shield, Main Landing Gear Wire Cutters.

Call North Star today at 620-356-4528 to get your quote.

1996 S2R-G1 Thrush, N2237D, TTAF 9688.0, Super-6 TPE331-6, TSCAM-4928, TSHSI-0, All engine work done by TAE (Ag Air Turbines), Hatfield bottom load fuel, A/C Vortex generators, New SATLOC Bantam, Flow Control, SS Spray System, AFS check vales, CP nozzles, Agrinautics pump, Lane electric brake, Aircraft radios, Fresh Eddie Current.

Very clean aircraft! Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net

KEEPING YOU UP HERE

BY TAKING CARE OF YOUR PT6A DOWN HERE

1977 Thrush S2R, CFXMG, 2366R 13-40PW, 50 hrs. Prop TT, 50 hrs. TTE, 7778 hrs. TTAF. Lots of spare parts to go with it - Rudder, Finn, Stabilizer, Extra cylinder jugs, Magneto carburetor, tire tubes and many other extras. $100K Canadian. Call Ron at 306-861-0177 1992 Thrush S2R-G6, N449AT serial #G6-105, TTAF 6185, TTE since IRAN at CD Aviation 945 hrs., new spar caps installed 35 hrs. ago, recent prop overhaul by Maxwell Aircraft. Aircraft is in great condition, side load fuel, concord batteries, SATLOC M3 GPS, Intelliflow control, SS boom hangers, booms and center section, CP11 TT nozzles, Lane fan on the pump, Reabe hopper gauge w/side display, Call 701489-3558

As an independent, OEM-authorized MRO provider, we offer the most comprehensive and flexible MRO solutions for your P&WC PT6A engine, including tailored 'inspect and repair as necessary' workscopes. With over 25 years of reliable turboprop experience, StandardAero is your best choice for your maintenance needs.

StandardAero is a Designated Overhaul Facility for Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A engine family.

To learn more, visit us at www.standardaero.com

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2021 710P-65AG, 2” SST Spray System, 3” Side Loader, SST Reinforced 710 Gallon Fiberglass Hopper, 228 Gallon Fuel Capacity, 250 amp Starter/Generator, A/C & Cabin Heat, Hi-Vis LED Wingtip, Navigation, & Strobe Lights, 41” SST Gatebox, Garmin G5 Attitude Indicator, MVP-50 Glass Cockpit, SST Belly Skin, Hartzell Prop, Dual-Caliper Cleveland Brakes, 21” Floatation Tires, Storm Shield , Main Landing Gear Wire Cutters. Call North Star today at 620-356-4528 to get your quote.

Get Serious About Selling 478-987-2250. Fax: 478-352-0025.

1998 S2R-G10/510 Thrush, N2146S, TTAF 4909.0, TPE-331-10, 825.0 TT SCAM, Hartzell propeller 0.0 SPOH, New fuel spline, Bantam GPS, Intelliflow, Lane electric brake, Smoker, Fast start, A/C, no heat, SS Boom, CP09 Nozzle, Comm radio, TRAC TXP w/ADS-B OUT, Installed new wing spar May 2016. Annual 2/21.

Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800325-0885 www.midcont.net

1978 S2R/T-34 Thrush, N4002S, 24,560TT, Record inlet, Metal Tail, VGs, Fastback, Loadmaster, Bantam with Intelliflow, Stainless Spray Gear, Work Lights, AC, Southwest Aircraft. Call or message for specs. $290,000 OBO Call Miles at 928-5809970

2012 Thrush S2R-T34, N986MM, TTAE:5100, PT6S-34AG, 400 hrs.

SHI, Hartzell 4 blade prop, 900 hrs.SNEW, Cascade, MVT-50 glass panel, Load Hawg, Bantam GPS, IntelliFlow, Leading Edge lights, Vortex generators, Smoker, Bottom load fuel.

Very clean aircraft, well maintained and no damage history. See spec sheet for more details. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www. midcont.net

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Order your Radial Thrush Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250

PT6A-41 850 SHP Thrush. N2249U, has been completely rebuilt from the spinner to the end of the rudder. We put the fuselage in our jig and replaced all the tubing from the cockpit back and upgraded to the later stronger longeron sizes. We installed all the factory beef up kits to the forward fuselage. We rebuilt the wings and installed new spar caps, rebuilt the factory metal tail, made new fuselage side panels and installed with crosspoint s.s. fasteners, we painted the aircraft with high solids Alumigrip polyurethane paint, we replaced windows, we installed a dropped stainless spray system we installed a cool seat with new covers and a Hooker harness, We installed the Cascade front end conversion kit with the 14” longer mount, we installed the MVP50T glass panel in the new upper center instrument panel, we installed a new Dyna Nav Vektor Max GPS, we installed a new KAWAK throttle quadrant, it has a radio and Harbour air conditioning, it has vortex generators, 192 gallon fuel capacity with bottom loading, it has nav/strobe/landing and taxi lights, and a 525 gal hopper. The engine is a King Air takeoff with approximately 4000 hours since P&W factory overhaul and 10 hours since hot section and test cell run. The High Performance 4 bladed Hartzell prop has 10 hours since new.

The aircraft is fast, hauls a full hopper load, gets off the ground quickly, turns extremely well, and is a delight to fly.

Aircraft needs to be working. Let’s make a deal! Call 559-686-1794, Email info@johnstonaircraft.com or visit our website www.johnstonaircraft.com

1977 Thrush S2R Turbine - 11,063 hours TTAF, Johnson Conversion and rebuild in 2007 (ME601E-11 with Avia Prop), Walters ME601E-11 engine with 3 hours Since IRAN (1560 SMOH), 400 gallon Hopper, AG Pilot X GPS with Flow Control (or Satloc Bantam if you prefer), MVP-50 Engine display, Electric Fan Brake, Bottom load fuel, Smoker, A/C, Metal Tail, KAWAK Throttle quadrant, Fiberglass belly, Winglets, Nav lights, Polished Spinner. Fresh Thrush Service Center Annual! Primed and Repainted Engine cowl, leading edges, vertical stab, and winglets. Rebuilt the tailwheel and primed and painted. She’s very clean and ready to go! Bring offers and trades! All specifications are subject to verification upon inspection by buyer. ASI JET is a Factory Authorized Thrush Dealer, Service center, and Parts distributor. Specializing in New and Used aircraft sales, Please Call ASI Jet Sales at 952-941-6255 for more information!

Excellent condition 1974 Thrush S2R, TT 4913, Pratt & Whitney R1340 geared engine, TSMO 229.

Only 378 hours since complete rebuild!

Always hangared. Contact Brent at 308-289-3534 for more information.

CK-AG-29 Wing Splice, Extended Wings, Aileron Servos, 29” Wheels, Spring Tail Wheel, Cold Air Intake, M3 SATLOC, Crop Hawk, Smoker, New Stainless-Steel Booms, Cool Seat, Bottom Load Fuel, $185K 308-8893481 Visit https://mega.nz/folder/ TnhBxI5b#uPRTR4blbIBcMm9-0Y6a-Q for more pictures.

1999 Thrush S2R-T34, N4061H, Frame off restoration. Like new.

TTAF 5,350. Engine PT6A -34AG. TSO 0.0. Century Wings with 115 gal fuel per side, extensions and winglets. New 4 Blade Propeller STC SA04302CH. New 510 gal Hopper.

New tires, brakes and rotors. ZEE A/C w/heat. Single point fueling system.

Fuel Quantity Indicator. Hopper quantity gauge. New pump and stainless steel booms. Heavy duty landing gear. Cool seat. New paint. Current annual. Call Turbines Inc 812-877-2587 peg@ turbinesinc.com

2009 AT-802A, Serial # 802A-0333, TTAE: 2588 hrs, Fresh Annual, 10” Hydraulic Gate, Dual Loading Valve, Smoker,Single Point Fuel, Bendix King Audio Panel, Garmin SL 40 Com, Garmin 345 Transponder, Garmin 496 GPS. $710,000 Call or text Michael 870-672-2089

Super nice, super clean, super low time Thrush 660P -67AG, DUAL COCKPIT-DUAL CONTROL, PT-6 powered work horse for sale! ONLY DUAL COCKPIT MODEL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE PLANET! Outstanding machine for crop spraying, fire suppression, and even patrolling purposes. How about FLIGHT TRAINING for any of the three?

Can outfit for each purpose! Only 428 hours since new! Only 150 hrs. since hot section by Covington, and only 2 hrs. on Hartzell 115” 5 blade prop since overhaul! Get started now! Outfit and spray, firefight, patrol, or instruct, before the season begins! Call Kirby at 615-972-7423 or email k.totty@ comcast.net

1999 Thrush S2R-T34, N23034, AFTT 11,048 hrs., Current Annual, Avenger Wing Spar 38,391 hrs. remaining, Extensions and Winglets, PT6A-34AG TSO: 0.0, Four Blade Hartzell Propeller STC SA04302CH, HC-B4TN-3C/T10702NS TSN: 0.0, New Tires, New Brakes and Rotors, Zee A/C System w/Heat, Single Point Fueling System, Fuel Quantity Indicator, Refurbished Hopper with new gate box, New Booms. See spec sheet for details. Turbines Inc. 812-877-2587 www.turbinesinc.com

1997 Ayres S2R-G10, N773CC, AFTT 6500, Engine: 1813.0 SHOT/ CAM1813, Propeller O/H Conrad Maxwell on 4/5/12, Cool start system, Hatfield single point fueling, ATS-VG’s, AG-TIPS-MARBURGER, Kawak hydraulic system, SATLOC G4, Load hawg, Max weight 7900, Empty weight 4718, Useful load 3182. $420K Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800325-0885 www.midcont.net Order your 510 Thrush Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250

Order your Thrush 660 Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250 Order your Dual Cockpit Thrush Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection Call 478-987-2250

Aircraft - Weatherly 1977 201C Weatherly, In annual, prop Iran as needed. TTAF 4700, Engine SMOH 325, 99 1/2 SATLOC AirStar, new tail wheel assembly block, new tires, new ignition switch, Lane electric break system, paint fair (6), windshield replaced 2 years ago, ads are complied with. Call Ben Kirk at 662-803/5102

1993 Weatherly 620B, 3720TT, Less than 100 hrs on engine, prop and accessories. Wing AD complied with, new wing attach brackets. Fresh annual. SATLOC Lite-Star II, flagger, smoker, Crophawk flowmeter, Weath-aero fan. CP11 nozzles, stainless booms. Many spare parts available. $125K 218-820-3780

1995 Weatherly 620B, TTAF 7344, Pratt & Whitney R985 TSOH 66 hrs, Hartzell HC-B3R30-4B 1661 TSOH, Crop Hawk Flow Meter, VG’s, CP’s, Lane pump fan and electric brake, Smoker, LED Landing Lights, 70 Amp Alternator. March 2020 Annual. $135,000 Call Stephanie Williams at Souther Field Aviation, Inc. 229-9242813 Order your Weatherly Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S &H. Call 478-987-2250

Aircraft - Other 2006 Beech G-36 Bonanza, 880 Hours since new, Garmin 1000/WAAS, Factory Air, Leather. This airplane is like new.

Price reduced to $475,000 Call Sun Valley Aviation, 956-421-4545

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B1-A Callair Manufacturing Rights. Available now is the type certificate, drawings, jigs, tooling, aircraft parts, and property associated with this 300 gal Pratt and Whitney 985 powered sprayer. Start your own aircraft company or expand your line. Call for details.

Airplane Services Inc. 850-675-1252, 850-380-7268, 850-380-6091.

Order your The AgOp Collage Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250 Order your In-Formation Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S &H. Call 478-987-2250 Order your Stearman Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250

Helicopters

R-985 & R-1340 Complete OHC Cylinder Assemblies OHC in stock, all with new pistons installed and all gaskets and seals to install. We also stock new and overhauled magnetos, OHC carbs, starters fuel pumps, etc.

Top overhaul tool kits $250 each. Call Sun Air Parts 661-257-7708, Fax 661257-7710 or email info@sunairparts. com R-1340 Geared engine. TSMO 800 hours. Call Dan at 701-640-4857 for details.

R1340-AN2 Airmotive Overhaul, New Pistons, mags, harness, carb, with warranty outright/exchange. Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-429-6805 R1340 Engine Overhaul, New Pistons, New bearings, mags, ignition harness, carb, with warranty outright/exchange.

Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903429-6805 R985-AN1-14B Tulsa Overhaul, New Pistons, Bosch mags. Ignition harness, carb, with warranty outright/exchange.

Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903429-6805 Pratt and Whitney overhauled 1340 cylinders, carburetor, Ag cat spreader call Terry at 870-536-1348 or David at 870-550-1664 R-1340, Zero Time Since Overhaul By Covington, $67,500.00 Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401

2006 R44 Raven 1, 2055TT, 803 MR & TR blades SNEW in 2013, (So BOTH sets of blades have 1,400hrs and 5+ years LEFT) 559 SNEW Clutch, shaft and upper shieve assembly, KY197, KT76C, Kenwood 2 way. After 150 hrs, Overhaul the engine- go fly another 1400 hrs! Price reduced to $130K Call Kyle Scott at 970-867-8414.

2 Huey helicopter buckets for sale. Call Guy at 803-645-8230 1982 Hiller UH 12-E, 3112 TT, 100 hrs. on new engine. Two spray trucks also for sale. Call Guy at 803-6458230 Order your Bell 206 Helicopter Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99. plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250

Engine - Piston Pratt & Whitney R-985 & R-1340 Engines in stock. All with new pistons installed. Overhauled by Aero Recip, Covington, Tulsa and Younkin. For more information call Sun Air Parts 661-2577708, Fax 661-257-7710 or email info@sunairparts.com

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Engine - Turbine Zero TSO PT6A-34AG. Overhauled by EOS. Please call us at (561) 745-6150 for more information.

PT6A-34 PCE-RB0905, TSN 45. For pricing call Paul at 305-825-2001 or email preeves@jsamiami.com PT6A-41 Engine For Sale, SN: PCE81159, TT: 10889.1 Hrs TC: 10510 TS0: 1094.0 CS0:567 See spec sheet for details. Call Turbines Inc. at 812877-2587 turbines@turbinesinc.com PT6-15AG For Sale, Fresh gear box, overhaul, 0 since hot section. Call Bill Kingrey for cycle times and price. 979257-6695 PT6 Starter Generators #23046-28 OHC, -21 U/S, $5000 for pair, or trade for 23046-007’s. Call 870-8862418/2489F, 759-1692 Cell frank. kelley@ag-cat.com Walters 601E-11 OSIRAN, Engine 2250 TT, 1300 hrs sense factory overhaul. Complete with overhauled prop hub, and a set of blades, 99 in dia. $95,000 Memphis, TX. 940-585-6176

PT6A-41 Engine For Sale. SN: PCE80472, TT: 11739.2 Hrs TC: 10843 TS0: 1081.1 CS0:609. See spec sheet for details. Call Turbines Inc. at 812877-2587 turbines@turbinesinc.com PT6A-27/28 PCE-40613, TSO 1649.

For pricing call Paul at 305-825-2001 or email preeves@jsamiami.com PT6A-27/28 PCE-51511, TSO 1505.

For pricing call Paul at 305-825-2001 or email preeves@jsamiami.com Turbo Cat Kit ready for installation this winter. Kit includes new firewall forward, Hartzell propeller, EI-MVP, custom built fiberglass cowlings and much more. We can supply a new PT6A-15AG or -34AG for a great price with the kit. Includes a “Fly Safe Transition Program” Contact ann@ turbineconversions.com for pricing and additional details.

Complete Engine Package! TPE331-6 Engine, 537 Since Cam, CD Aviation Hartzell Propeller HC-B3TN-5M/ 537 Since New, Starter Generator 23047007, 25 Hours Since Overhaul, Beta Tube Included. $177,000 Call Lynn Johnson at 701-360-5966 or 701352-3700 (3) PT6A-34AG Engines For Sale, TSO’s 0.0 PT6A-45R TSO 1259.9. Visit our website for spec sheets. Or call or email Jay Streb at 812-877-2587, jay@ turbinesinc.com PT6A-60AG, 6500 hours TT, Fresh Hot Section, O/H Fuel Control Unit, O/H Bleed Valve, O/H Starter Generator. $295,000 For more information call Bill Kingrey at 979-257-6695

Equipment - Booms Tsla Center Boom 59105 (AT401-402) $1200. Please call Peg at Sky Tractor 1-800-437-5319 For Sale - High quality Stainless Steel booms, pumps and nozzles! On the shelf and ready to ship. Contact mark@ turbineconversions.com SUPERBOOMS, Thrush Servos; Maintenance on Ag & G.A. Aircraft Including Heavy Structural Repairs; Robinson Helicopter Service Center; Machining, Fabricating & Sheet Metal Gurus; Tri-State Aviation, ND 800642-5777 or tsa@tri-stateaviation.com www.tri-stateaviation.com

Equipment - Nozzles Newberg Electrostatic Spraying LLC is the exclusive distributor for Spectrum Electrostatic Spray Systems. Do more acres with better performance. Call Ed Newberg 320-848-2745. Serving northern US and Canada. Now STC’d for all 400 and 500 series Air Tractors.

New Zanoni Equipment Atomizers in stock and ready to ship at Turbine Conversions, Ltd. High quality, all stainless steel, tested, proven and US operators are loving these atomizers.

Contact Mark@turbineconversions.com for more info. www.turbineconversions. com CP09-3P nozzles (59) $50 each, CP04 Poly Check valve (68) $26 each, CP02 SS check valve (76) $80 each, CP09-3E (67) $80 each, 7” SS drops (30) $5.50 each. Please call Peg at Sky Tractor 1-800-437-5319

Equipment - Parts Hatfield hydraulic drop door. USFS / BLM approved. Fits Thrush, Dromader, can be adapted to Air Tractor 502 or 802. Excellent condition, with streamline fairings, all controls included. $21,000 S.E.A.T. program is expanding.

Pilot / contractor training available. Call 530-345-9919 Transland Grip Steps for AT aircraft. Call Billy Maxwell at Transland 940-6871100 or email sales@translandllc.com for more information.

Transland 4” Delrin Hopper Vents. Call Billy Maxwell at Transland 940-6871100 or email sales@translandllc.com for more information.

3 Hatfield Fire Gates. Air Tractor, vented lids for a 502, Transland quick attach.

Make a Reasonable offer. Call 204856-9422 AT-802 Hatfield Fire Gate - New Production ready to ship! Original Hydraulic Clam Shell Design, STC, BLM & IATB Approved. Proven reliable design, currently fighting fires in North & South America. Built tough, lighter weight and affordable pricing available options. Other aircraft models available - STC on All models of AT, Thrush and M18 Dromader with short lead time. www.turbineconversions.com Contact ann@turbineconversions.com

Equipment - Pumps New and overhauled Air Tractor and Thrush boost pumps in stock. Delco A4949 motor with 400 GPH AN4101 fuel pump attached. Outright and exchange. We supply these direct to both factories. Call Sun Air Parts 661-257-7708, Fax 661-257-7710 or email info@sunairparts.com 502B spray pump Agrinautics 38” Gate Strut Assembly and complete bottom installation ready to go (Electric brake) second 502B spray pump with all bottom installations (electric motor for fam feather) see pictures of both pumps. Note: they are used pumps.

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Equipment - Spreaders Transland SS Swathmaster 38in.

Special 54495 (5in. Throat) w/wing extension 254 in. wide, Spreader Quick Attach 23505, Brackets for 402B & homemade cart, (NEW 52916) Stainless Low Volume Gate Door. Like new, used once on spike contract, would be great for cover crop work. $10K OBO plus shipping. Call 620-525-6712.

Ayres Thrush Transland Spreader. All stainless, like new, fits 41” Transland gate box. $2,000 OBO Will deliver anywhere USA for expenses, or will crate and ship for materials and labor.

Call 530-345-9919 25” Stainless Steel Spreader, Like new, 9 Vanes for low volume applications. $1,500 Call Bill at 863-467-4000 (2)Transland SS 22274 38” to 25” gate box adapters & 21966 Gate Boxes. $2500 Eachor $4000 for both plus shipping. Call 620-525-6712 TRANSLAND SS SWATHMASTER 25in, has brackets for 402B, Spreader Quick attach 23507, comes w/2 more center sections & 4 wings. $3000 OBO plus shipping. 620-525-6712 Transland 10 vane spreader for 38” gate, new, $9,900; Lane Aviation 281342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401

Equipment - Support Like new portable load pad suitable for an 802. Very little use. $20K For more information call 309-759-4826 3” load, mix tank, fully contained and lockable, air compressor and storage complete ready to go. $19,600 For more information call 309-759-4826

GPS - AgPilotX Helicopter light bar now available with the new iPad based guidance system AgPilotX. Entire system with helicopter light bar is 13 lbs. Call Anthony Fay with Insero for details 480-285-4367

GPS - DynaNav Brand New Vektor LITE GPS systems.

Ultimate navigation system at an affordable price. $7,500 View details on our website www.dynanav.com

GPS - Other Trimbal GPS with flow control. $500 For more information call Dan at 701640-4857

GPS - SATLOC (2) SATLOC G4 GPS w/IntelliFlow. $14,000 each. Call Ed at 361-9477891 or 361-387-9090

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SATLOC G4 Complete System, Includes: CPU, 9-inch touch screen 16:9 ratio, A21™ antenna, External L7 Lightbar, SATLOC IntelliTrac aerial guidance software. Features: Intel Dual-Core i7 processor, 2 powered USB ports (optional USB Hub with 3 ports), 4 GB RAM, 32 GB optional storage space on Mini SATA drive, SATLOC G4 IntelliTrac Software for unlimited waypoints, polygon points, maps and jobs, Convert .shp files to .job files inside IntelliTrac Software, Data sharing with 3rd Party Software, Supports AgLaser altimeter. $17,995 plus shipping. Call North Star today at 620-356-4528 2 Year Old SATLOC G4 GPS System for sale, like new. Also have various used GPS systems. AG PILOTX DEALER. $13,000 Call Tanner J. Sotvik at DEVILS LAKE AERO SERVICE 701520-0229 or 701-662-4416

Help Wanted Looking for a young energetic pilot willing to commit to established South Central business. Great opportunity for the right person to fly and help manage the business. Multi-engine, rotor wing, Ag and fixed wing operation. Housing is available. Please email resume and references to blindads@agairupdate. com. Subject: ID#3240 All inquiries must include a phone number.

R44 Raven II Ag Pilot. The position is for 5-6 weeks, early July to midAugust. Ag PilotX, GPS, Flow Control.

We provide lodging, operate in one location. Send resume/inquiries to elyhelicopters@yahoo.com G-10 Thrush pilot for corn. We only operate out of 2 locations. SATLOC with shape files. Usually lasts about 4 weeks.

Contact Frank Ousley at fousley@citlink. net or call 815-631-3113 Pilot wanted for July/August corn run in central Nebraska in Air Tractor 502.

Excellent running and excellent pay rates according to gal/acre applied. Will provide hotel room for entire stay. Please contact me at kfranklin@auroracoop. com or 402-604-1874

Hello folks! VersaAir Services is looking for a Class A truck drivers to support helicopter operations in Kansas and surrounding states. This position will require a class A and tanker endorsement. Great job with good people in a fast paced atmosphere. If your a pilot wanting to fly then don’t be afraid to apply as a driver as we are rapidly growing and will need folks to make that transition. If your interested please let me know via email jsutton@ versaair.com. Thanks!

Bell 206 Spray Pilot Needed - Are you a helicopter pilot looking to make a difference in the world of public health?

Are you looking to join an amazing organization that values people, the planet, and doing the right thing?

Then keep reading to learn more about Clarke’s Lead Pilot opportunity! Working out of our office in Roselle, Illinois, the Lead Pilot will provide contract mosquito and aquatic herbicide control services to Clarke’s customers in the Midwest via targeted aerial application from April to October each year. Aerial applications will be made in high traffic areas while safely working around controlled and uncontrolled airports. Schedule will be flexible, and similar to a two week on, two week off so you’ll still have some time for summer at home!

Travel expenses will be covered by Clarke. We’re seeking an independent, self-motivated, detail oriented, and safety conscious individual with a passion for the outdoors and previous experience to join us in our mission to make communities around the world more livable, safe and comfortable.

Qualifications and expectations can be found on AgAir Update’s website http:// classifieds.agairupdate.com/details. php?id=3272 Interested candidates visit Clarke’s website, click on careers and submit resume www.clarke.com Immediate seat opening in an AT802. Rice and Cotton. Long Standing Southern Operation. Email resume and references to blindads@agairupdate. com Subject: ID#3285

Open Seat for the Corn Run in July and August flying an Air Tractor 602 or Turbine Thrush. Turbine Ag Time is required for this position. If you have any turbine ag time and are interested in an Illinois seat this summer please contact Travis Hermann 217-607-6383.

CDL drivers needed to support helicopter spray operations. Full time positions available with several work schedules to choose from to include 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off and a seasonal schedule. Also, candidates can earn a pilots license or rated pilots can receive aerial application training. Call or email to discuss your future. 561-723-1911 or email parker561@me.com

Established CO Operation seeking insurable 402/502 pilot with minimum 500 AT hours. Must have herbicide experience & willing to work in controlled airspace. Interview will include a test flight & water application.

Nice on-site RV park. Qualified applicants please send resume to: airdusters@rtebb.net

ISO experienced / licensed aircraft technician, mainly specializing in agriculture aircraft (Air Tractor & PT6A turbine engines). We have a strong growing business here, if you are interested in a long term career.

Starting $20 to $30 per hour and that is negotiable. Must pass drug test. If interested call Steve at 870-919-3625

Kindersley Air-Spray Ltd. requires 1 professional agricultural turbine spray pilot to pilot Turbine Thrush 510s for the 2021 spray season.

Anticipated start date: May 10, 2021 thru September 7th 2021. Education: Commercial pilots license, Pesticide applicators license. Applicant must have a minimum 1500 hours of agricultural spray experience of which 1000 hours must be on a Turbine Thrush or Air Tractor, up to date medical, be proficient in speaking, reading and writing English, be capable of operating SATLOC GPS systems or the equivalence, perform basic maintenance and servicing on aircraft, maintain journey logs following transport Canada guidelines, have a clean flight record, be insurable through our insurance company. Wage/Salary: $75/hr based on 40hr/week. Benefits: Benefits package available, Workers Compensation provided, possibility of a seasonal bonus. Email resumes including references to advanced. aviation@sasktel.net. Only successful applicants meeting all requirements will be contacted. Kindersley Air Spray Ltd. Box 2005 Kindersley Sask. S0I 1S0 Office: 306-463-4600 VersaAir Services in Kansas is looking for a fixed wing Thrush S2R turbine pilot for the 2021 season. VersaAir Services is a successful helicopter operator diversifying into the fixed wing market and seeking an individual that we can grow the fixed wing division with. We are placed in a great location in eastern Kansas with private asphalt runway. Please email jsutton@versaair. com and/or rdeweese@versaair.com for more info.

Two Helicopter Ag Pilots Needed. At least 1 year ag experienced preferred.

Must be dependable with good work ethic. Call 641-821-0015 or email speasaviation@hotmail.com Western Canadian Aerial is looking for 1 pilot that is available for Forestry work during 2021 season, with potential of extending into our regular ag season.

Our company uses Air Tractor 402, 502 and 602. Experience in type of aircraft is required. Previous experience on Forestry work also required. Please contact Markus Seitter and send resume to chiefpilot@wcaerial.com Helicopter Pilot - Position available spraying in South Texas. April thru November. Room and Board provided with excellent pay. Call Cameron Hendrickson at 815-739-6813 or 815384-5151 Midwest operator seeking experienced 502 pilot for 2021 fungicide run. Idea opportunity for motivated individual who would like to become an operator. Email resume and references to cadyaerial@ gmail.com

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CLASSIFIEDS Work on an aerial wildfire crew supporting Air Tractor 802 aircraft. FT/ PT available. CDL required. Call Patrick Mertens at AERO APPLICATORS 970522-1941 CAMM Air is looking for energetic A&P candidates for our Spencer, Iowa location. Candidates shall possess A&P certificate. Will train right individual.

All turbine Air Tractors serviced. Also service corporate aircraft including King Air, Beechjet and Citation aircraft.

Please send resume with salary requirements to cammair1@gmail.com Pilot needed for the season. Needs to have at least 1000 hr. turbine time doing herbicide, fungicide and insecticide. Position can possibly turn into a full time seat. Located in ND. Call 701-489-3558 Experienced Rotary-Wing AG Pilot Needed - Pilot with experience wanted for 2021 and beyond. At least three full seasons of Forestry experience is and row crop experience is preferred. Our season runs from first of March through beginning of November throughout the South and Midwest. B&S Air, Inc. operates some of the cleanest and well equipped OH-58’s, 206B’s, and Long Rangers in the industry, and we spare no expense on our maintenance program. We run two batch trucks and a turnkey with all crews to maximize productivity. Percentage based pay system with no limits to earning potential. Call 229-838-6733 or visit us at https://www.bandsairinc.com/ Ag pilot wanted - Gravity Ag Services of Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada is an expanding company looking for an 500hr experienced, insurable, Canadian Commercial licensed aerial applicator to join our team. Our team utilizes the Thrush 510p to service our customers.

The successful applicant will be required to safely and efficiently fly on both irrigation and dry land from May to September. We are looking for a strong work ethic to professionally work with customers and crew. Email resume to gravityag@outlook.com Driver/Support crew needed for Wildland Fire Suppression Aircraft. Looking for a motivated individual to travel and assist pilots with aircraft for fire suppression duties. Temporary position with long term possibilities dependent on performance. CDL Class A with Hazmat and tanker endorsement required to apply. Duties include: driving pickup truck and gooseneck trailer set up to different bases as needed. transporting crew to the fire bases from the hotel and back, loading/fueling aircraft, making sure equipment is clean and well taken care of. For further questions you can contact Chrissy/Kyle at the Fort Morgan Airport. 970-867-8414. Please send resumes to cofireaviation@gmail.com

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North Dakota aviation operation looking for an Experienced and “PASSIONATE” A&P/IA and pilot to fly/maintain/rebuild turbine Thrush and North American AT6 aircraft. Flying season runs from June through August. TPE-331 and sheet metal experience preferred. If you do not love aviation, and enjoy maintaining and flying airplanes, please do not apply.

Email resume and references to Luke at luke@ltenterprisesnd.com

Large midwest aerial application business looking for A&P and IA mechanics. Must have Air Tractor and PT6A experience. Starting salary is 7080K if qualified. Must supply a resume and three references. Send resume and references to blindads@agairupdate. com, Subject: ID#2234 or fax to 478352-0025

Looking for Ag & King Air Simulator Instructors. Instructors are 1099 contractors. Work is on a per student basis. 1-3 day courses and paid by the day. Work one on one with the students. Classroom and simulator instruction. Days are 9-5 with no weekends. Lodging fees are covered for instructors that travel in to our location to teach. Flight instructor certificate not needed. Looking for someone who has an Ag pilot background/ experience. Turbine experience is a must. Could be active or retired. Must have an interest in teaching and passing on their knowledge to others in the industry. Email resume and references to blindads@agairupdate.com Subject: ID#2710

AV-KOR1 Helmets Available Now! The AV-KOR1 helmet is made out of a fiberglass composite, utilizing Koroyd and an anti-microbial comfort liner making it the lightest aviation helmet on the market. Features Fire Retardant trim and a FIDLOCK buckle system.

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Looking for the right pilot. Wilbur-Ellis is looking for a Bell 47 Pilot with row crop spray experience to work in King City California. King City is located in the south end of the Salinas Valley, 150 miles south of San Francisco, 60 miles south east of Monterey. I have a full-time position available for the right applicant. You must be stable and accident/violation free. Wilbur-Ellis has excellent benefits, including company provided transportation. The season runs from the middle of March through the middle of November. The work is difficult and challenging but rewarding.

Pilots are expected to be in the office in the afternoon to prepare for the following days work. This is a full time position for an experienced Bell 47 pilot with row crop experience. If this is something you are interested in, send me a resume. Mark Plaskett 831-5942430 mplaskett@wilburellis.com Due to expansion opportunities we are looking for experienced 502 and 802 pilots. Must have knowledge of the latest GPS units. This is a full time turbine position in the Upper Midwest.

Historically from May to October. We spray a large variety of row crops.

Mostly fungicides, insecticides and micro nutrients no herbicide work. We also do dry fertilizer and cover crops.

We are looking for team players willing to grow with us. A pilot with a strong work ethic is desired. Please reply with a resume to Agpilot502802@gmail. com IA and A&P mechanics needed. Call 870-295-6213 Salary depending on qualifications and experience.

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Operations For Sale or Wanted Single turbine aircraft operator looking for business opportunity in the Midwest.

Experienced and professional with no claims or accidents. Licensed in several states. Second generation Ag Pilot.

Please email inquires to blindads@ agairupdate.com Subject: ID#3261

Southern Rice operation for sale. Mainly rice but also diverse crop opportunities.

Top notch turn key. All equipment needed and more included plus more if desired. Email all inquiries to blindads@ agairupdate.com, Subject: ID#3185 All inquiries must include full name, phone number and email address.

Parts - Airframe Firewall Forward Engine Cowling for an AT-502B. Includes everything except the engine. $20,000 Call 256-762-1827 AT-502 sheet metal. Some new, some used, all airworthy. Mostly fwd. lower fuselage. $500 for all OBO. Will box and ship for materials and labor. Call 530-345-9919 Ayres Thrush ‘Hoerner’ wing tips.

Left and right, no damage. $500 for the pair. Call Gary at 530-345-9919 garyhendricksonn3n@gmail.com Used set of AT-502 wings with 170 fuel, 4600 hrs remaining on spars, all control surfaces and hardware. $42K Call Farm Air Inc. 877-715-8476 Air Tractor Bolt In Step Extension - CNC cut anodized aluminum step extension that bolts into existing step for more footing and traction. $125 Available online only at www.ambericandesigns. com Questions - ambericandesignsllc@ gmail.com CNC cut anodized aluminum spray mirrors. $275 with mirror online only. $275 www.ambericandesigns.com Questions - ambericandesignsllc@ gmail.com Titanium Full Swivel Tail Wheel Now approved and available for S2R 660 Thrush - full swivel tailwheel with Titanium Tail Spring. Durable, long life span, lighter weight option for Thrush owners. Contact ann@ turbineconvesions.com for information and to reserve your production slot for this winter. www.turbineconversions. com Reinforced Thrush Leading Edges - Send your leading edges to us and we will reinforce them with durable custom extruded aluminum reinforcements. Available directly from Turbine Conversions,Ltd ann@ turbineconversions.com or contact our favorite Thrush dealer for more information. www.turbineconversions. com Ag Cat Factory Frames - All Models, 4130 weld assys, fixture per­fect, ready to install. Upgrades, hoppers, long fuel, hi-wings, struts/wires, all components, special hardware and much more.

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CLASSIFIEDS B-Model Ag Cat Wings. Long range fuel.

Good paint. $10k each, $35k for the set. Call Chad Stuart, Airplane Services, Inc. 850-380-6091 1960 Piper Comanche Wings Complete with Gear, Paint Fair, No Hail damage.

Also have fuselage. $9,000 Call Tanner J. Sotvik at Devils Lake Aero Service 701-520-0229 or 701-662-4416 Blue anodized aluminum windshield washer replacement cap with handle. $65 Available online only at www. ambericandesigns.com Questions ambericandesignsllc@gmail.com Super “B” Ag-Cat Wings, fresh paint, metalized, big fuel. $50,000 Call Bill Kingrey at TURBINE YELLOWJACKET PARTNERS LLC. 979-257-6695 AT-402 airframe sandblasted, primed and painted. Comes with belly skin and Turtle deck. Also includes tail spring and tires. Includes tail but needs left elevator. $35,000 Call Bill Kingrey at TURBINE YELLOWJACKET PARTNERS LLC. 979-257-6695 Front seat for a Citabria 7 series and a Maule tail wheel, tire size 8x3.00x4 single arm in fair condition with good bearings and race. Both for $175 Call Don at 402-841-5144 or email flyagrp@cableone.net Smokers/Driftfinders - Minimize your off target drift risk. FAA/PMA’d and STC’d for installation on most Agricultural aircraft. 44 years in business and over 6,200 units in service. For more information Please call Compro Aviation, Inc. 785-899-2294 or visit us on the web at www.comproaviation.com REBUILT 29” THRUSH LANDING GEAR IN STOCK & we can REPAIR / REBUILD yours to LIKE NEW STATUS. Johnston Aircraft Service, INC. 559-686-1794 / Email parts@ johnstonaircraft.com or visit our website at www.johnstonaircraft.com Tools for reaming attach bolts Wing Main (Centerwing to Outboard wing) attachment joints for Dromader M-18 per repair service bulletin #e/02.170/2000 Available for rent.

Contact Ann at Turbine Conversions 616-837-9428 or email ann@ turbineconversions.com

Parts - Engine AgJet TPE331 SB+/SC+ Conversions - Installed or assembled Kits with heavy rings. Allied/AmAg Ag Cat Center 870-886-2418/2489F, 759-1692 Cell frank.kelley@ag-cat.com -34 Cascade Inlet System. Firewall FWD for S2R Thrush. $35,000 Call Bruce’s Flying Service at 229-7254150

Radial Parts: 2 Fiberglass AT Speed Rings, 1 THRUSH Speed Ring, 1 Radial engine mount with ring. Make offer.

Cascade Aircraft Conversions. 509-6351212. info@cacaircraft.com Ground Support Engine Driven Transfer Pump, Zanoni Equipment’s all stainless steel construction paired with a Honda 13 HP motor. Special introductory pricing orders received by January 31, 2020. Contact Mark@ turbineconversions.com for more info.

Parts - Other Complete Wingman for sale. Pump and all accessories included. As removed from 2600 hour AT-602. $7,500 Call Lynn at 870-734-6064 Complete stock of all P&W R-985 & R-1340 engine parts. Also P&W tools, Top OH tool kits, Time Rite kits, engine mounts, Champion & Tempest spark plugs, parts books, OH and maintenance manuals, Mags, carbs, starters, fuel pumps boost pumps. Also, R-1830, R-200, R-2800 engines and parts. Call Sun Air Parts 661-2577708, Fax 661-257-7710 or email info@sunairparts.com Misc. parts off of S2R Thrush including air conditioning plus speed ring. $1,000 For more information call Dan at 701640-4857 602 Wingman System. Call for Price: 870-672-2089 Air Tractor Gen 2 Firegate, Complete system, Fairings, wire-harness. Call For Price: 870-672-2089 2013 AT-502B Firewall forward parts: Engine mount, cowling and Ram Air filter system. All parts with less than 1400 hours total time. Very clean and well maintained AT-502B. Call Cascade Aircraft Conversions for more details 1-509-635-1212

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Propellers Hamilton Standard 23D40 3-blade Prop – 20 hours on overhaul. For details call Dan at 701-640-4857 AT-402 3-blade Prop, Model #HCB3TN-3D, blade serial numbers K78110, 78108, 78111. New blades and fresh hub overhaul, zero time has been put on it since overhaul, 1680 hrs since new. Comes with excellent prop stand. Call Patrick at 970-571-0871 Hamilton Standard 12D-40-6167-12 Propeller. 102” diameter, FAA approved for R-1340. $4,500 530-345-9919 12D40-6101-12 Propeller, Overhauled with 8130 Form. For more information call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903429-6805 Hamilton Standard Propeller 23D40 with 6511-12S Blades Overhauled Completely includes 8130-3 form. For more information call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-429-6805 Hamilton Standard 22D40 Hydromatic Propeller 6533 blades overhauled complete with distributor valve and prop, Governor. For more information call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903429-6805 23D40 with New Blades 6511A-9 installed. Completely Overhauled Propeller. With 8130-3 form. For more information call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-429-6805 QUALITY Propellers For Sale 33D50-6601A18 OHC........$29K 23D40-6601A19 OHO........$28K 22D40-6533A12 OHO........$25K 22D40-AG200-2 418-SOH....$22K 12D40-AG100-4S 375-SOH...$19K 12D40-AG100-2 828-SOH....$18K 2D30-AG100-2 OHC.........$23K HC-B3TN-5M/102” OHC......$17K Call AmAg, 870-886-2418/2489F frank.kelley@ag-cat.com Hartzell Prop HC-B3T10-3D, Blades T10282N +4, Prop Assy, Buckhead, Spinner, OSTMOH Prop. $28,000 Call Bruce’s Flying Service at 229-7254150

Seat Wanted AG pilot (25+ years experience) seeks winter work in Jan/Feb/March and possibly April. A definite team player with excellent references. Looking for a professional operation with wellmaintained equipment. 8,800 hrs total time, 7,800 AG, most in AT-502. No accidents, no claims. Will consider other opportunities as well. Thank you for your consideration. Please email all inquiries to 1spraypilot724@gmail.com or call 386-963-5717, Cell 386-8540761.

Seeking a winter seat or ferry jobs. I am a very ambitious and determined pilot that is looking to grow. I am a dual rated commercial pilot going into my second season as a helicopter applicator. I am nearly ALL turbine time, around 1400 hours currently, mostly rotor wing in UH60M BlackHawk, Bell 206, and OH58A/C. I have roughly 120 hours fixed wing tail wheel time, to include the Turbine Training Centers Air Tractor 502 course, as well as 6 hours of dual turbine Thrush time and instruction. My times are growing every day. I am a NAAA member and I am also licensed in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky. I have limited herbicide experience, but that is also growing.

I am interested in ferrying fixed wing aircraft and ideally I would like the opportunity to have a seat doing fertilizer in timber this winter.

I am committed to my helicopter season through August at minimum, November at latest. I would love the opportunity to continue flying for the rest of the year, no preference on turbine or piston. Willing to temporarily relocate. I realize I do not meet most “open pilot” insurance policies, but after speaking to my agent and providing my experience I am indeed insurable for you! If anyone is interested in reaching out to me, I will do my best to make it worth your time. Thank you for reading.

Fly safe. Zachary Zacharypourciau@ yahoo.com 225-718-6190 Pilot looking for corn run. Experienced flying an Ag Truck, Ag Cat and Thrush round engine. Over 9,000 TT hrs., 5,000 in ag, 600 TT hrs. on twin engine turbine. Please call Donnie at 229-457-1769 or 229-424-5343 Proven Journeyman, 6000 documented hours ag, FAA 137 Chief Pilot certified, no drifts, no insurance claims, no crashes. Proficient in all ag aircraft but at this point I’ll only consider flying Air Tractors. Rather not be a suitcase jockey, settling with the right operator and possible option to takeover/buyout would be ideal. Please email if interested: flyrightturnleft@ gmail.com South African pilot, 56 year old, experienced on radial and turbine engines. Holder of South African commercial license, single and multi engine, IF and Ag ratings. AG Aircraft types PA 25, PA36, G164B, Air Tractor 301/401/402 B, Thrush 510 S2R-34T. Willing to relocate anywhere in the US or Canada, kindly email: craighhamman4@gmail.com Ag Pilot seeking work with a reputable operation. 1093 TT, 779 Ag, 85 Turbine. Extensive background in agriculture. A&P mechanic with ag aircraft experience. Resume and references available. Please Email: AgFlyer40@gmail.com

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Licensed in LA, AR & MS. Looking for 2021 seat preferably around Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi or Missouri but will entertain other locations.

Fungicide, insecticide,fertilize, seeding and rice herbicide experience. Time in 4,5,6&802 also thrush 400&510 . No accident history nor any drift claims.

All Ag time is turbine time. Have been insured in all previous listed aircraft.

For more info please send text or leave voicemail if no answer at 318-3766993. Resume and reference upon request. Email colemckee309@yahoo. com Looking for long term seat in the US. I have an interesting combination of Aviation Engineering, Flight Training and Flight Experience, both Rotary Wing and Fixed Wing. Currently flying Thrush 510, Robinson 44, Robinson 66 and King Air C90. Experience in liquid application, aerial seeding and aerial fertilization. I am also URT (Upset Recovery Training) and aerobatics flight instructor giving instruction for more than 80 pilots already including AG pilots on how to recover airplanes form upset attitudes. Pilot Licenses: ATP, IFR Helicopter, CFI, TT Rotary Wing 1,500 hours. Resume and references are attached. For more information email cerionidiego@gmail.com Pilot Looking For Heli Seat - Bell 212, UH, Rangers, 500s, 133, 137, 135 AG. OAS Cardable, Extensive experience with mosquito Vector control. 40 years of ag pilot experience. Call Andy at 850686-2020

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