AgAir Update - February 2024

Volume 42, Number 2 FEBRUARY 2024

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20 Preserving Your Investment

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24 Crawfish Battle Across the Finish Line at LAAA Convention in Lake Charles 30 Crunching the Numbers: Risk Management in Aviation 34 Zanoni Makes Global Strides into 2024 36 Covington Aircraft Engines Opens Service Center in the United Kingdom 48 Arkansas AAA Convention Returns with Horse Racing in Hot Springs

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IN EVERY ISSUE 06 From the Cockpit | Bill Lavender 08 Calendar of Events | See What’s Happening

50 Speed, Safety, and Comfort: The Origins of Delta

26 Spreading the Facts |Michelle Miller

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38 Craymer’s Counsel | Robert Craymer

54 Meet NAAA’s 2024 Leadership Team 66 Dr. Carrol Voss to be Enshrined into the National Agricultural Aviation Hall of Fame 75 Bonus Depreciation Set to Return for 2024

62 Regina’s Perspective | Regina Farmer 72 Wing and a Prayer | Carlin Lawrence 78 NTSB Reports | Accident Synopses 80 Low and Slow | Mabry I. Anderson 83 Classifieds | Get Serious About Selling

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FROM THE COCKPIT

Bill Lavender - bill@agairupdate.com

A Difficult Task

O

ne of the more difficult tasks a business

Hopefully, you have your business finances arranged

owner has to face is increasing prices,

so you can print an expense report. From this report,

typically for the same services and products

study each expense and try to predict how much

as before the increase. I have never met anyone who

inflation in the upcoming spray season will be affected

looked forward to raising their prices. It invites an

by inflation and by how much; challenging, if not next

open door for the customer to leave. At a minimum, it

to impossible, to do.

can raise the specter of a negative conversation.

In no way will this exercise be especially accurate.

In this world’s economy, price increases are inevitable.

Rest in knowing it will be exceedingly more accurate

Leland Snow once told me that if you raise your prices

than doing nothing. Working with computer software,

a little each year in line with inflation, you will rarely

or by rote, start with each line item of the report

hear a complaint. However, waiting a few years and

to guesstimate inflation’s effect on that line item’s

trying to catch up can be disastrous. This applies

number. Do you believe the price of fuel will rise

in “normal” years with relatively low inflation. When

50%? Adjust your trial expense report to reflect this

faced with 8-10% inflation, things become touchy. A

increase. Do you know that the cost of labor is going

price increase is unavoidable if you want to survive in

to go up 100%, from $7.50 to $15 an hour? What

business.

about next year’s aircraft annual that will be paid for

How does one calculate the amount needed in a price increase? Assuming you figured out long ago how to

from this season’s revenue? Its cost will be affected by some of the same influences as yours.

charge for your services that allowed for a decent

There is no way to predict cost increases for the

profit, you must figure out how to maintain that profit

forthcoming season accurately. Yet, you can make

margin. Or else that margin will decrease exponentially.

intelligent assumptions with high hopes you will have a

Inflation does not affect all businesses the same. I am not an economist or a financial advisor. I write to you from well-paid experience. Take a hard look at your expenses. You could start by weening out frivolous expenses, but that will not fix the underlying problem of paying more for almost everything.

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manageable average. This is not an exercise that can be ignored. Not doing it will haunt you into failure. Do not stress over being exact because you can’t be. Pick line items in the report that impact your business the most.

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“Do not stress over being exact because you can’t be.”

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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November 18-21, 2024

North Carolina AAA Convention Hilton Greenville 207 Greenville Blvd SE Greenville, NC 27834 Hugh Cundiff hacundiff@liberty.edu Phone: 910-592-6537

2024 Ag Aviation Expo Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX United States Lauren Henretty lhenretty@agaviation.org Phone: 202-546-5722 November 18-21, 2024

more than others, but you can rest assured virtually none will

February 12-15, 2024

2024 Ag Aviation Expo Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX United States Lauren Henretty lhenretty@agaviation.org Phone: 202-546-5722

cost less.

Air Tractor Aircraft Maintenance Familiarization Course Olney, TX Brian Hahn bhahn@airtractor.com February 16-18, 2024

February 20-22, 2025

(Continued from page 6) Do the math for how much of an increase in your prices will cover these forthcoming increases. Some items will cost

You can let your competition dictate your prices, whether ground or air applicators, but that will not apply when you figure out your bottom line. Remember, if you are operating on a 20% overall profit margin and your pricing is 5% off,

NAAA & NAAREF February Board Meetings Bonaventure Montreal Montreal, Canada Lauren Henretty Lhenretty@agaviation.org Phone: 202-546-5722

you lose 25% of the net profit. Increased acreage should not

October 9-11, 2025

the “advertised” inflation rate. You could get lucky, and

Nebraska ATA Convention Younes Conference Center North Kearney, NE Taylor Moore taylor@youraam.com Phone: 531-289-8323

NAAA & NAAREF October Board Meetings Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Flowood (Jackson), MS Lauren Henretty Lhenretty@agaviation.org Phone: 202-546-5722

everything works out for you. However, you could just as

February 29-March 2, 2024

November 17-20, 2025

Canadian AAA Conference Fairmont Banff Springs Banff, AB Canada Shara Tardif ed@canadianaerialapplicators.com Phone: 780-413-0078

2025 Ag Aviation Expo Atlantis & Reno Convention Center Reno, NV Lauren Henretty Lhenretty@agaviation.org Phone: 202-546-5722

NAAA & NAAREF Feb. 2024 Board Meetings Hilton Old Town Alexandria, VA United States Lauren Henretty Lhenretty@agaviation.org Phone: 202-546-5722 February 19-21, 2024

October 10-12, 2024 NAAA & NAAREF Oct. 2024 Board Meetings DoubleTree Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN Lauren Henretty Lhenretty@agaviation.org Phone: 202-546-5722 8 | agairupdate.com

account for making up the deficiency. If that was the case, what was the point in increasing the acres flown?

Or, you can take the easy route and raise prices by

easily be undercharging or overcharging, inviting disaster either way. Be comfortable knowing inflation’s effect on your business and adjust accordingly.

Until next month, Keep Turning Profitable…

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AGAV PICS

@cropdusterpete in the two Seat Air Tractor

A Huey hard at work on the corn run by @theheliteam on IG

An Air Tractor AT-502 lays a line during testing. Photo by @agaviationphotography on IG

An Air Tractor flown by John Gooden passes during a pattern testing clinic in Maryland. Photo by @agaviationphotography on IG

Flying low over the bean crop. Photo by @jo_jo_richard on IG

Flying low over the bean crop. Photo by @jo_jo_richard on IG

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The Bell 206 hard at work on the corn run in Indiana. Photo by @theauger on IG

The KA-26 flying above pastures in Russia. Photo by @kamovrider on IG

The Piper PA-25 from @cem_dogut on IG

The Turbo Ag Cat spraying rice in Williams, California.

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ERADICATION IN PARADISE FLORIDA KEYS MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT Story and Photography by Ryan Mason

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T

he Florida Keys is a dream travel destination for many. Part of keeping the island paradise that stretches over one hundred and thirty-seven miles at the top of the tourist destination list in Florida is holding one of the most

annoying distractions of any vacation at a minimum - the bugs. That responsibility rests with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, located in Monroe County, Florida, hangared at Marathon Airport in Marathon, Florida.

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(Continued from page 13)

History The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) operation started in earnest with several DC-3 aircraft dispersing adulticide around Monroe County, which spans hundreds of small islands in addition to the larger inhabited islands making up the Florida Keys.

Many of the keys comprise marshland, a prime

The original Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) DC-3 aircraft

breeding ground for mosquitos.

Over the years, the district has moved from delivering

dissipates into the water, which is then ingested by

only adulticide to delivering approximately 90%

the mosquito larva gut, reacting to enzymes within the

larvicide, with the remaining 10% still delivered

larva, which crystalizes with fatal consequences.

as adulticide directly over populated areas where granular larvicide is ineffective.

Fleet Once the agency DC-3 fleet reached the end of its

“We’re larviciding more now as we know where the

useful life, FKMCD transitioned to the aerial application

mosquitoes will be. As larvae, they are in water

of adulticide via the purchase of two Britten-Norman

sources, so they are a lot easier to control. So we

Rolls Royce 250 B17 powered Turboprop BN-2

can treat them before they become flying adults.

Islanders, fitted with an under-wing 40-gallon micron

So they are not bothering any humans or spreading

air spray pods for Ultra Low Volume (ULV) adulticide

diseases. There are times where a west wind comes

delivery guided byan AGNAV system able to deliver

in from the Everglades and brings with it adults; that’s

their load at 130 knots during application.

where the 10% of adulticide is employed, and we’ll go out to specifically control them when needed,” said Chad Huff, Florida Mosquito Control District’s Public Information Officer.

While the Islanders are still with the district, the plan is to phase them out to focus on a 100% rotary fleet for future application needs. The district currently flies over 260 missions a year, based on 2023 statistics,

In addition to Florida state land, the district is also

flying approximately 1300 hours per year across the

responsible for several islands under federal control,

fleet.

which they treat with granular larvicide.

After the introduction of the BN-2 Islanders, FKMCD

The switch to a majority of the application being

also added rotary wing application to the mix, with

larvicide was essentially an environmental one for

the addition of two Bell Jetrangers in the late 1990s,

the FKMCD as the BTI larvicide used is only fatal to

progressing from those on to two Bell 206L4

mosquitos and one type of black fly species, yet

Longrangers in 2002 and 2005 fitted with 40 gallon

fatal to all 46 mosquito varieties found in the Florida

Isolair ULV dispersal tanks tanks for liquid dispersal

Keys area. The granular product, once dispersed,

via booms and a belly tank and granular larvicide

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The Bell 206L4 is now being phased out of operations in favor of the Airbus H125

application via side-mounted hopper tanks.

In 2020, the district took delivery of the first of three Airbus H125 “A-Star” helicopters over the next several

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years to streamline delivery and maintenance operations within FKMCD. “The A-Stars are a three-mission ship. They’re doing the granular, liquid larvicide and keeping up with the same capabilities and efficiencies the airplanes had for ULV.

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The whole idea was to standardize the fleet for training and maintenance. It is much easier to deal with one aircraft than three different types. Maintenance-wise, we dealt with three different aircraft and three sets of parts.

It was a logistical nightmare. In the future, everybody’s efficient on one aircraft as opposed to three different ones,” said Paul Pignataro, Chief Pilot at FKMCD. “The H125 is a fantastic aircraft. It’s blown the Longangers out of the water with the amount of product it can carry. There are days when the pilot will stay in the aircraft, flying for six to eight hours during our busiest periods here. That’s brutal and in the older aircraft. In

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The FKMCD fleet includes air and ground assets that can be deployed anywhere in the Florida Keys.

(Continued from page 15) The H125s operated by FKMCD are equipped with

Speaking on the upgrade from a pilot perspective,

an updated VEMD capable of 900 shaft horsepower,

Pignataro stated, “Everything’s electronic, from the

allowing a larger performance cushion with the

dual FADEC system, which means we don’t have to

additional power available that enables the application

worry about hot starts. The dual hydraulic system is

to be completed flying at an approximately 90-100

excellent. Our previous Bell helicopters were a 2000

knot application speed.

and 2003 model; the technology is almost redundant

New Equipment, New Capacity FKMCD employs multiple delivery methods for both

compared to the upgraded technology the new aircraft offers us as an organization.”

adulticide and larvicide products that include a

Staffing

40-gallon underbelly tank made by Isolair dispersing

While the district’s total staffing numbers are over

ULV liquid adulticide, a 275 gallon liquid larvicide and

100, the aviation unit staffing consists of three full-

an externally mounted dry granular delivery system

time pilots and three part-time pilots who all receive

capable of carrying 1200lbs of granular larvicide

the same training and certifications and are required

depending on the application need. This equates to

to meet the same minimums.

a coverage rate of 150 acres per load, a substantial upgrade from the previous Longranger capacity of 800 pounds, which would limit their acre capability previously to 65 acres.

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Pilots hired for the district must have 1000 hours of helicopter time to be considered for FKMCD, while Pignataro explains that they try to look for pilots with 500 hours of turbine experience.

Chief Pilot Paul Pignataro performs a preflight check of the H125 before launching on a mission.

“We used to require an airplane rating, but since we’re

locations used by the district to gather intelligence on

transitioning, we’re not worried about that. It can be

mosquito breeding populations to develop a Proposed

tough to get people down here because of the cost of

Treatment Area (PTA) via what is commonly called a

living. Still, when it comes to government agencies,

“land test,” where the inspector will count the number

we are fortunate to have great health benefits, as

of mosquitos within a given time that land on the

everything’s paid for in addition to the option of the

inspector’s arm to gather the intelligence needed to

Florida retirement system, which adds to the benefit of

categorize the need for PTA’s in the area. PTAs are

working in the Keys,” said Pignataro.

developed urgently via computer analysis of multiple

Once a pilot is hired, all pilots are put through Airbus factory training at the Airbus facility in Grand Prairie,

sets of data fed into the system to define the urgency of treatment.

Texas, along with annual recurrent training and

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ditching training conducted in conjunction with the

The Florida Keys is an area unlike others in that pilots

Monroe County “Trauma Star” team.

are flying over great distances to perform aerial

The Science Behind the Application While it sounds low-tech compared to the application method, the district decides when an application is needed via a rudimentary process. One of a team of 27 ground inspectors will attend specific

application tasking, which can sometimes lead pilots and aircraft to be over 100 miles from their home base of Marathon, which in turn means that the district has to deploy field assets so aircraft can land at (Continued on page 18)

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FKMCD designed and built a trailer that contains a custom-made granular larvicide hopper and fuel for aircraft in the field.

season here is May through October. After October, the weather calms down, and the rainy season starts, so along with the temperature change, the mosquitoes aren’t growing as fast as they typically are. So it gets slower for us, that is when we concentrate on meetings training requirements and maintenance tasks until the season picks back up for us,” said Pignataro.

(Continued from page 17) designated off-site locations decided by the district to keep the aircraft in the field for applications in the wider-reaching areas of the Florida Keys.

Looking to the future Florida Keys Mosquito Control District’s Executive Director, Andrea Leal, who has been with the district since the early 2000s, stated that while fixed-wing aircraft was a significant step in pushing the district

To accomplish this, the aviation division of the district

into the next generation of application, the district

employs several field technicians that will forward

believes that helicopters will fulfill the role for aerial

deploy to application locations after a PTA has been

application in the Florida Keys in the future.

dispatched with a truck and custom-designed trailer with an autoloader hopper carrying larvicide onboard a custom-built trailer capable of carrying a load of larvicide, enabling crews to stay in the field applying product for several days if needed. In addition to the on-site larvicide, the trailers are equipped with onboard fuel storage for several hundred gallons of JET-A fuel, enabling the aircraft to refuel in the field without a return trip to Marathon or another airport within the Florida Keys.

“In the last ten years, we’ve targeted precision larviciding. When I first started, we started using helicopters. Once we realized this could have a significant effect and impact on mosquitoes, this was the direction that we wanted to go. We had to figure out what machine we could use that could do Everything we needed to do, whether it was adulticiding, liquid larviciding, or granular larviciding; the aircraft had enough capacity to do all three. And because of that capacity with the newer aircraft, we

“On a busy day, we can have one truck down south

could completely replace the airplanes that could only

with a couple of helicopters applying the product,

do one of those tasks. Once we did a cost-benefit

one truck up north with a helicopter, and then one

analysis, we looked at what would work best for us

truck here with a helicopter. There’s been days where

here at the district, and the A-stars seemed to fit the

we’ve had all four helicopters out at once. Our busy

bill for us; we bought our first A-Star in 2020, and

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FKMCD will begin gradually phasing out and selling their Bell 206 and BN-2 Islander aircraft.

it was a relatively quick progression to three.” Leal

our program, the sale of our airplanes, plus one of

stated.

the Longrangers, I think we’ll be able to hopefully

“Where we would like to end up is to have four aircraft.

That way, we don’t have to worry about pilots being able to go from airplane to rotorcraft. So we are thinking about overall efficiency.

One of our biggest concerns is mosquito-borne diseases; we see Dengue fever. Chikungunya was up in South Florida, and Zika was in South Florida.

So, what we do here makes a significant impact on public health. Responding immediately when we see

finalize the final fleet replacement by 2025 or 2026 at the latest, bringing the A-Star fleet to a total of four aircraft.” she continued.

As some agencies still struggle with which aircraft suits their requirements the best, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has set its sights on a modern aircraft fleet and innovative field delivery methods that benefit the residents and visitors to the area alike and seem to have established themselves in the right direction to be future-proofed for a long time to come in the world of aerial application.

mosquitoes is of the utmost importance.

Having that aviation fleet allows us to respond immediately. We’ve got to be out as soon as we see those mosquitoes to prevent anything from happening here. And so that’s the most significant advantage of having our fleet. As we continue to progress agairupdate.com | 19

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C I P Preserving Your Investment

by Byron Yoder Owning an aircraft is an investment that requires

aircraft like Cirrus, made from carbon fiber or

proper care and maintenance to retain its value and

synthetic materials. Another option is beeswax

slow the process of corrosion. Our paint can be

offers an eco-friendly alternative to synthetic

subjected to various hazards like UV rays, chemical

waxes. They provide good protection and nice

contaminants, scratches, and defects. We will dive

shine but may only last for a short time as

into different types of protection and how you can

synthetic/Hybrid options. These types of waxes

keep your aircraft looking its best to retain the highest

are often great for use with lacquer finishes.

value.

Hybrid Wax: Hybrid waxes combine the benefits

Waxes

of both carnauba wax and synthetic polymer wax.

Waxing is one of the oldest and most well-known

They provide a slightly faster application and

methods of paint protection with many varieties and

easier removal of application while still providing

types available, it can get confusing knowing what to

natural gloss and shine. Carnauba and Hybrid

use. There are several types of paint waxes available

waxes are often rated from a few weeks to a

in the market. Here are some of the most common

month(s) of protection when used with proper,

ones:

PH-neutral wash soaps. This option comes with a

Carnauba Wax: Carnauba wax is derived from the leaves of the Brazilian palm tree and is great for many applications, often suggested for

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(Continued from page 20) daily will remove these waxes within one to two

training classes to access products. The benefit of

washes. A large number of labor hours to apply,

professional coating installation is that the service will

cure, and remove excessive wax buildup can be

provide time-saving techniques and paint-safe products

time-consuming, and with operations of aerial

to reduce labor costs and repainting.

application being fast-paced, are long gone before the season even reaches peak operation tempo.

Paint Protection Films (PPF) Paint protection films are a physical barrier applied

Paint Sealants

to the vehicle's paint, often seen on leading edges of

Paint sealants offer a longer-lasting solution compared

aircraft and in front of cars/trucks. These films are

to traditional wax. These sealants are made of synthetic

typically made of clear or black polyurethane, acting

polymers that bond with the paint surface, creating a

as armor against scratches and minor impacts. This

protective layer with the paint. They provide better UV

film comes with a weight drawback, needing to be

protection, durability, and resistance to environmental

installed by professional services.

contaminants and chemicals and are rated from one month to nine months. However, most are rated at 6-month protection with proper Ph Neutral wash soaps.

We highly suggest this type of protection. Once the aircraft is cleaned, sealant can be sprayed on quickly, wiped with a microfiber towel into the paint, and immediately put back to work. Sealants provide a deeper shine than traditional waxes. This type of protection works well with clear coat and single-stage paint.

Conclusion Protecting your paint is essential for maintaining its value, appearance, and time. Whether you opt for traditional waxing, advanced sealants, ceramic coatings, or paint protection films, each option offers varying levels of protection and durability. Consider your budget, desired longevity, company size, and best maintenance schedule. Weekly cleaning and maintaining your paint aircraft will ensure that shine

Ceramic Coatings

remains intact. Remember, a well-protected paint

Ceramic coatings provide exceptional durability to

job not only enhances the aesthetic appeal but also

chemical and UV while providing increased shine. This

contributes to the overall longevity of your aircraft.

nanotechnology creates a molecular bond with the substrate forming a thin, almost zero-weight layer over the paint that is much stronger than traditional waxes and sealants. Due to ceramic coatings creating a flat layer molecularly over the paint, cleaning is significantly reduced. Decreased surface tension leads to the substrate collecting or holding much less contamination and can last for years rather than weeks. Ceramic coatings come with a drawback as most are required to be installed by professional detailing companies that must attend certification and

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Byron Yoder owns Frontline Detail, a veteran owned aviation detailing, ceramic coating and industrial corrosion protection company. Byron experience is 15 years detailing with certifications in aircraft detailing, ceramic coating and corrosion protection.

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Debunking the Sweet Talk: Top 9 Myths About Sugar

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ugar, the sweet delight that tantalizes our

Myth 2: Sugar Causes Diabetes.

taste buds, has been a subject of fascination

The relationship between sugar consumption and

and scrutiny. With countless articles, studies,

diabetes is complex. Excessive sugar intake can

and opinions swirling around, it’s time to separate fact from

contribute to weight gain, a risk factor for Type 2

fiction. Here are the top 9 myths about sugar, debunked:

diabetes. However, genetics, lifestyle, and overall diet

Myth 1: All Sugars Are Created Equal.

Sugar is sugar, whether it stems from corn syrup,

play more substantial roles in diabetes development than solely blaming sugar.

beets, cane, honey, or more. However, natural sugars

Myth 3: Sugar is Highly Addictive, Like Drugs.

in fruits and vegetables contain essential nutrients and

The idea that sugar is as addictive as narcotics has

fiber. Added sugars in processed foods lack these

gained attention, but scientific evidence doesn’t

benefits. Not all sugars affect the body similarly, so

fully support this claim. While sugar can trigger

distinguishing between sources is crucial.

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(Continued from page 26) pleasure centers in the brain, labeling it as addictive

Myth 8:

oversimplifies the complex nature of addiction to

Natural Sugars Don’t Count. Falling prey to the allure

substances like drugs or alcohol.

of “natural” sugars in fruit juices or dried fruits can

Myth 4: Natural Sweeteners Are Healthier. The allure of natural sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, or agave often leads people to believe they’re healthier alternatives.

lead to excess sugar intake. While these sources contain essential nutrients, they’re still concentrated forms of sugar. Moderation is crucial even when consuming natural sugars.

Though they contain slightly more nutrients than

Myth 9:

refined sugar, they’re still high in calories and can

It’s “bleached” or chemicals.” When it comes to the

affect blood sugar levels similarly when consumed in

delicious white crystals we all love to add to our

excess.

coffee, bake, etc, sugar is naturally white. Whether

Myth 5: Cutting Out Sugar Completely is the Solution. While reducing added sugars is advisable, eliminating sugar isn’t necessary for a healthy diet. Sugar, in moderate amounts, can be part of a balanced eating plan. The

sugar crystals come from sugar beets or sugar cane, all sugar is a molecule extracted from a plant. The process requires a lot of heating, drying, water, and more, which creates the raw sugar we eat naturally.

But not because there are chemicals or bleach added.

key is moderation and being mindful of hidden sugars

In conclusion, the world of sugar is not as

in various foods.

straightforward as it seems. Understanding the

Myth 6: Sugar Causes Hyperactivity in Children. Parents have long believed sugar makes kids hyperactive, especially at birthday parties. However, extensive research indicates that sugar doesn’t significantly impact children’s behavior or cause hyperactivity. Factors like excitement, environment, or individual differences may be more prominent.

nuances between types of sugars, their impact on health, and the context in which they’re consumed is essential for making informed dietary choices. Instead of demonizing sugar entirely, focus on moderation, mindfulness, and a balanced diet. Awareness of hidden sugars in processed foods, choosing whole foods, and savoring sweet treats in moderation can help strike a healthy balance. As the debate around sugar continues, let’s approach it with a balanced

Myth 7:

perspective, appreciating the sweetness it adds to

Sugar-Free Means Healthy. The ‘sugar-free’ label might

life while being mindful of its potential impact on our

seem like a healthy choice, but it doesn’t necessarily

health.

equate to a nutritious option. Sugar-free products often contain artificial sweeteners, which, when consumed excessively, might have their own health concerns.

Reading labels and understanding ingredients is critical.

As always, the dose makes the poison.

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by Ted Delange

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hen I got involved in the ag aviation

hazards, as well as the subsequent risks, that threaten

business in the early 80s, first as a

the viability of an organization.

mixer/loader and then as a pilot, I

remember one ‘old-timer’ who had taken down two powerlines in the first week of a new season. He said it was “all part of the game, and if you don’t like it, that’s your problem.” Incidentally, that season, he racked up another powerline and severely damaged the mains after hitting a large rock hidden in a half-

Well, that’s just great! But what on earth does it mean to individuals or small operators? It wasn’t so long ago the term RM would draw a blank stare and a quizzical look. In today’s environment of expensive equipment and soaring input costs, RM has become essential to aerial application operations.

grown wheat crop, which was unsurprising given his

My first formal look at RM was with the Systematic

philosophy of flying with the “wheels in the weeds.”

Risk Management program developed by the Canadian

Even though I was an industry greenhorn then, I thought there had to be a better way, and thank goodness, there was and is. Interestingly enough, at the same time, there was a very noticeable change in the guard, from the cavalier attitude towards safety exhibited by a few like the fellow mentioned above to a more studied approach to the tenets of flight safety.

An evolving part of this change has been introducing a formal approach to managing day-to-day risks. The basic concept of risk management (RM) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as the identification, analysis, and elimination (and/ or mitigation to an acceptable or tolerable level) of

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Air Force, which is based upon a statistical analysis of a particular situation. For example, if a flight were at night in a new airport with poor visibility and an inexperienced crew at the controls, each element would be assessed a specific numerical value. The trip would be canceled if the combined total was high enough – suggesting it would be beyond safe operating limits. It was just a matter of crunching the numbers.

Many ag operators already have an informal RM program underway, simply by using common sense and experience to avoid situations that might make for a bad day at the office. I would guess that no operator

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(Continued from page 31) I will leave you with one episode early in my aviation

visibility. At the end of a swath, I pulled up and hit the

career that didn’t show much savvy regarding risk

wire dead center on the prop. Fortunately, the line

management and sound decision-making. I was flying

broke, but not before shearing off the air-driven spray

a 450 HP AgCat, treating a field of peas with a single

pump. Powerline: 1. Pilot: 0.

powerline at one end. I had calculated the job would take five full loads, and everything was fine and dandy for the first two loads.

Can such accidents in ag aviation be eliminated entirely? You bet! Ensure all ag aircraft stay parked in their hangars for the entire season. But with the

It was then the gremlins were out to get me. Drops of

extraordinary work being done to make the industry

oil started to appear on my windscreen due to a failing

a ‘safety first’ culture, we can chisel away at what

prop seal, but luckily (or, more correctly, unluckily), in

can be horrible statistics. Add to that innovative RM

the AgCat, you could open the left window and reach

programs and new technologies that reduce a pilot’s

around to wipe the windscreen clear. I should have

workload decisions, e.g., flow control, GPS navigation,

stopped there, but I just wanted to finish the order,

radar, GPS, and we can certainly give it the old college

which had been on the books for over a week.

try in giving it our best collective efforts 24/7.

Well, you guessed it, on one of the runs, I completely

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Zanoni Makes Global Strides into 2024 2023 was the most eventful year in the company’s

fields in South Africa, and natural reserves in the

history. Zanoni Equipamentos, a Brazilian manufacturer

Brazilian Pantanal. In the realm of atomizers, the

of aerial application dispersal technologies, made

impact was even more pronounced: the application

a global impact in the agricultural aviation industry

technology was widespread in Brazilian agriculture

by introducing new products and making significant

(with over 200 aircraft equipped in just one year),

investments in its industrial plant.

especially with the new M6 model for high-speed

A Global Brand in the Agricultural Aviation Industry Zanoni participated in the SINDAG Congress (one of the most prominent exhibitors), attended the NAAA Ag

aircraft (installed on the 1000th AT-802), also protecting crops worldwide, including banana plantations in Mexico and Ecuador, grain fields in the USA, and forests in Canada.

Aviation Expo in the USA for the seventh consecutive

Zanoni continued to make a mark in the scientific

year, took part in the Latin American Agricultural

world of agricultural aviation, funding various research

Aviation Congress in Uruguay, and was represented at

projects worldwide. In collaboration with Agroefetiva

the CAAA Agricultural Aviation Convention in Canada

and Professor Dr. Wellington Carvalho, a project was

by its local distributor (Turbine Conversions). The

conducted to develop hydraulic nozzles. Several

team visited operators in Argentina and the USA,

trials were carried out in partnership with consultant

attended the Aviator’s Festival in Lucas do Rio Verde,

Alan McCracken, including atomizer calibration in

and organized a seminar in Luís Eduardo Magalhães

Central America, the USA, Bahia, Mato Grosso, and

(the central cotton region in Brazil). In addition to

Maranhão. In collaboration with Sabri, an evaluation

routine on-site customer support, the technical team

was conducted with the US Department of Agriculture.

visited maintenance centers in Primavera do Leste and participated in the Regional SINDAG Seminar in Cuiabá. The company also invested in political support for the aerial application industry, being present at the Brazilian Congress in Brasília to advocate for aerial application in front of the Brazilian population and legislators.

Spraying Innovations Among the key products launched by Zanoni in 2023, include the line of hydraulic transfer pumps, a new fuel pump, spraying pumps for helicopters, and gates for Cessna 188. Zanoni’s transfer pumps now have the option of hydraulic motor activation, allowing installation on support trucks for agricultural aircraft.

Apart from the constant presence in the industry,

In the fuel line, Zanoni introduced a new continuous-

two Zanoni products deserve special mention for

operation electric pump (12V), now without a time

contributing to ag aviation in 2023: the gates and

restriction (previous fuel pumps had a 5-minute limit).

atomizers. Throughout the past year, firefighting

In the gates line, a tool similar to Zanoni’s invention for

equipment played a role in environmental protection

Ipanemas was launched, now also for the Cessna 188,

across the Southern Hemisphere, with notable

significantly increasing the efficiency of piston aircraft

applications in the Uruguayan pulp industry, grain

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original gate boxes. Zanoni launched a centrifugal

equipment for agricultural aviation, the company

pump for helicopters, maintaining the brand’s quality

inaugurated another building in its headquarters and

standard.

acquired new machines dedicated to the new product

Zanoni continued developing promising innovations for agricultural aviation. The new line of spray nozzles, new spray pump line, and spreader have been in

lines that will be launched. The investments made between 2020 and 2022 increase the production capacity and delivery times of existing products.

testing for several months, receiving the necessary

Zanoni’s certification process with ANAC (National Civil

validation that aeronautical equipment must undergo

Aviation Agency) advanced considerably. Despite the

before being launched in the market. Some other

Brazilian aeronautical authority not requiring dispersal

innovative products for agricultural aircraft also entered

equipment to be certified, the company took this

the design phase in 2023, and more details will be

initiative to provide greater legal certainty to operators

disclosed soon. In the engineering department, notable

in Brazil. Its PMA (or “COP” – according to Brazilian

improvements were made to the rotary atomizers

regulations) and its first STCs (or “CTEs” – according to

line, especially with a new anti-drip system and a new

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Covington Aircraft Engines Opens Service Center in the United Kingdom Covington Aircraft Engines has officially opened the

PT6A family. In addition, Covington Aircraft EU Limited

doors of its second overseas Service Center. Located

will serve as a European base for the company’s well-

in the southwest of England near Wimborne, Dorset,

known Mobile Repair Teams which will now be able to

Covington Aircraft EU Limited is certified by the United

provide more efficient and timely field service support

Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority as a Part 145

across the United Kingdom, Middle East, and Africa.

organization and will provide customers in the United Kingdom, Middle East and Africa with factory authorized maintenance, parts, and Mobile Repair Team services for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A family of engines.

Engine overhaul work or expanded work scope requirements for Covington Aircraft EU Limited customers, as well as from customers in North America, Central and South America, Asia and Australia

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will continue to be handled at the company’s Okmulgee,

Overhaul Facility (DOF) for the Pratt & Whitney Canada

Oklahoma headquarters facility with its advanced test

PT6A. With its headquarters and North American

cell capabilities.

Service Center in Oklahoma, a Service Center in Brazil, and the addition of this latest facility in the United Kingdom, the company is well positioned to provide in-network warranty services, commercial support, and new parts to customers worldwide.

“We are very blessed” said Aaron Abbott, president of Covington Aircraft Engines. “Not only to be able to extend our company’s physical presence and geographic reach in this way – but also for the opportunity it affords us to maintain our relationship-

As with each of its Service Centers, Covington’s

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customer is welcomed as family and treated with the

capabilities, experienced staff, and tooling to handle

utmost respect and care regardless of where they may

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ne of the PT6 maintenance items you always

hours. All this information exists for all engine models

hear about is the hot section inspection.

in various Pratt & Whitney Canada service bulletins.

The hot section inspection is a mid-TBO

Time constraints are listed in service bulletins, but hot

inspection where we split the engine. At the same

section criteria are defined in each engine model’s

time, hot section inspection time requirements may

maintenance manual.

differ by engine model because TBO on engine models may vary. Performance loss can also dictate the need for an inspection. For example, the PT6A-34AG engine TBO (Time Between Overhauls) is 4000 hours, and hot sections are recommended at 2000 hours. For the PT6A-65AG, the primary engine TBO is 3000 hours, and the recommended hot section inspection is 1500 38 | agairupdate.com

What exactly is a hot section inspection? The hot section inspection ensures the condition of some of the hardest working parts in your engine can continue to do the job up to the next inspection interval or until TBO. The PT6 engine is all about efficiency, and (Continued on page 40)

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Fretting, wear, cracking, and rubbing can all exist in the hot section and can negatively affect your engine’s performance.

(Continued from page 38) the hot section inspection is a simple and fast way to confirm the engine is not losing efficiency in this extreme environment. Because of the temperature and forces applied to the parts in the hot section, various factors can change efficiency through regular

After measuring tip clearances, the turbine disk is

operation. Fretting, wear, cracking, and rubbing can all

removed, and the rest of the hot section parts are

exist in the hot section and can negatively affect your

checked for deterioration, distress, or other problems.

engine’s performance.

Components are resurfaced and resealed once repairs

When the engine is split to perform the hot section inspection, one of the first tasks is to measure the compressor turbine blade tip clearance. Tip clearance is one of the critical areas for efficiency. On a PT6A34AG, for example, the median average tip clearance

are made and issues are addressed as needed. The compressor turbine blade tip clearance is reset for maximum efficiency by changing and/or grinding the segments. Then, the hot section is reinstalled. That is a basic overview.

is .013”. That is only the thickness of a couple of

There are additional requirements as part of the

business cards. That clearance is close for a disk that

inspection. The bleed valve and compressor condition

spins thousands of revolutions per minute in hundreds

must be checked. The gas generator case has

of degrees. When those tip clearances begin to

inspection criteria. The fuel nozzles, the power turbine

increase, you lose performance. In the cockpit, that

stator and housing, exhaust duct, oil strainers, oil

means the engine is not making power because of

filters and chip detectors are also checked. No one

temperature limitations.

wants to invest time and money into a hot section

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only to discover that the compressor has issues and the engine must be removed. What if you find out that the gearboxes are making metal? Perhaps distress in your hot section is being caused by a fuel nozzle issue?

Proper inspection of all parts and fulfilling all inspection criteria are essential when it comes to hot section inspection.

I touched on some of the things done during your hot section inspection. Just remember it is more than a split,

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and peek at the parts. We want to ensure the engine is safe for the operator and can be operated fully when needed. Preventative maintenance and inspections are also a way to keep costs down. If problems can be detected early and repaired, it is less expensive than replacing parts like a vane ring or turbine blades.

Keep a few other things in mind: if you operate a PT6A65AG, a blade inspection needs to be done at 3000 hours. In some other engine models, the PT6A-34AG, for example, requires blade inspection at 5000 hours and includes cutting two blades for metallurgical analysis.

Read your maintenance manual so you are aware of any additional inspection criteria that may need attention during the hot section inspection.

Robert Craymer has worked on PT6A engines and PT6A-powered aircraft for the past three decades, including the last 25+ years at Covington Aircraft.

As a licensed A&P mechanic, Robert has held every job in an engine overhaul shop and has been an instructor of PT6A Maintenance and Familiarization courses for pilots and mechanics. Robert has been elected to the NAAA board as the Allied-Propulsion Board Member.

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by Ernesto Franzen

F

inding an operator with more varied

required in Brazil. Rolemberg applied for the course.

experience than Rolemberg Jesus Vidotti

Shortly after, Rolemberg’s older brother Antônio

is difficult. Born to a family with an aviation

mentioned that he had visited a relative living in the

background - a brother, two uncles, and some

north of Paraná, who complained that local growers

cousins were pilots - in his youth, Rolemberg

had to rely on ag operators based far away in the

considered an engineering degree because of his

state of São Paulo for their spraying. This relative

other passion, racing cars. But he started flying,

told Antônio that having a local operator for their

obtaining his private and commercial licenses

application needs would be ideal.

between 1974 and 1975 at the Juiz de Fora Aeroclube in Minas Gerais. In 1976, Rolemberg started flying corporate, with an eye on a career as an airline pilot. However, in 1980, while chatting with other fellow pilots, someone suggested a bet among them to see who managed to attend ag school first. At the time, the only ag school in Brazil was the government-sponsored CENEA (Centro Nacional de Engenharia Agrícola - National Center for Agricultural Engineering), which was free. Still, applicants had to undergo a selection process. This course was mandatory in order to obtain the aerial applicator license, which is

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As Rolemberg returned home after this conversation, he received a letter from CENEA asking him to confirm his interest in taking the ag course no later than 15 days. He considered this a “signal from above,” and he promptly confirmed, graduating with the first class of 1980. Then, he and his two brothers, Antônio Vidotti Neto and Gutembergue José Vidotti, founded Viagro Vidotti Agro Aérea Ltda, taking a bank loan to buy a used, early EMB-200 Ipanema with a fixed-pitch prop for the price of one billion cruzeiros, Brazil’s currency at the time. Yes, that’s one billion with a “B”!

Those were the sad days of hyperinflation in Brazil.

Initially, Viagro was based in Sertanópolis, state of

Tradelink, the only Air Tractor dealer in Brazil at the

Paraná, about 30 miles north of its present base in

time. In those days, virtually all ag planes in Brazil were

Londrina, the second biggest city in Paraná. While

Ipanemas, Cessnas, or Pawnees. After a careful study,

Antônio (who holds a pilot license but doesn’t fly ag)

the brothers realized that a 400-gallon aircraft could

and Gutembergue (who is not a pilot) helped with the

treat 74% of their customer’s fields with a single load,

administrative and ground chores, Rolemberg taught

so they bought an Air Tractor AT-401B. Their gamble

himself how to fly ag in the first year, making his share

proved successful, and they purchased their second

of mistakes, as he admits. He hoped to fly enough

AT-401B in 1998.

acres in that first season to pay the plane loan, but he flew nearly 4.5 times more! This encouraged the brothers, who bought a second EMB-200, which Rolemberg totaled in a crash but walked out unscathed right at the beginning of Viagro’s second season.

The brothers persevered, and with their hard work, the company grew steadily, as they later bought a brandnew EMB-201A Ipanema, a Cessna C-188 and a third Ipanema. In 1994, Rolemberg met Paul Marstellar of

1998 was momentous for Viagro, as the brothers introduced GPS to the fleet and started a partnership with a large farming operation in Mato Grosso while keeping their original operation in Paraná. This partnership proved very successful, as it quickly added three more AT-401Bs and another Ipanema to its fleet.

In 2006, the brothers moved their Paraná operation from Sertanópolis to Londrina and created a (Continued on page 44)

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(Continued from page 43) maintenance shop, Vimaer - Vidotti Manutenção de Aeronaves Ltda. Viagro also bought its first turbine that year, an Air Tractor AT-402B, followed by four AT-502Bs and, in 2008, an AT-802. They also had an Embraer EMB-710 “Carioca,” a licensed-built Piper Cherokee 235 Pathfinder, for coordination and support. Despite this success, in 2009, one of the brothers, Antônio, left Viagro to pursue his own business.

In 2011, Rolemberg asked ANAC, the Brazilian

Gutembergue (left) and Rolemberg Vidotti (right) are brothers and partners in three companies: Viagro, Volare, and Vimaer.

counterpart to the FAA, to replace his old paper pilot license with a new plastic one, and due to their mistake, it came with a CFI rating instead of his IFR. Rolemberg had never been a CFI, but as he asked for a corrected license, he took this as a “second signal from fate” and decided to open a flying school. Thus was born Volare Escola de Aviação Civil Ltda. - Volare Civil Aviation School.

one Ipanema, four AT-401Bs, and two AT-502Bs. They turned their focus to the market in the state of Paraná.

Today, Viagro Agro Aérea operates four AT-502Bs, two AT-401Bs and two EMB-202 Ipanemas, treating mostly sugarcane, 85% of their work, for five mills belonging to a large sugarcane company. The other 15% of the work comprises an impressive list of crops: soybeans,

Based on a private airport in Londrina, Aeroporto

corn, cassava, rubber trees, eucalyptus, pastures,

14 Bis (SSOK), with an asphalt runway of 1,035

peanuts, orange trees, watermelons and achiote.

meters (3,395 feet), which is shared with other operations, Volare operates three Cessnas C-152s for the private, commercial, and instrument courses.

For the IFR course, one of the C-152s is equipped for Area Navigation (RNAV) with a Garmin 430 unit, digital artificial horizon and HSI. Also, the GA-30 flight simulator in the school has two EFIS screens. The school has a Beech Bonanza for students requiring time in aircraft with retractable gear, while a Piper PA18 is offered for those needing taildragger time. Volare

Almost all applications are liquid, about 98% made at 3 to 5 GPA, as Rolemberg prefers higher rates. Viagro’s ag planes all use Zanoni spraying systems with STOL nozzles. Actually, as Zanoni decided to obtain an ANAC CST (STC) for their Air Tractor 402 and 502 spray systems, Viagro was asked by Zanoni to do the flight testing required for the CST. CSTs are not required for spray/dispersal systems in Brazil, but Zanoni decided to go the extra step.

doesn’t have a twin-engine aircraft for the multi-engine

Viagro bought its first GPS, a Satloc, in 1998 and has

rating, but it had one before and Rolemberg is looking

stayed with the brand ever since. Viagro airplanes

to buy another one.

either have an M3 or a Bantam unit, and Rolemberg

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is satisfied with them. Rolemberg points out how much the technical requirements have changed (Continued on page 46)

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The PA-18 fuselage is adorned with the names of relevant people in ag aviation, including some of the pilots who flew her in her ag days. Pictured on the vertical stabilizer is a tribute to Grant Lane, a good friend of the brothers.

(Continued from page 44) for his operation since 2014 when the sugarcane mills started demanding the application maps for all applications, all of which get reviewed. The sugarcane mills also require that the Viagro airplanes flying for them have flowmeters and laser altimeters, and even the support trucks are required to have Inmetrocertified equipment, Inmetro being the Brazilian equivalent of the National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST.

of Rondon, Maringá, and Paranacity, respectively, about 100, 50, and 65 miles from Londrina. From there, they operate out of 40 satellite strips, some maintained by Viagro. Rolemberg says that “ag pilots shouldn’t fly worrying about bad strips” and gives preference to satellite strips between 1,000

Nine pilots fly the Viagro ag planes, and only one of

and 1,200 meters (3,000 to 4,000 feet) long and

them is not a Volare graduate - another advantage

40 meters (120 feet) wide. Viagro has installed a

of owning a flight school, as Rolemberg mentors his

300,000-liter (80,000-gallon) water tank on some

pilots from the beginning after finding firsthand how

runways to support spraying operations. With this

hard it is to learn ag flying alone. He usually starts the

support infrastructure and the performance of its large

novice ag pilots on cassava fields, which are almost

ag planes, Viagro only needs five support trucks for its

always square or rectangular in the region, then

eight ag planes.

upgrades them to more complex fields as they get more experienced.

Like many other operators, Viagro has been challenged by misguided environmentalists with an

Although the three companies are formally based

agenda. Rolemberg says that two cities in Paraná,

at the Aeroporto 14 Bis, the ag planes only go for

Nova Esperança and Presidente Castelo Branco,

maintenance at Vimaer. Otherwise, they usually stay

have passed or tried to pass restrictive laws against

at the three bases Viagro has in the municipalities

aerial applications (but not including drones),

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One of Viagro’s Air Tractor AT-502Bs with its support truck at the Iguatemi Base in the municipality of Maringá, Paraná.

claiming that they affect silkworm growers. Besides that, settlements of so-called “landless workers” have brought fourteen lawsuits against Viagro, none of which were justified - twelve of those have already been dropped by the court. Fortunately, Gutembergue’s daughter Paola Christine de Araújo Vidotti Casemiro is a lawyer and has successfully defended Viagro in all these legal hurdles. SINDAG, the Brazilian Association, also helped, visiting the Nova Esperança town hall to speak for ag aviation.

About to complete 44 years in business, Rolemberg and Gutembergue are already considering their succession. They plan to pass the helm to Paola and to Rolemberg’s son-in-law Bruno Gomes Tagliari, who is also an ag pilot for the company. They will have a great legacy to carry on. agairupdate.com | 47

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Meet NAAA’s 2024 Leadership Team The National Agricultural Aviation Association is pleased to announce its 2024 officer team, led by NAAA President Ray Newcomb. Serving alongside Newcomb are Vice President Glenn Holloway, Secretary Joel Meyer and Treasurer Matt Woolard.

President Ray Newcomb (New Hampshire)

involved in the business with Sean conducting helicopter

2024 NAAA President Ray

year.

Newcomb owns JBI Helicopter Services in Pembroke, New Hampshire. He served as treasurer in 2023 and secretary in 2022 and has also been active in chairing committees including Budget & Finance Committee Chairman in 2023, Governing Documents Committee Chairman in 2022 and Vice Chairman in 2020 and 2021 and Government Relations Vice Chairman in 2022.

work and Craig has a goal to begin ag spraying later this

The lion’s share of JBI’s work is agricultural, about 48% of its total work. They also treat forest land, and the company continues to conduct powerline patrol services and external load transporting. The company treats 410,000 acres a year in 32 states from Maine to Washington state, however most of its work is conducted between Texas and Ohio where they apply to approximately 280,000 acres a year of corn with fungicide, primarily in Iowa, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Soybeans are also part of the mix in that area. In parts

JBI Helicopter Services has 97 employees and 20

of Connecticut and largely in Massachusetts’ Cape Cod

aircraft. Ray soloed at 16 years old and earned his

area, JBI treats 14,000 acres of cranberries by air

CFI in college. He attended college and taught as a

applying insecticides, fungicides, and fertilizer.

flight instructor at Hawthorne College in Antrim, NH. He worked with the college his senior year to establish a ground school where he taught students airport rules, aircraft instruments, weather and other key subjects related to flight. The school gave him an award for establishing the ground school at his 1983 graduation.

Ray looks forward to communicating the many benefits NAAA provides to the industry and the general public in regard to education. “People have a right to know what we’re doing just as I have a right to do what I’m doing,” said Ray. He believes that publicly addressing people’s concerns has been a benefit of paramount importance

Ray was hired by Joe Brigham in November of 1983 and

to the work of aerial applicators. “Educating the public

conducted powerline patrol work and external load work,

is a big thing. They understand our importance once it’s

including cranberry bog work in a Bell 206B Jet Ranger.

been explained to them.”

In 1985 Ray earned his A&P certification and officially started to conduct agricultural aerial applications. Ray purchased the company in 1995. Ray’s wife Donna handles the books and runs many of the business’s internal operations. Sons Sean and Craig are also

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Ray and his company have a strong focus on safety. In fact, he brought the Flying in the Wire and Obstruction Environment course, that has been taught at the past (Continued on page 56)

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(Continued from page 54) two NAAA annual conventions, to the attention of NAAA.

Early in his career, Glenn became involved in the

All of JBI’s aircraft have GPS, ADS-B In/Out, tracking

Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association (MAAA).

devices so headquarters knows where the fleet is at all

He has been a member of MAAA since the mid-1980s

times and many helicopters include a synthetic vision

and NAAA since the early 1990s. He held every officer

system that uses 3D imaging to provide pilots with

position in his state association. He also attended the

clean and intuitive means of understating their flying

NAAA/Syngenta Leadership Training Program in 2003. In

environment and audio warnings when terrain is close.

2019 he became a member of the NAAA Board. Glenn is also heavily involved in the National Agricultural Aviation

Vice President Glenn Holloway (Mississippi)

Museum in Jackson, Mississippi and chaired the NAAA’s

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another bullet point to his industry resume as the 2024

is NAAA’s 2024 Vice President.

NAAA Vice President.

He has been a member of NAAA since the early 1990s and began serving on the NAAA Board of Directors in 2019. He also attended the NAAA/Syngenta Leadership Training Program in 2003. Glenn is heavily involved in the National Agricultural Aviation Museum in Jackson, Mississippi and chaired the NAAA Museum Committee.

He has also chaired the NAAA Precision Agriculture and Safety and Federal Aviation Regulations Committees.

Museum Committee. He also chairs NAAA’s Precision Agriculture and Safety and Federal Aviation Regulations

Glenn looks forward to being more involved in the legislation process on the state and federal level to continue to make the industry safer for ag pilots. “In the state of Mississippi, ag pilots have been lobbying state legislators that any company that plans to erect a tower under 200 feet is required to contact the Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association about the towers so that ag pilots can be alerted about the tower,” he stated.

“We spray fields anywhere from 8-12 times per year, so

Glenn didn’t grow up in the aerial application industry,

we have a lot of exposure to towers in the fields. I want

but he quickly found the passion of being an ag pilot

everyone to be safe, survive, and have integrity to move

and has never looked back. In his college years,

forward in the right way and help the industry progress

Glenn worked for a farmer while attending Delta State

in the future.”

University, where he earned a double major in chemistry and biology; he originally wanted to be a pharmacist. He began loading for the ag pilot that his farmer-employer had hired and in 1981, he decided to take flying lessons after being intrigued with the crop-dusting industry. Glenn loaded for several operators, earned his private and commercial licenses, and flew his first crops in 1986.

From that moment, he was hooked.

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These days, Glenn considers himself more of a consultant because he conducts aerial application contract work for several operators. He and his oldest son own their current operation, but his son runs and manages the business. Glenn currently flies an Air Tractor 602 but has also flown many other ag aircraft (Continued on page 58)

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(Continued from page 56) including Thrush, Ag Cats and Cessnas. He mostly

because he already had an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)

sprays cotton, rice, soybeans, some corn and at times,

license and others were just beginning to work on their

wheat.

commercial license. However, it was the right decision because going to the ag program helped him receive

Secretary Joel Meyer (Iowa) NAAA’s 2024 Secretary is Joel Meyer of Meyer Agri-Air in Wellsburg, Iowa. He has been a member of NAAA since 1998 and began serving on the NAAA Board of Directors in 2022. Joel has served on the NAAA Awards, Convention, Governing Documents, Government Relations and Precision Agriculture Committees.

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Joel started his first season of ag flying in 1994 and purchased a Pawnee 260D, which he flew for two years. He began spraying for a seed corn company and realized he needed a larger airplane and purchased a 1996 Weatherly, which he flew until 2004. In 2005, when the fungicide applications to commercial corn as a growing market, he purchased an Air Tractor 502 and hired his first pilot. Today, Joel has nine aircraft; two Air Tractor 502s and seven Air Tractor 602s, as well as a Bell 206 L-3 LongRanger helicopter, to work in fields

Joel grew up on a dairy farm and at a young age,

that are more challenging for the larger airplanes. At his

he was introduced to an array of farm chores and

busiest point in the season, Joel employees almost 50

responsibilities. And he feels that he is the person today

people. Most of his pilots work in other areas of the U.S.

because of that hard work and his parents. He was also

during other regions’ busy seasons and he also employs

involved in 4-H and Future Farmers of America. When

an airline and corporate pilot for the busy season in

there were never-ending farm chores his dad would say,

Iowa. His operation treats commercial corn, commercial

“there is a mountain, and you start with one shovel at a

soybeans, seed corn and seed beans. They have been

time.” Joel chose not to take the route of dairy farmer

seeding cover crops by air for many years.

as a career because the mountain looked bigger than his shovel could handle. Those early mornings on the dairy farm prepared him for the early mornings as an ag pilot and operator.

In his role as secretary, he wants to make sure that ag pilots understand the importance of membership. “NAAA membership shows my employees and neighbors that I belong to an association that adopts the same principles

After high school, Joel planned on attending an aviation

and best practices that I have for my business.

program, but the school over-enrolled and he had to wait

NAAA does a lot of good for our industry and for our

a few years. His flying career began in 1988 as a small

businesses,” stated Joel.

aircraft commuter pilot, but he knew that wasn’t the route he wanted for his flying career. After realizing that he could combine his love of flying with the agriculture industry he was raised in, he attended an ag aviation school in Alabama. Joel said he initially felt out of place

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Joel is also focused on pilot safety. “The windfarms are populating several fields and they’re not laid out in a safe manner for our pilots or to complete a satisfactory job (Continued on page 60)

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(Continued from page 58) for our customers. Farmers are planting crops up to the

cockpit and into the scheduling role. In 2015, he and

edge of town where we can’t treat their crops with an

his wife Cindy purchased the spraying business. He still

airplane, so we added a helicopter to our fleet, which

occasionally flies ag, but he has become the brain hub

has been a great tool.”

of his operation, focusing on logistics and ensuring that everyone is where they are supposed to be.

Treasurer Matt Woolard (Arkansas) Matt Woolard of Woolard Flying Service in Corning, Arkansas is NAAA’s 2024 treasurer. Matt is heavily involved in the National Agricultural Aviation Museum in Jackson, Mississippi and is chairman of the NAAA Museum Committee. He has also served on NAAA’s Communications & PR, Government Relations, Precision Agriculture and Safety & Federal Aviation Regulations Committees. He will chair the NAAA Budget and Finance Committee later this year.

Matt’s interest in the aerial application industry started like many other pilots; from seeing planes flying through farm fields. He was born and raised in northeast Arkansas in a farming family and fell in love with the aircraft that treated crops. His father-in-law owned an aerial application flying service and Matt went to work for him in 1997. At first, he worked as a mechanic earning his A&P. He eventually also earned his pilot’s license and began treating crops in 2004. Sadly, shortly after this, his father-in-law began to battle some health issues and Matt began transitioning out of the

Matt’s operation treats around 80,000 acres per year of mostly rice and soybeans. Their busiest part of the season is mid-May to mid-June and his operation employs one full-time pilot and a second part-time pilot.

They fly an Air Tractor 802 and 502. Most of their work is fertilizing and the capacity of the AT-802 makes it a necessity to get the large volume of the work done in a timely fashion. When spraying begins to slow down in the fall, Matt gets back to his roots where he helps his younger brother tend to their fourth-generation family farm, which is about 2,600 acres in Clay County, AR and they farm rice, soybeans, and corn.

Matt is excited about his new board position, stating, “Being asked to serve as Treasurer is an honor that I am thought of enough by the members to represent the association. I intend to serve to the standards that I would like to see the association represented.” In his role as treasurer, Matt wants to ensure that ag pilots stay safe from uncrewed aircraft. “Many drones are small, and we cannot see them when we are flying; we need to continue to ensure the safety of our pilots from drones as a top priority,” stated Matt “I look forward to championing our industry and being a voice for our industry.”

Strength in Numbers: Join NAAA NAAA is fortunate to have a dedicated group of officers and volunteer leaders serving on its board of directors, but there is also strength in numbers. If you aren’t a member, the single-most effective way you can address the range of critical issues facing your business is by joining NAAA. The payoff far exceeds what you will spend in dues in the form of effective advocacy, national representation, education and safety programs and the personal connections you will make as you participate in association activities. To join, call (202) 546-5722 or visit AgAviation.org/membership.

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The first person whose discussion I will share with the

where he learned to communicate the role of aerial

readers in a series of more to come first- hand accounts

application in our nation’s agriculture effectively. Michael

resonates particularly with me for many reasons. I would

served on the board of the NAAA as a State Representative

consider this person a close friend, but I have also had the

for three years. In 2017, Michael was appointed by the

privilege of working for this man for many years. Through

Governor of Arkansas to serve a 5-year term on the board

my years of employment with him, I became introduced to

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for his efforts to educate the public about aerial application.

a man who needs no introduction, as his deep roots and involvement within the industry have established a wellrecognized name. I present to you Michael Hutchins.

Michael’s career in ag aviation began in 1991 when he worked at Custom Air at the Clarendon Municipal Airport in Roe, Arkansas. Michael started out loading during the

Michael has had an astonishing presence within the industry

summers after high school. He then began working towards

years ago, with first holding a position on the Arkansas

flying and transitioned to flying in addition to groundwork

Agricultural Aviation Association (AAAA) board beginning in

while in college. He became a full-time pilot in 1996. Michael

2008. Since then, he has served in every position on the

continued flying for 11 years and found the opportunity to

board of the AAAA, including Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice

acquire ownership of Custom Air in 2007, where he still flies

President, and currently serves as the AAAA President. In 2013, he completed the NAAA leadership training program,

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(Continued from page 63) to this day. Since his early days of working on the ground,

“Having businesses located in various parts of the United

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Custom Air, Inc., located in Roe, AR; Grand Prairie Dusters,

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located in Almyra, AR; and Coastal Air Strike, located in

placed at every location to perform the same task.

Immokalee, FL. Aside from his businesses centered around the operational use of fixed-wing aircraft for dispensing products, Michael also owns an aircraft parts manufacturing division (Custom Air Innovations). Over 13 years, he has received 3 STCs for agricultural aircraft. Although Michael is based out of his Custom Air location, he often finds himself traveling extensively across the United States to conduct business for Coastal Air Strike. While Coastal Air Strike has an agricultural-centered workload based in Southern

We love to hear feedback such as Michael’s, and it has been genuinely great both from a personal standpoint of my own but also from Chem-Man’s perspective, seeing everything that Michael has accomplished and achieved. We greatly appreciate Michael allowing us to meet his need for an operational management tool, and we are glad to say that utilizing a product like Chem-Man will enable you to have your cake and eat it, too.

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Dr. Carrol Voss to be Enshrined into the National Agricultural Aviation Hall of Fame JANUARY 22, 2024 —

Dr. Carrol Voss, a pioneer in the helicopter aerial application industry will be enshrined into the National Agricultural Aviation Hall of Fame during the 2024 Ag Aviation Expo in Fort Worth, Texas.

Dr. Voss had a background in entomology and aviation and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin.

During World War II, he served as a Navy Flight Instructor for flying boats. Inspired by Joe Mashman’s helicopter dusting tests in 1946, Voss obtained his helicopter pilot’s license in 1949.

After a decade of working in helicopters and agriculture, Dr. Voss established his own

business, “Ag Rotors,” in 1958.

While not the first to apply materials with helicopters, he significantly refined pesticide application through testing various nozzles on specific pests.

Voss applied seeds with helicopters using an external sling bucket and was an early advocate and operator for frost control with helicopters.

Ag Rotors ran a flight school, training about 100 pilots annually, including those transitioning from military service, often from the Vietnam War. Dr. Voss played a key role in training helicopter pilots for state police departments.

He was a member of

the Helicopter Association International and supported the National Agricultural Aviation Association.

In 1983, Dr. Voss authored a paper on helicopter application for Gypsy Moth, addressing environmental concerns and emphasizing organization and communication. Dr. Voss was the first to successfully apply glyphosate to Phragmites test plots in Maryland.

He contributed to vector control research globally and received the Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award for mosquito eradication in New York. Dr. Voss also received the Twirly Birds Les Morris

Award in 1995 and Helicopter Association International’s Bell Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.

Dr. Voss also served as a consultant with the World Health Organization, assisting in the establishment of aerial application programs in Africa for insect infestations. In addition, he was a consultant for aerial application in South America, India and the former USSR. Overall, Carrol Voss made significant contributions to the helicopter aerial application industry, combining his expertise in entomology and aviation to advance agricultural aviation practices and disease control.

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e are a small aerial topdressing / spraying company

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based in the lower western

The only alternative was to buy

half of the North Island of

a new ag-plane. The criteria for

New Zealand. The next place

selection of a suitable aircraft

south of New Zealand is the

was that it had to be piston

South Pole. We operate three

powered, two-seat, robust

aircraft, one GA200C Fatman

enough to handle New Zealand’s

and two Fletcher 400s. Mainly

hill country airstrips and weather

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conditions, easy to convert from

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a topdresser to a sprayer in

fertilizers such as D.A.P., and urea on farming

minutes, simple to maintain and have low maintenance

pasture and cropping land, and also the spraying

requirements, be reliable with good performance and

of custom blend fertilizers, thistles, and crops. In

handling capabilities, along with good support from

May 2000 after much consideration, we decided to

the manufacturer. The only aircraft that matched

replace our aging Fletcher 400 (30 years old) with

these requirements, and that was already operating

a new aircraft. Although the Fletcher had given us

successfully in New Zealand, was the new Australian-

many years of good service and even with the option

built Gippsland Aeronautics GA200C 300 hp Fatman.

to further extending its operating life with a Walter

Having already flown 200 hours in the smaller 250 hp

turbine conversion, we weren’t going to get ahead.

GA200 on spraying and topdressing operations, the

The numbers did not stack up. We could buy a brand

GA200 has proven itself to be a worthy contender.

new aeroplane for the same price of converting our

Three 300 hp GA200C aircraft are already operating in

old Fletcher airframe, maintenance and operating

New Zealand and are performing well for their owners.

costs on the Fletcher were increasing along with a

So after many hours of consultation and deliberation,

shortage of readily available parts to keep it flying,

we decided to purchase a brand new Fatman or Fatty

and with the diversity of our work, the time had come

as it is affectionately known.

to look for a replacement aircraft that would better

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We were offered three engine options from Gippsland.

Like anything new, it takes time to settle into

A brand new engine, a factory overhauled engine or

the handling characteristic of a new aircraft type

provide our own. We took the third option sourcing a

and the GA200C was no exception, having flown

first life Lycoming IO-540-K engine from Fred Nolan at

some 10,000 hours in Agwagons and 4.000

Gwydir Air and along with it, a Satloc 99.5 GPS that

hours in Fletchers, even with a short period of

was fitted at the Gippsland Aeronautics factory. We

flying a GA200 in Australia on cotton spraying,

have since fitted a new Satloc M3 G.P.S., the Satloc

it took a little while to get the feel of this new

99.5 will be fitted to our Fletcher.

aeroplane. My first thoughts after flying it for a few

The aircraft GA200C0042 was completed and flown across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand to be delivered to the N.Z. agent Ray Patchett arriving in late October 2000. After receiving a N.Z. Certificate of Airworthiness the aircraft became ZK-RMW, and was ready to be picked up from Ray. My son flew me down to Blenheim (top of the South Island); about an hour’s flying from my base at Feilding in the lower North

hours was “what have we done buying this thing” maybe our competitors were right, had we made a mistake buying the Fatman. Three years and some 2,900 hours of flying later, the aircraft has certainly proven itself to be a worthy replacement for our old Fletcher and a real eye opener for our competitors who had ridiculed our decision to purchase the Fatman in the first place.

Island. The aircraft spent another two weeks on the ground being repainted and fitted out for work.

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(Continued from page 69) Once you have learnt the technique of how to fly it

tonnages, this increased utilization has unfortunately

to its maximum potential, its load carrying and climb

lead to a number of aircraft accidents with many

performance is outstanding, will handle crosswinds,

of them being written off with some fatalities This

downwind takeoffs and landings far easier than any

has lead contender for operators wanting to get

of the Cessnas I have flown; it will carry an extra 100

into new low cost, high performance aircraft that is

– 150 kgs of payload more than the Ag Wagon and

affordable, cheap to maintain, operate and repair if the

out climb it as well. She’s a great little sprayer with

unfortunate happens. With for the training of new ag-

excellent visibility and superb handling characteristics.

pilots and hour building for the less experienced pilot

The Fatty handles working in turbulent air with ease,

before converting them onto larger turbine-powered

where as with the Fletcher and Ag Wagon you have to

aircraft. The GA200C Fatman may not be high attrition

back off a bit to maintain control of the aircraft.

rate of N.Z. ag-aircraft, what are to a serious depletion

On the down side, after having flown 4,000 hours in Fletchers, riding in the luxury of a tricycle undercarriage, working off rough airstrips in the Fatman (as with any taildragger aircraft) can be a real bone shaking affair. But again it’s not the aeroplane’s fault, it’s just the airstrips that have been allowed to deteriorate over the years and are now in need of some serious repair work.

of aging secondhand aircraft stock, mainly the NZ-built Fletcher. Operators are now faced with buying new, which is expensive and the choice is limited to finding an aircraft that is suited to the rigorous demands of the N.Z. aerial topdressing environment. The choice is limited to the NZ-built PT6-34 powered Cresco costing approximately NZ$1.5 million, (17 operating in N.Z.) a little expensive and over the top for smaller operators, the Air Tractor AT-402B, a very nice aircraft, there

Overall, the GA200C is a very well-designed aircraft

are only three operating here and one AT-602. The

with low maintenance and operating costs. The costs

majority of N.Z. ag-pilots have only flown nose-wheel

of parts are minimal, allowing us to carry our own

aircraft, the Fletcher, so it would be hard to convert

supply of spare parts, with prompt backup from the

some of these diehards to tailwheel drivers. A few

Gippsland Aeronautics factory when required. She

Fletcher operators have opted to convert their piston-

paid for herself in the first twelve months of operation.

powered Fletcher fleet to Walter turbine power as an

The bank is happy they’re getting their money back

alternative to buying new. Also, having arrived recently

and we’re happy the money that we are saving on

into New Zealand from Europe are six Walter-powered

maintenance and operating costs and the increase

Zlin 37T. The only new piston-powered aircraft

in our operating margin has allowed us to purchase

operating here is the Gippsland Aeronautics GA200C

brand new vehicles and equipment as well as

Fatman. Again a tailwheel configuration, but with ten

overhaul our existing fleet of truck loaders and spray

operating here, she is proving herself to be a worthy

equipment.

insurance rates increasing, it is well suited appropriate

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A Christian’s Heavenly and Eternal Body

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esus said, “In My Father’s house are many

not having received the promises, but having seen

dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have

them afar off were assured of them, embraced them

told you. I go to prepare a place for you”

and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims

(John 14:2). Jesus said to His disciples, “Behold My

on the earth…But now they desire a better, that is, a

hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and

heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to

see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you

be called their God, for He has prepared a city for

see I have…They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish

them” (Hebrews 11:13-16).

and some honeycomb. And He took it and ate in their presence” (Luke 24:39, 42-43). Thomas physically touched the body of Christ following His resurrection proving that Jesus’ body was real (John 20:27-28).

Christians will have a physical and eternal body in heaven, although not the same type of “physical body” that we have while we’re on this earth.

“The graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many” (Matthew 27:5253). “When Jesus was crucified He went to where the Old Testament believers who died in faith were being held (Isaiah 26:19, 61:1; Ephesians 4:9-10; 1 Peter

Prior to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,

3:18-20). These Old Testament believers were raised

Hades was divided into two compartments. One

in their eternal bodies and went into heaven when

compartment was Abraham’s bosom and the other

Jesus ascended into heaven in Acts 1:9-11.

part was the place of torment for unbelievers (Luke 16:19-31). These Old Testament believers couldn’t be taken into heaven at their death because, “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). “These all died in faith,

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“The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man

of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man” (1 Corinthians 15:47-49). When a Christian’s body dies their spirit leaves time as we know it and moves into eternity and we receive our eternal and heavenly

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body. “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven” (Psalms 119:89). “Known to God from eternity are all His works” (Acts 15:18-19).

“For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Corinthians 5:1).

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earthly body dies our spirit will instantly enter into God’s presence and receive our eternal and heavenly body. We will have a new body that is related to our earthly body in some mystic way and we’re not sure just how but when we get there we will discover what it is. There are many things that God has left for us to know in the future that we cannot know now while we’re still living on this earth.

“For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked” (2 Corinthians 5:2-3). As Christians we often ache, are tired and yearn for the next life that this mortal may be swallowed up by that which is immortal, incorruptible, and eternal. When a Christian’s earthly body dies, Christians will not be left “naked”—that is, without a body to live in.

“For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life” (2 (Continued on page 74)

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“...And the dead in Christ will rise first... And thus we shall always be with the Lord...”

Corinthians 5:4). When a Christian receives their new

with the voice of

heavenly body we will go from being an earthly mortal

an archangel, and

being to an immortal being eternal in heaven. Paul had

with the trumpet

a strong desire to be with Jesus Christ, “For to me, to

of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we

live is Christ, and to die is gain…For I am hard-pressed

who are alive and remain shall be caught up together

between the two, having a desire to depart and be with

with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And

Christ, which is far better” (Philippians 1:21, 23). “We

thus we shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians

are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from

4:14-17).

the body and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians

The believers who have died have preceded us into

5:8).

God’s glorious heaven. They are with Him now in their

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even

heavenly body, and when Jesus comes for His church

so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with

in the rapture He will bring those Christians that have

him. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that

died with Him. Have you put your faith in Jesus Christ so

we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord

you can receive a heavenly and eternal body? It’s your

will by no means precede those who are asleep. For

choice!

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Bonus Depreciation Set to Return for 2024

by AgAir Update Staff

I

n the latter part of January, both chambers of

According to tax policy expert James Lucier of Capital

the US Congress introduced a three-year tax

Alpha in Washington, D.C., this bonus depreciation

framework that contains advantageous provisions

allows buyers to deduct the full cost of major capital

aimed at increasing profits and reducing operational

assets, such as airplanes, in the first year—an

costs for aircraft buyers.

appealing benefit given the significant expense of

The bipartisan proposal, named the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, addresses key concerns from both Democrats and Republicans. To support the Child Tax Credit,

such purchases. Lucier emphasized that the provision becomes even more valuable as protection against inflation, preventing the diminishing purchasing power of money over time.

Democrats pushed for certain language, while

Additionally, the tax package temporarily extends

Republicans advocated for the reinstatement of tax

the EBITDA limitation under section 163(j) of the tax

deductions eliminated in the 2017 Tax Cuts and

code until January 1, 2026. This extension computes

Jobs Act—a signature tax package from the Trump

adjusted taxable income without factoring in the

administration. This adjustment was necessary to

deduction for depreciation, amortization, or depletion

offset revenue losses resulting from the reduction of

for taxable years before January 1, 2026. Lucier

the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21

highlighted that this results in a larger tax deduction

percent

for interest expenses, reducing borrowing costs and

Among the restored Republican-backed provisions

positively impacting cash flow for financing operations.

are accelerated depreciation for capital investments

Overall, the implementation of bonus depreciation,

and more generous deductions for interest expenses.

as seen in past instances, is expected to provide

Notably, for aircraft purchases, the plan extends

support to the general and business aviation market

the 100 percent bonus depreciation deduction for

in the coming year, particularly as the industry faces

property placed in service between December 31,

challenges post-pandemic.

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NTSB REPORTS Accident Synopses

Accident Number: CEN23LA197 Location: Gueydan, Louisiana Date: May 22, 2023 Aircraft: GULFSTREAM-SCHWEIZER A/C CORP GULFSTREAM AM G-164B (A1); GULFSTREAM-SCHWEIZER A/C CORP GULFSTREAM AM G- 164D (A2) Injuries: None (A1); None (A2) The two airplanes were conducting agricultural operations at a private airstrip.

The pilot of the landing airplane reported that, while airborne, he noticed the departing airplane was being loaded at the tender truck. The pilot of the landing airplane estimated that he would have enough time to land and clear the runway before the departing airplane was finished loading.

The pilot of the departing airplane reported that after loading, he positioned his airplane on the runway and began his takeoff roll.

Meanwhile, the pilot of the landing airplane touched down in the opposite direction of the departing airplane. The pilot of the landing airplane reported that while he was slowing down on the landing roll, he looked over his airplane’s hopper and noticed the departing airplane rolling toward him. The pilot of the landing airplane attempted to veer out of the way of the departing airplane but was unsuccessful. The left wing of the landing airplane struck the left wing of the departing airplane. The landing airplane sustained substantial damage to both left wings, the fuselage, the horizontal stabilizer, and the elevator.

The departing airplane sustained substantial damage to all four wings and the fuselage.

Both pilots reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplanes that would have precluded normal operation. Both pilots reported that neither made a radio call announcing their intentions.

Probable Cause and Findings — The National

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Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other resulting in a collision on the airstrip. Contributing was the pilots’ failure to announce their intentions over their radios as they were taking off and landing.

pilot’s decision to takeoff with the airplane overloaded which resulted in the airplane settling and subsequently impacting terrain.

Accident Number: CEN23LA202

Date: May 29, 2023

Location: Wright, Louisiana

Injuries: Minor

Date: May 25, 2023

The pilot reported that on departure, the airplane settled to the ground and struck a levee. The airplane came to rest upside down in a field about 100 feet from the point of impact. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, horizontal stabilizer, and vertical stabilizer.

Aircraft: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG CORSCHWEIZER G-164B Injuries: None The pilot reported that before his 12th aerial application flight of the day, the airplane was overloaded with fertilizer due to faulty ground loading equipment. Knowing the airplane was overloaded the pilot decided to dump some of the fertilizer over the grass strip during takeoff.

As the airplane reached the point on the grass strip that he felt he could safely stop, the “airplane felt like it was wanting to fly” so he continued the takeoff. As the pilot turned toward the field that he intended to apply the fertilizer to, the airplane settled and impacted in a field.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, empennage, and fuselage, and the engine separated from the airframe. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

No Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 certificate was found for the operator and there was no record of a knowledge and skill test for the pilot as required by 14CFR 137.19.

Probable Cause and Findings — The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The

Accident Number: CEN23LA212 Location: Light, Arkansas Aircraft: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG CORSCHWEIZER G-164B

The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from a private turf/dirt strip used only for agricultural operations. The pilot reported that the airplane was about 320 pounds below its maximum gross weight of 6,070 lbs., that the density altitude at the time of the accident was about 2,000 feet msl, and that he turned “a little premature” after taking off with a full load of fertilizer.

Probable Cause and Findings — The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot exceeding the climb capability of the airplane during takeoff which led to it settling into the ground.

Accident Number: CEN23LA244 Location: Sturgis, South Dakota Date: June 18, 2023 Aircraft: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502

Injuries: None The pilot reported he departed in the airplane with about 660 lbs of fuel and about 3,500 lbs of liquid chemical for application to a pasture. After arriving at the pasture, the chemical dispersal system was malfunctioning, and the pilot decided to return to the airport. During the landing to the first quarter of the runway, the airplane was about 125 mph, with “half flap” applied, and the tailwheel was locked. As the tailwheel touched down on the dry concrete runway, the pilot initiated beta mode with the propeller, and the airplane “started veering to the right.” The pilot assessed that he “reversed the propeller too aggressively and too soon.” The airplane departed the runway to the right, the left main landing gear separated after impacting a ditch, and the airplane came to rest upright on a grass field. The pilot was able to egress from the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and the left wing.

The operator reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation.

A postaccident examination of the chemical dispersal system found foreign object debris that was likely blocking the flow of the chemical. Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 Agricultural Aircraft Operations does not contain full load landing training and recurrency requirements.

The pilot reported the last time he performed a full load landing was about 2 years prior.

The estimated density altitude for the airport was 6,101 ft.

Probable Cause and Findings — The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot’s improper timing to initiate beta mode with the propeller and his failure to maintain directional during the full load landing that resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of recent experience with performing a full load landing and the high-density altitude that likely affected aircraft performance during the landing.

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The Early Days Down South — Chapter Two

The Equipment and People

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adopted the Stearman as its primary trainer. These

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were the A 75 models, equipped with Lycoming R680

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engines with 225 horsepower, and designated the

actually become legendary in their own time. Included

PT-13. Later, most production models came with the

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Maytag washers, Hershey bars, and Coca Cola. To

fixed-pitch McCauley 410 propeller, known as the

this list must be added the Stearman airplane.

PT-17. Both versions were fine performers. Most of

When Lloyd Stearman first put together his fabulous C3B in the 1920s, he unknowingly assured the future

these aircraft were purchased by the government for $8,600 each.

of agricultural flying. Every Stearman built thereafter

More than 10,000 of these little masterpieces were

sprung from the same basic design and it was no

built before production shut down about 1943. Most

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were actually built by Boeing at its huge Wichita

hauled back on the stick and screamed over the trees

plant. Lloyd Stearman had sold the equipment and

with at least 50 feet to spare!

manufacturing rights and Boeing began calling the plane the “Boeing Kaydet.” The name didn’t stick. The word “Stearman” does not appear on any of these aircraft built after 1941. However, the planes were and still are known simply as Stearmans and are considered among aviation’s very finest achievements.

A Stearman is easy to fly and approaches aerodynamic perfection. In the air it will forgive a few

In 1946, with the War over, thousands of these planes hit the surplus market. Newly released military pilots and old line dusting services began lapping them up at prices ranging from $250 to $875. Many of the planes were in like-new condition with zero-time engines.

A few minor problems existed. One was that the aircraft could not be licensed in the civil category

errors, but not on the ground. Its narrow gear and

until the aluminum firewall was replaced with one

slightly top-heavy characteristics contribute to a built-

of galvanized or stainless steel. A few other minor

in ground loop and a Stearman’s landing roll is not

changes were required and very few commercial firms

completed until the ship is tied down!

existed that could do this work.

During the war, left ailerons were at a premium at

This set the stage for the formation of a number of

primary flying schools because most student ground

companies that specialized in such conversions and it

loops sent the left wing down, severely damaging the

naturally followed that these firms also began to install

aileron. Left aileron replacements outnumbered the

dispensing equipment on a custom basis. For the first

right side about ten to one and maintenance crews

time in history, agricultural flying firm operators could

could replace them blindfolded in a matter of minutes.

obtain dusting equipment for their newly acquired

Mistakes in the air in a Stearman were less critical, provided plenty of clear stuff was between the pilot

aircraft. This development contributed significantly to the growth of agricultural aviation.

and the ground. Once, with less than 30 hours solo,

A few such firms contributed so strongly to the

I blew a loop right at the top of my climb. Instead

growth of the industry that no history of ag aviation

of coming around and down, the aircraft stalled in a

would be complete without a brief narration of their

slightly inverted attitude, dropped a wing, and slid into

contributions. One such firm, Mississippi Valley

what I later learned to be an inverted spin.

Aircraft Service at Clarksdale, Mississippi, which was

I pushed or pulled at everything in the cockpit, but nothing good happened. Finally I just gave up, turned everything loose, and began recounting all of the mistakes I had made in my short, misspent life. Before I could start counting, that old Stearman, all on her own, rolled out of the spin and wound up in a fairly steep dive with maybe 500 feet of altitude still left. I

generally known as MV AS, first engaged in custom equipment design in 1946. Some of its products helped bring about the fastest and most profound changes in agricultural aviation. The company was the product of the brains and imagination of three men: Ben White, a self-taught pilot and mechanical (Continued on page 82)

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(Continued from page 81) genius originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Berkley Ellis, a skilled pilot from Memphis, Tennessee; and myself, a native Deltan obsessed with airplanes. White took over engineering, maintenance, and manufacture. I was responsible for sales and promotion.

Occasionally I walk through the now semi-deserted hangar at Fletcher Field that housed this bustling operation, but only occasionally. There are too many ghosts around.

The frenetic activity of the 1940s and 1950s can no longer be seen and the long line of shops that ran down both sides of a 360-foot hangar are empty and deserted. In places, the ceiling is falling in and all of the massive metal and woodworking equipment that ran almost continuously has long ago disappeared.

Gone too are the forty or more mechanics and helpers who for years built and installed the most modem and sophisticated dispensing equipment in those beautiful biplanes. Gone also are the long lines of maroon and blue Stearmans that were a trademark of the firm’s custom application division.

Memories die hard, especially those that spring from a time in life when youthful enthusiasm and unlimited optimism made all things seem easily attainable.

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CLASSIFIEDS Ag Cat

Relisting! The sale fell through. 1989

Ag Cat Frameworks, All Models, 4130

comply with ad’s / sb’s and inspections,

weld assys, fixture perfect, ready to

New booms, New CP 11 flat fan with

install. Struts, wires, hoppers, long

swivels, SATLOC Bantam with

fuel, high-wings, dispersal equipment,

Intelliflow, Bottom load fuel, 2” bottom

hardware, all upgrades, components,

load, Vortex generators, Walter

and spares. American Agviation, Inc.

M601-E11, 624 hrs ( 3000 hr

Call:+1 (870) 886-2418

TBO),Freshly overhauled FCU, AD

2017 AT-802A, P/W PT6-65AG, Est.

compliant $425,000 USD OBO.

4600 hours (now working / available

Call Ryan: 403-901-8979,

Oct. 1st) Recent significant engine work

rseeley170@gmail.com

(logs on request) Vondran Hydraulic

Super B Fat Cat, super 6 engine, 500

Export Special: G164A+, Fresh AmAg

gallon, 11,166 TT, 1189 since hot,

repair w/factory-jigged frameworks,

188 IRAN, hydraulic spray system, air

New 335-Hopper, Ext’d/Metal Wings,

conditioning and heat, wing extensions,

gate, Wingman, Smoker, Factory air and

80-fuel, 24V w/Strobes, E-Servo, TWL,

servos, night lights, E/I digital gauges.

heat, Lane brake, 302 fuel with

Hybrid Combo. Ready for 1000 hr.

$220K.

Hatfield system, CP-11 nozzles.

service-run. Your certified R985/R1340

Call: +1 (509) 520-8267

$950,000 with fresh annual.

E&P installed. $85K includes CofAW4

Call: 870-501-1136

Export flyaway, $90K in your container.

American Agviation, Inc.

2004 AT-802A, PT-67AG, TTAE 9606,

Get Serious About Selling

Call: +1 (870) 886-2418

TSHS 700, Great shape, Hatfield fuel

Phone / Fax: 478-987-2250

system on both sides, load system with QueenCat In Progress - S/N 566B Super

Reabe hopper gauge on both sides,

B+ Mods, ready for Garrett or P&W 1972 Ag-Cat G-164A, S/N 926, TT

Reabe canopy, stainless steel AFS

Turbine, 400-gal, 120-fuel, hi wings,

Airframe 7,686, P&W R-1340-AN-1

nozzles, G4 with flow control, 7”gate,

heavy struts & wires, T.S. Tail, Heavy

(600 HP), TT SMOH 289, Blower Ratio

Amsafe belt, pulsating light, 10,000

Gear, TL DAF Combo. $290K (YOUR

10-1, Overhaul by Tulsa Aircraft

hrs left on wings, over $600k into it in

FWF) American Agviation, Inc.

1994 AT-401, Cascade Turbine

Engines, Excellent Compressions on all

last 3 years. $1,100,000.

Conversion M601E-11 AFTT: 4,690.6

Call: +1 (870) 886-2418

Call: 605-924-6891

hrs Engine TT: 193.6 hrs Overhauled by

9 Cylinders, 80 Gallon fuel bottom

GE May 2023. Propeller: 193.6 hrs

load, 300-gallon hopper bottom load,

Various Ag Cat Spares available. Please

Satloc SLXG3 GPS with Light bar,

contact us for the price at spares@

March 2019 at 4,201.3 hrs AFTT 170

Crophawk 7 flow control, Hershey Wing

orsmondaviation.co.za.

US Gallon fuel with Turbine Conversion

Extensions and Mods, most Inspections

Call: +27 58 303 5261 or visit our

Single Point Fuel System AgNav

always done by Hershey Flying Service

website at https://orsmondaviation.

Platinum Guidance and Flow Control

& Wallace Air Repair. Clean Northern

co.za/

Airplane, no Corrosion! Almost $9,000 spent on Fresh Annual Inspection done 09/18/23. Airplane is located in

Air Tractor

Bassett, Nebraska. It’s Ready to Work!

Raised wing, Metalized wings, Hopper is like new. Tail fabric is in excellent shape. Pictures and logs ready to send.$235,000, Sacramento CA. Call Jared Segebartt: 208-301-0683

Call: +1 (306) 786-3345

Directives (AD’s), Service Letters (SL’s), and Service Bulletins (SB’s) are up to

1989 AT-401, Cascade Turbine

date. Annual inspection in process,

conversion. All AD’s abd SB’s

Conversion M601E-11 AFTT: 8,662.0

Equipped with Storm Cutters for

completed on airframe and engine,

hrs Engine TT: 1,910.4 hrs shop

superior safety, Reabe Air Hopper

Eddy Current inspection completed on

revision completed by GE May 2023 all

Gauge for precise operations, Vortex

airframe. Replaced both main gear legs,

ADs and SBs complied with. Propeller:

Generators for improved control, PS

1,881.5 hrs. Wing Spar Replaced

Replaced both main wheels, tire and

Engineering PAR200A COMM Radio for

December 2017 at 7,642.9 hrs AFTT.

tubes, Replaced main bearing brakes

clear communication, Ag-Pilot X for

Gear Legs replaced in 2014 at 7,025.7

and brake lines, Replaced flap torque

expert precision in agricultural

hrs IAW Air Tractor SL. 170 US Gallon

tube and bearings, Replaced rudder

applications. This Air Tractor 502B is

fuel with Turbine Conversion Single

cables, pulleys and interconnects,

the perfect choice for your agricultural

Point Fuel System AgNav Platinum

Overhauled tailwheel, mostly all new

needs. Don’t miss out on this

Guidance and Flow Control ReaBee

parts, Replaced seat belts. Replaced

opportunity! Contact us now to learn

Hopper Qty System 2 sets of booms

wing spar blocks, Overhauled wing spar

more and schedule a viewing. $450K

ASC-A10 and CP09-3P. $475K.

624, TTSPOH 590, Cascade

Single point fuel, 115 Gallon fuel,

engine, ready for its next home. Total

northern aircraft. All Airworthiness 1996 AT-401W, TTAF 4200, TTSEOH

1108.5, Prop 1108.5, M3 Satlock,

CP09-3P. $575,000.

1995 AT-502B with a PT6-15AG

(TSHI): 1147.0 hours, very clean,

Contact Tim: 432-788-7309

TTAF 7812.8, TPE 331-1, HOT

booms ASC-A10 Atomizers and

We have a meticulously maintained

hours, Total Time Since Hot Inspection

pictures.

clean, Low time 400 Gallon Super B,

ReaBee Hopper Qty System 2 sets of 1995 AT-502B with PT6-15AG Engine.

Aircraft and Engine Hours: 6749.2

$85,000 For questions and more

1978 G-164B, N6793K Very nice

Wing Spar Modification completed

center section and certified to 8000hrs,

OBO.

Many more parts have been replaced to

Call Joe LaRue: 218-685-6594

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CLASSIFIEDS Stop overpaying for your helmet!

GOVERNMENT SALES, INC. 54 years in business!

USFS & DOI Approved ANVIS6 Helmets, staring at $1,055.00.

remailing, Annual 10/3/23 by Ag Air

and blade replacement. CT at EOS

Aircraft.

Miami. PT at Covington Aircraft

Call Danny at Mid-Continent: 800-

Engines. Currently in annual with

325-0885

several new components including: 2011 AT-502B, PT6-34AG, TTSN 7192, TTAE 7192, Hartzell HCB3TN-30, TT Prop 7192, TT Since Overhaul 515, Satloc, Fresh Annual, One Owner. $512K.

Anvis6 with “Rotate for perfect fit” retention.

section currently removed for inspection

Call Brandon: 318-303-3147

New Tires/rotors and brakes, New flap torque tube, New Amsafe seat belt, New rudder trim tab, New elevator trim tab, New mup fuel sensor, Plus painting tail spring, and general other annual maintenance. $1,100,000.

T860 Air Tractor 802A/F Type III Air

Call Allen: 979-243-4114

Tanker Year of Manufacture – 2022 Serial Number – 0956 70.7 hours TT Engine - PT6A-67F with the Wipaire

Anvis6 with Dual visors, $1350.00 complete.

Carbon/Kevlar HGU-55/E w/ dual visors(or Single) $1,295.00 Category #2 fixed wing aircraft approved.

860-247-7787 Tel 860-586-8020 Fax www.AviationHelmets.com

1600hp STC Float Fittings Pratt & Whitney FAST Program Engine Monitoring MVP-50 Engine Analyzer Compro Smoke Generator Hatfield

2010 AT-802A, N354FS, PT6A-67AG, 7298 TTAF/E, Satloc G4 w/Flow,

2014 AT-504, N173RH, List $975K,

Single Point Refueling System - OAS

Becker comm radio, Vondran 10-inch

Floor $950K, Pristine, well-maintained

Carded for Hot Refueling Storm Cutters

AT-504 for sale. Located at KMCK.

Wire Strike Protection System – wire

Includes an IFR Panel and ready to go

cutters on landing gear Air Tractor

to work. TTAE: 1609.6, Engine:

Upgraded Windshields – higher impact

PT6-34AG, HSI completed 600 hours

resistant Manual FCU override controls

Since new landing gear, 0 since CT

ago, PTT: 1609.6. Asking $975K OBO

Retardant Hopper Capacity 830 gal.

blades with warranty, 0 since PT blades

Contact Zack: 308-777-2585 or email

with warranty. Hot Section/power

fuel@rwaviation.com

gate, flashing LED lights on nose and LED nav lights, MVP, load hawg. 390 SPOH with New Blades, 390 Since Starter Generator OH, 390 Since Bleed Valve OH, 1300 Since FCU OH, 1300

Type 3 Hydromax Gate & Controller 380 gal Fuel Vortex Generators AM SAFE Seatbelt/Airbag restraint system Aspen MFD’s with Synthetic Vision – glass panel with ADSB - In & Out AgLaser – Laser Altimeter Radio GPS Package- 1 x Technisonic TDFM 136B 1 x Garmin VHF 1 x Garmin 796 AREA

2016 AT-602, N6027, TTAE 2400,

GPS with XM satellite 1x Garmin 345

Satloc G4 w/Flow Control, PMA 8000

ADS-B In & Out Traffic Alert System 1x

Audio Panel, Garmin 225 Comm, 345

Garmin 635 GPS/VHF COM

Transponder, Hatfield single point.

Spidertracks Automatic Flight Following

$1,100,000.

System. $2,900,000.

Call Neal Aircraft: 806-828-5892

Call Chris: 970-370-3267

1996 AT-502B, N196PK, S/N 502B-0364, TTAF 12,418.0, P&W PT6A-34AG, TTE 12,418.0, TS HSI 662.5, Hartzell Propeller 5413.3 hrs.

Equipped with: VG’s, Spreader, GPS Bantam, Intelliflow, Load Hawg, Bottom Fuel, Lights, Heat/Air Conditioner, Smoker Lane Electric Brake, MVP-50T Glass Panel, Weath Aero Fan, AMSafe Seat Belts. Wing spars replaced 1/18/11, 7798.2 TTA, 9800.0 hrs. life limit, 5180.1-time

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2011 502B, s/n 2739, N7979B, Hobbs + TT: 4068.2, Prop SMOH: 1243.2, Engine Since HOT with Stator Hub and Segments replacement: 466.3, Bantam with Intelliflow, Kawak Quadrant, Storm Cutters, All position, LED lights with wigwag nose lights, Garmin Comm + Xpndr, $730,000 with fresh annual and hot section, Nebraska airplane.

Call: 402-879-5852

CLASSIFIEDS 8-1-23. Comm radio, ADSB. $275,000 OBO. Text or call Brandon: 662-902-4688 or TJ: 662-836-7347

2013 AT-402B -34AG, 3135 TTAE, Satloc Falcon GPS w/flow control, Fast Start, Lane brake and fan, Storm cutters, hopper rinse system, single point fuel. $630,000.

1991 AT-401, TTAF 3162.5, P&W

Call Kyle: 563-880-9641

R1340, TTE 934.5, Hamilton Standard 3 Blade - 23D40-51, TTProp 507.

Very low hours, well maintained, G4 Satloc Bantam, CP11 nozzles, Reabe Hopper Gauge, Vortex Generators, Garmen Comm, Smoker. $225,000.

Call Reed: 403-793-0949

2023 AT-502XP - This is the closest to new you will find! This aircraft has been spec for forestry and is equipped with $151,000 worth of additional options!

If you are looking for a new XP, this one could save you some money, and already have all the toys! AFTT 241.

2018 AT-802 -65, 3104 TT, 550

Call Reg: 204-326-0759

SHSI, 550 TSIRAN Prop, SATLOC G4, 7.5” Gate, G4 Controller, Wingman, Flow Control, Hopper Rinse, CP11 Nozzles, Transland 10 Vane Spreader. It will come with fresh annual and new landing gear installed. $1,225,000.

1989 AT-502, TTAF 14,000

Call Jeffrey Price: 870-761-4731 or

PT6A-34AG TTE 17,000, Hartzell

Bobby Guthrie: 870-370-9877

HC-B3 Prop TT 1600, Compressor I.R.A.N 2014. Changed exhaust duct, Gas Gen Case, New CT Blades in 2017. Installed O/H FCU in August 2023. Fresh annual inspection. Radio Box Garmin 345 audio panel, ADS-B. Intellistar. $330,000.

Contact: 520-254-1007 or 520-3843077

New 2024 AT-802A’s for Spring/ Summer 2024.

Call Dave Portage Aircraft Specialties: 1-204-870-2828 sales@ portageaircraft.ca

1989 AT-502 - 502-050 - 34AG Hobbs 8766, TT 16,395, HSI@8536, overhauled FCU @8427, prop overhauled @6922. Wings due @17,821. Annual due 1-31-24. G4 with flow control, Air Repair Hydraulic Gate. Hydraulic spray valve, flaps, and wingman. New batteries 8-18-23.

New and used 502XP’s available for Spring 2024.

Call Dave Portage Aircraft Specialties: 1-204-870-2828 sales@ portageaircraft.ca

Kawak throttle quadrant, VG’s, A/C, pulsating wing lights, new T Boom

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Cutters. AVIONICS - Garmin GMA 345 audio panel (Bluetooth), Garmin GTR 225 comm radio, Garmin GTX 335 transponder (ADS-B out), ANR helmet/ 1998 AT-402B -34AG, 7618hrs TT airframe; 484hrs since hot section, willing to do pending sale. Hartzell 3-bladed prop 784hrs since OH. Brand

headset power port. ENGINE: 363 hrs SHSI, 363 hrs SMOH FCU, 363 hrs SMOH prop governor. Aircraft current total time, 3940 hours both airframe and engine since new. Aircraft is in

new spars and fresh annual. SATLOC

excellent condition throughout, with all

M3 with booms, pump, and electric

maintenance records up to date and

brake. $676K.

AD’s complied with. See spec sheet for

Call: 979-543-5272

details. $745K.

2024 Air Tractor AT-502XP Available

Call Clyde: 956-202-2094

spring of 2024 - AT-502XP. Call Southeastern Aircraft Sales for details: 772-461-8924 2024 Air Tractor AT-802A Available spring of 2024 - AT-802A -67AG. Call Southeastern Aircraft Sales for details: 772-461-8924

2020 AT-802A, N8043F, TT 2,000 Optional Equipment: 308 Gallon Fuel, Elec. Brake Gr. Adj, Smoker, G4 w/

1999 AT-602, TTAF 11K, PT6A-

Flowcontrol, 5” Air Repair Hydraulic

65AG, 8886 TTSN, Covington

Gate, Stainless Steel Cam Locks, Fast

upgrades, FCU 0-since overhaul, new

Start, Storm Cutters, Wingman & Single

PT blades, new engine mount, fresh spars, 216 fuel, S.P. fuel, Falcon GPS/ IF3 flow, wingman, 7 ½” gate, com

Point Fuel, Fresh HSI and Annual.

Call for Price: +1 (870) 295-6213

radio, AM Safe harness, new gear legs, more.

Call Farm Air: 877-715-8476

2015 AT-502B, N3081V, TT 2,800, Hobbs 2,725, Optional Equipment: Stainless Steel Cam Locks, Wingman, Bantam w/Flowcontrol, Smoker, Electric 2009 AT-402B, N422RD, PT6A-

Brake Gr. Adj., & Hatfield Single Point

34AG, Cascade Inlet, Smoker,

Fuel, Fresh HSI & Annual.

Right-hand boom shutoff, Night work

Call for Price.+1 (870) 295-6213

lights, Stainless spray system, AFTT and ETT is 30hrs. $1,200,000.

Looking for all models of Air Tractor

Call: Neal Aircraft at 806-828-5892

400, 500 & 600 series aircraft to purchase. The newer, the better but will consider 2006 and newer. Turbine Conversions.

Call: +1 (616) 837-9428 1986 AT-301 Airframe Only - Parting

2015 AT-502B, TTAE 3,940 hrs,

Out, Approximately 5700 TTSN. NO

P&W-34AG - Includes Reabe hopper

ENGINE. AT-301: Wings, Tail Feathers,

gauge, smoker, factory air-conditioning,

Airframe, Firewall Foreword Less

and ram air induction. OPTIONS: Lane

Engine/Prop, Gauges, Gear leg, Hopper,

electric pump brake & fan, Satloc G4

STD Gate Box, Booms, Boom Hangars,

w/ Intelliflow, Shadin fuel flow monitor, Vortex Generators, cockpit Heater, LED nose mounted pulse/taxi lights, Storm

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Pump, Valve & Plumbing, etc., Flaps, and Ailerons.

Call Farm Air at 877-715-8476

CLASSIFIEDS

281-342-5451 1981 AT-301, N2367C, S/N: 301-

Starter drive OH in 2019, Starter OH in

0412, TTAF: 15734.8, Tach: 1220.5,

2020. Airframe: All Leading Edge skins

Wings: New spars installed by Air

were replaced in 2023 due to dents,

Tractor Certified Repair Station (Zero

along with a couple of top skins, and

time), Paint: 8 yrs. P&W R-1340S3H1-G, S/N: ZP-104037, TTE: 10353.8, SMOH: 128.8, Propeller: 3 Bladed, Hydromatic Propeller, Manufacturer: Hamilton Standard, Model: 23D40-311, TT: 1220.5, TSOH: 128.8, Miscellaneous, SATLOC

the top of RT Airlerium wings were repainted to match. Wings reinstalled with all new hardware. Installed all new Mich lunging gear attached bolts and saddles. Has Trig comm radio, Satloc 99 GPS, New side windows in

$105k.

2022, New tailwheel assembly in

Call Neal Aircraft at 806-828-5892

2014, Engine mount was removed and refurbished in 2022 due to surface

Late model, low time, 2018 AT-602.

rust, New left bladder in 2014, new

3600hrs Total Time. G4, center point

right bladder in 2016. Prop:

fuel, AFS check valves, CP flat fans.

Overhauled in 2014, Flushed in 2016

Call: 979-541-7864

due to new engine, Govenor OH in

Garmin comm and transponder with

YOUR NEW

Hydraulic spray pump, 8.50 x 10 tires,

M3, Smoker, Night Work Lights.

Almost new 502XP, 437 hrs total time.

888-995-5263 TEL • 281-232-5401 FAX

IS READY! YOUR #1 AIR TRACTOR DISTRIBUTOR IN SALES AND SERVICE

2016. $125,000.

Text Aaron Peterson: 870-253-8242

AIRCRAFT

or email aaron@advantageagair.us

ADSB out. Turbine Conversions center

2024 AIR TRACTORS, RESERVE YOUR POSITION NOW.....................$CALL$

point fuel. AgPilotX with flow control.

ENGINES

Wingman, Storm cutters. Owner-flown and dealer-maintained.

R-1340, ZERO TIME SINCE OVERHAUL BY COVINGTON ...................$75,000

Call: +1 (979) 541-7864

NEW PT6 -11, 15, 34, 60, 65, 67 OUTRIGHT OR EXCHANGE .............. $CALL$

1988 AT-502, N1006Y, Air Frame TT:

Cessna 188 AgTruck, List $90K, Floor

10,516 (Wings Due In 6862.6 Hours)

$75K, Very nice well-maintained and

Engine TT: 17,378.6 hours PT6A-27

professionally flown Cessna A188-B,

HARTZELL 3 BLADE AND 5 BLADED PROPS – NEW AND USED ........$CALL$

(Fresh HOT Section Inspection) Engine

AFTT:5648.9 with Hydraulic spray

Time Since Major Overhaul: 5346.9

system, Superbooms, Satloc,

DISPERSAL EQUIPMENT

Extras: Turn Windows, Split Panel,

Crophawk, VGS and more. Engine

TRANSLAND 10 VANE SPREADER FOR 38” GATE, NEW .....................$11,000

3-piece windshield, SATLOC M3. The

- Continental IO-520-D TSO:961.4.

airplane is spray-ready and will come

Prop, McCauley B2A34C205C TSO:

AGRINAUTICS, ROOT, CROPHAWK, TRANSLAND, OTHERS ..............$CALL$

with fresh annual. Located in Lubbock,

961.4. All compressions are good, no

TX (F49) EASY TO FLY! $355,000.

issues. Annual will be completed by

Call Dain Guetersloh: 806-535-8560

mid-May 2023.

PROPELLERS

Call Zack at Red Willow Chemical: 308-777-2585 or email fuel@

Cessna

rwaviation.com

1974 Cessna 188B, N888BT, SIN

1976 Cessna A188B AgTruck for Sale.

0001782T, Engine IO-520-D11B SIN

N4881Q Clean Midwest Aircraft!!

1031405, McCauley Prop

Complete log books and history; AD’s

#D2A34C98 SIN 961474, TTAF

Current all up to date; Fresh Annual as

5194.0, Engine TSMOH 1069.8, Prop

of 6/2022 Always Hangared and well

TSPOH 1263.5. Engine: Factory

maintained. AFTT: 8648.0 hours |

overhauled on 10/16/15, Comp last

PropTT: 1802.6 hours w/ 787.8 since

annual 60/69/62/62/64/61 over 80, Mag sent off in 2022 for 500-hour inspection, Has Airwolf remote oil filter,

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CLASSIFIEDS prop overhaul | EngTT: 1194.0 hours

Transland spreader. Times will vary as

1978 Cessna Ag Truck, 5832 TTAF,

on Remanufactured engine | Excellent

A/C is still in use. Great economical use

625 TTE, 550 TT on prop, 8.50X10

Compressions Engine: IO-550-D |

and great trainer. $190,000.

Clevelands, GPS, field ready. Price

Fuel: 52-gal Fuel Usable | Fuel Burn:

Call: 308-784-3868

reduced to $102,000.

15gpa | Hopper Size: 220 Gal | Cruise

Call: 850-380-6091

speed: 120 mph | VG kit installed for

1997 Thrush S2R-G10, 7,138 TTAF, 9737 TTE, CK-41, 931 OH Prop w/

better STOL capabilities. The Aircraft

Piper

interior and exterior are in great condition. Additional Photos available.

new blades, 1,198 TSGBI, 226 HOT by TAE, wing tips, VG’s, Kawak hydraulic,

Spray Equipment: Satloc II, Automatic

Brand new 2022 Laviasa PA-25-235

A/C, pump, spray valve. CP-11’s, com

flagman, Lightbar $135,000.

1975 Cessna A188B Ag Wagon, TTAF

Puelche. Ready to ship or fly. SMOH

radio, Auto Cal II, Satloc G4, four

7410, Continental IO520 TTE 1400,

0.0 hrs. TT 0.0 hrs. Lycoming O-540-

battery conversion, fast start, hopper

Prop TT 650. Well cared for and

B2C5. 1A200/FA8452 prop. 180

maintained Midwest aircraft. Robertson

gallons hopper and complete spray

STOL, M3 with 2” flow control, super

system. 53 gallons center fuel tank.

Call: 701-567-2069

gauge, Hatfield single point fuel, new windows. Clean Aircraft.

Call: 920-849-2199 or email countrysideaviation@gmail.com.

booms, CP 11 nozzles, winglets, 3 position strobes, full and complete logs. $130,000.

Very clean, well-equipped, and low-time

Call: 402-640-9771

1982 Piper Super Cub. Lowest time Piper built Cub on the planet, 650 hours TTSN, 0 SMOH, Stits Fabric,

1980 Cessna T188C Ag Husky.

beautiful paint, Com Radio, L3 Lynx

Continental TSIO-520T, TTE 342.2,

transponder with ADSB in-out with

Turbocharged 300 continuous horses.

touchscreen weather, traffic.

1974 Rockwell International S-2R for

McCauley Prop TT 342.2, 5-point seat

Call Clyde: 956-202-2094

Sale. N4224X Fabric Tail Feathers!!

Complete log books and history; Last

belt, CHT/EGT, Fuel Scan 450, F&M Enterprise Oil Filter Adapter, VG’s, Ag Tip Winglets (not installed), Streamline

Cessna 185, N185HR, Model: A185F,

booms, nozzles, compro smoker,

TTAE: 475 original hours. Comes with

Thrush

Annual: 6/2022 Always Hangared, AFTT: 10,527.1hrs | PropTT: 4935.9 hrs | EngTT: 2287hrs TS: 742 TTO: 43

fresh annual. Make offer. Located in

2023 510P with 115 total time.

TC: 1685 FC:2207 | Spar AD:

Bantam GPS/Flow Control, Alaska

Springfield, Colorado. $575K.

Equipment: Smoker, Leading Edge

2,421.1hr left | Engine AD: Due |

Bushwheel assembly, will throw in a

Call Neal Aircraft: 806-828-5892

lights, Micro VGs, Falcon GPS,

Engine: Walters M601E11 | Fuel:

Garmin GTR200B Comm radio, Satloc

Intelliflow, Sideload fuel, Garmin GTX 327, Garmin GMA 340, Garmin GTR

JETSET AIRMOTIVE Our PT6A Services:

➤ PT6A Engine Sales and Service ➤ PT6A Parts Sales ➤ PT6A Engine MRO Services

225.

Call Danny at Mid-Continent: 800325-0885

500Gal | Cruise speed: 125 mph | VG kit installed for better STOL capabilities, The Aircraft interior and exterior are in good condition. Additional Photos Control. Aircraft Extra Info: Single point

Engine Removal and Installation Troubleshooting Hot Section Maintenance Borescope Inspection ITT, Torque Calibration

preeves@jsamiami.com www.JSAMiami.com • 305-825-2001

gpa | Horsepower: 600hp Tank size:

available. Avionics: Satloc M3 Flow

AOG 24 hr Field Service: ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤

192-gal Fuel Capacity | Fuel Burn: 50

Fuel, A/C, wing extension, Turtledeck. $180,000.

Call: 701-567-2069 1975 Thrush with Garret -10. 500 gallon hopper. Engine total time since new 5038.7, airframe 9910.9. TSCAM 593.9; TSGBI 593.9;TSHSI 593.9; PTSN 593.9 160hrs. since New lower spar caps and upper spar car extensions. Winglets, Vortex generators,

1994 S2R-T45 Thrush, SN T45-006

AgNav GPS. CP 11 nozzles. Annual due

DC, Hobbs 7508, TTAF 10,393, Time

July 2024. Located in central

remaining on lower spar caps 2249,

Nebraska.

TTE 14,077.7 Engine TSO 11,098,

Contact Rex: 308-214-1516

Engine SIRAN 1,091, Engine SHOT 0, Engine Hot sent to RT Turbine, Prop SPOH 0. $725,000.

Call: 229-220-6343 or email croomaviation@gmail.com

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281-342-5451 888-995-5263 TEL • 281-232-5401 FAX

Cascade Cowls complied with, Kawak Engine Controls complied with, Serv Aero Tailwheel Assy complied with, ATS Vortex Generators complied with, Tail Surfaces Fabric, Dual Batteries Gill 1977 Turbine Thrush - Cascade

Complied With Additional Options:

conversion M601E-11 AFTT 6,038

Servo Tabs, Cleveland Wheels and

TSMOH 1,400, SB& AD’s completed

Brakes, SB-AG-34 Wing Attach Beef

08/2023 prop 0 since overhaul 2023,

Up, SB-AG-23 Steel Reinforcement

Fuel 192 gal, Hatfield fuel loading

Web Doubler Kit SS2R-FF-002, AG-29

system. Air conditioning, GPS Satloc G4

Big Butterfly and Lower Splice Plate Kit,

with Intelliflow, Reabe hopper gauge,

Fresh Hot Section Inspection, Freshly

two sets of booms with atomizers,

Overhauled Propeller.

annual with or without sale. $570,000.

Call Paul: C-GMQC +1 (506) 648-

Call Roland Jenson: 306-860-8172

3534

1998 Ayres S2R-T34 - Well Maintained

1979 S2R-T34-014, C-GMQB,

Thrush, Heat/AC, Strobes, Fast Start,

Fuselage Configuration Dual Cockpit /

Load Hawg, LoadMaster Prop, Single

400 Gallon hopper. Airframe Hours

Point Fuel, Reabe Gauge, AV-30, ADSB

4389, Engine Serial Number

Out, VG’s, Lane Fan, CP11’s Transland

PT6-34AG PCE-56683, Engine TTSN

Spreader, Shadin Fuel Flow, Serve Aero

4389 hrs / 6047 cycles, Engine 4000

TW, Satloc Bantam w/ Flow Control.

hr TSO 1068 hours-Vector Aerospace,

3-inch Load. Will have fresh Hot

Engine Time Since HSI 643.3 hours,

Section Inspection $515,000 OBO.

Propeller HCB3TN-3C TSO 532 hours,

Call: 815-384-5151

Max Take-off weight TCCA LSTC - 9120 lbs, Basic Empty Weight 4572 lbs, Comm 1 Garmin SL40, Comm 2 Garmin SL40, Audio Panel Garmin GMA340, Attitude Indicator RCA26003-Digital, Transponder / ADS-B L3

1979 S2R-T34-015, C-GMQC, Fuselage Configuration Dual Cockpit / 400 Gallon hopper, Airframe Hours 4558, Engine Serial Number PT6-34AG PCE-56690, Engine TTSN 4506 hrs / 6067 cycles, Engine 4000 hr TSO 1736 hours- Covington, Engine Time Since HSI 0 hours, Propeller HCB3TN-3C TSO 0 hours. Max Take-off weight TCCA LSTC - 9120 lbs, Basic Empty Weight 4597 lbs, Comm 1 Garmin SL40. Comm 2 Garmin SL40, Audio Panel Garmin GMA340, Attitude Indicator RCA2600-3-Digital Transponder / ADS-B L3 NGT-9000D SBAS, Navigation GPS Garmin Aera 796. Heading Indicator RCA15EK-

NGT-9000D SBAS, Navigation GPS Garmin Aera 796, Heading Indicator RCA15EK- Electric, ME406 ELT

ROTARY ATOMIZERS

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453-6603, Engine Instruments Analog - UMA Tri Gauge, Cascade Cowls complied with, Kawak Engine Controls complied with, Serv Aero Tailwheel Assy complied with ATS Vortex Generators complied with, Tail Surfaces Fabric, Dual Batteries Gill Complied With, Additional Options: Servo Tabs, Cleveland Wheels and Brakes, SB-AG-34 Wing Attach Beef Up, SB-AG-23 Steel Reinforcement Web Doubler Kit SS2R-FF-002, AG-29, Big Butterfly and Lower Splice Plate Kit. Call Paul: 506-654-6834

Electric, ME406 ELT 453-6603, Engine Instruments Analog - UMA Tri Gauge,

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CLASSIFIEDS Smoker, AC and heater, VG.s, Winglets,

14,799.3 hours, 2020 R.T. Turbines

company or expand your line.

Right boom shut-off, King 96 Comm,

new V-ring, blades. $350K.

Call for details: +1 (850) 380-6091

Hatfield SPF, Cool Start, SS Booms,

Call: +1 (229) 220-6343

CP-11 nozzles, AFS check valves,

Aircraft - Helicopters

Agrinautics pump w/ electric brake,

Bell 206B and 206L models for sale,

1979 S2R-T34-013Thrush, C-GMQA,

Shadin fuel flow, Landing light, Hopper

Fuselage Configuration Dual Control

rinse tank, Nav lights with strobes and

Cockpit / 400 Gallon hopper

four new batteries. Aircraft will need an

Airframe Hours 4765, Engine Serial

annual inspection. North Star Aviation

Number PT6-34AG PCE-56682,

is the First Lift Aviation Dealer.

1991 S2R-T34 Thrush, N672EH,

Engine TTSN 4765 hrs / 6980

Call: 620-356-4528

11,349 TTAF, PT6A -42 engine, TSO

spray-ready.

Call Hunter Parker at 561-723-3592 or Brian Parker at 561-723-1991

cycles, Engine 4000 hr TSO 1345

3583.6, Load Master 4-blade propeller,

hours- Vector Aerospace, Engine

Power Pressure Cowling with Quick

Time Since HSI 0 hours. Propeller

Change Power Filter System, GPS

HCB3TN-3C TSO 1338 hours, Max

SATLOC M3, Flow Control, Intelliflow,

Take-off weight TCCA LSTC - 9120 lbs.

Spray Pump, Booms, Winglets, New

Basic Empty Weight 4632 lbs, Comm

Paint.

1 Garmin SL40, Comm 2 Garmin SL40, Audio Panel Garmin GMA340, Attitude Indicator RCA2600-3-Digital, Transponder / ADS-B L3 NGT-9000D SBAS. Navigation GPS Garmin Aera

1998 Thrush S2R/400G -1 Super

Call Turbines Inc: 812-877-2587

Airframe: Diet Thrush Approx. 5820 hours TT (840 Time since factory Wing Spar cap kit installed over) Engine:

Engine - Piston Pratt & Whitney R-985 & R-1340 Engines in stock. All with new pistons installed. Overhauled by Aero Recip, Covington, Tulsa and Younkin.

Call: +1 (661) 257-7708 R-985 & R-1340 Complete OHC Cylinder Assemblies OHC in stock,

Aircraft - Other

all with new pistons installed and all gaskets and seals to install. We also

Garrett -1 (Super conversion) with

Southeastern operation in search of

Roughly 1220 hours Since Hot Section

a multi/twin engine GPS equipped

Instruments Analog - UMA Tri Gauge,

(Arkansas Turbines) fresh fuel nozzles,

aircraft set up for mosquito spraying

Cascade Cowls complied with Kawak

Recent FCU Overhaul, Recent Starter

to purchase or lease long term. Must

Engine Controls complied with, Serv

Gen Overhaul Propeller: Hartzell 3

be capable of night operations. Please

Aero Tailwheel Assy complied with,

blade 840 SMOH Equipment: AG pilot

email your aircraft details, including

R1340 Engine Overhaul - New pistons,

ATS Vortex Generators complied with,

X GPS with Flow control 400 Gallon

the cost to blindads@agairupdate.com

new bearings, mags, ignition harness,

Tail Surfaces Fabric, Dual Batteries

Hopper Reabe Digital hopper gauge

Subject: ID#2579.

Concorde Complied With, Additional

carb, with warranty outright/exchange.

Large fuel (Approx. 190 Gallons) Single

Options: Servo Tabs, Cleveland

For more information, call Chester

Point bottom load Fuel Shadin Fuel

Wheels and Brakes, SB-AG-34 Wing

Roberts Supply Company: +1 (903)

Flow Meter uAvionix AV-20 EFIS

429-6805

796, Heading Indicator RCA1510-3 -Digital .ME406 ELT 453-6603, Engine

Attach Beef Up, SB-AG-23 Steel Reinforcement Web Doubler Kit SS2R-FF-002, AG-29, Big Butterfly

stock new and overhauled magnetos, OHC carbs, starters fuel pumps, etc.

Top overhaul tool kits $250 each.

Call: +1 (661) 257-7708

attitude indicator Garmin Comm with R985-AN1-14B Tulsa Overhaul, New

Stratus ADSB Electric Fan Brake AFS Booms/Check valves/CP nozzles & SS

1938 Boeing A75N1(PT17), N54284,

pistons, Bosch mags, ignition harness,

ball valve Smoker Hopper Rinse system

TTAF 6080.7, R985-AN-14B, TTE

carb with warranty outright/exchange.

Vortex Generators (ATS) Dual Landing

520.4, Annual 6/2021, Garmin

For more information, call Chester

lights NAV / Strobe lights Windshield

SL-40COM, Garmin GTX 327 TXP, PS

Roberts Supply Company. +1 (903)

PT6A-140AG 867SHP STC Kit for

wiper/washer Air conditioning 48V

Engineering PM-1200, Installed

429-6805

THRUSH 510P & 510G Aircraft -

Starting system Tinted windows

Oilmatic Pre-oiler, Installed Airwolf

Complete Firewall forward bolt-on STC

installed NEW Mesh seat NEW

remote oil filter, Smoker, Speed ring,

kits for the 510G and 510P. Thrush

tailwheel spring And MORE!!! $425k.

total fuel 56 gallons, Redline brakes,

model aircraft. Contact Cascade Aircraft

Call: +1 (612) 759-8517

Garmin GDL 82 ADSB-OUT.

and Lower Splice Plate Kit, Fresh Hot Section Inspection.

Call Paul: 506-654-6834

to secure the 867SHP-certified upgrade

Call: 800-325-0885

STC kit for your THRUSH 510 aircraft.

Call: +1 (509) 635-1212

Brand new 2022 Laviasa PA-25-235 Puelche. Ready to ship or fly. SMOH

Engine - Turbine TPE331-6 (Super conversion STC to -511B) SN: P-27069C, Engine has only 372.2 hours Since MAJOR Overhaul!!

And only 4830 hours TT Since NEW! - LOW cycles(status sheet below for download), The following work was just

0.0 hrs. TT 0.0 hrs. Lycoming O-540-

completed at TAE Aerospace:0 Hours

B2C5. 1A200/FA8452 prop. 180

Since - Level 3 Prop strike inspection,

gallons hopper and complete spray

0 Hours Since - Hot section Inspection

system. 53 gallons center fuel tank.

and Gear box inspection, 0 Hours Since

1989 S2R-T34 Single Cockpit,

+54 (346) 246-3488.

- Overhauled FCU/Prop, Governor/Fuel

N3097K, Serial number T34-115, 1996 Ayres Corporation S2R-G6, S/N

B1-A Callair Manufacturing Rights.

pump installation. Ready to ship from

17,000 TTAF/engine, OH Prop 5/22,

G6-144 N2239V, TT: 6314.6, TTE:

Available now is the type certificate,

Idaho! Asking $400,000 USD and will

12-9-2016 Century Wing Spars

consider trades of aircraft and engines!

11,990, HSI: 2153, Prop TT: 2332,

drawings, jigs, tooling, aircraft parts,

installed, 9/10/18 Micro Vortex,

ASI JET Specializes in Aircraft Sales,

Factory Spars installed at TT: 5,202,

and property associated with this 300

Generators, 2020 Paint, Load Hawg,

gal Pratt and Whitney 985 powered

Maintenance, and Parts Support.*All

Options include: SATLOC G4/IntelliFlow,

Engine work done by R.T Turbines at

sprayer. Start your own aircraft

specifications are subject to verification

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CLASSIFIEDS upon inspection by buyer.

A4949 motor with 400 GPH AN4101

For more information call ASI Jet

fuel pump attached. Outright and

Sales: 320-587-7615

exchange. We supply these direct to

Hartzell HC-B5MA-3D/M11691NS

both factories.

Propeller, Propeller S/N: HBA2418,

Call: +1 (661) 257-7708

443 hours since new. Located in

PT6A-34 PCE-57524 For Sale, TSN 8341.4, FSN 15632, SCN 3912, EOS Overhaul.

Call for pricing: +1 (817) 354-2002

& R-1340 engine parts. Also P&W tools, Top OH tool kits, Time Rite kits, engine mounts, Champion & Tempest

TSN:18727.7, CSN:1412, TSO:3260,

spark plugs, parts books, OH and

SCO:4245.

maintenance manuals, Mags, carbs,

Call for pricing. +1 (817) 354-2002

starters, fuel pumps boost pumps. Also, R-1830, R-200, R-2800 engines and

PT6A-34AG Exchange Engine, Part

parts.

Number 302088, Serial Number

Call: +1 (661) 257-7708

delivery. PT6A rotating component service life record is in the pictures.

Rings, 1 THRUSH Speed Ring, 1 Radial engine mount with ring. Make

today at sales@taeaerospace.com or

offer. Call 509-635-1212

visit our website, taeaerospace.com, to

PT6A-140AG 867SHP STC Kit for

find out more about our extensive PT6A

THRUSH 510P & 510G Aircraft -

services.

Complete Firewall forward bolt-on STC

Call: 480-500-6677

kits for the 510G and 510P. Thrush model aircraft. Contact Cascade Aircraft

Engine - Parts/Pumps Thrush boost pumps in stock. Delco

Call Andy: 870-261-8992 We build loader trucks to your specifications. Stainless Steel Straight

Hartzell HC-B3TN-3D/T10284+4

and Fold Up. Mild Steel Straight and

Propeller, S/N: BUA28357, 0 hours

Fold Up. Mild Steel Hopper w/Stainless

since overhaul, 5394.5 hours since

Steel Tube. Been in loader truck

new, $45,000.

business since 1980.

Call Rick at Neal Aircraft: 940-564-

Call Pat Ballard Office: 870-697-2004

6822

Fax: 870-697-3568 • 185 Hwy. 42 West, Hickory Ridge, AR.

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Radial Parts: 2 Fiberglass AT Speed

Contact our experienced sales team

New and overhauled Air Tractor and

Equipment - Propellers

Arkansas. $95,000.

Complete stock of all P&W R-985

PT6A-27 PCE-50280 For Sale,

PEC-RB0343. Available for immediate

Equipment - Vehicles

to secure the 867SHP-certified upgrade STC kit for your THRUSH 510 aircraft.

Call: +1 (509) 635-1212

Allied N-TBA N-TBA

Productions

Fully Warranted 2020 Q u e e n C a t s

500 gal “SC-Plus” TPE 331* ........................... $479,000 400 gal “SB-Plus” TPE 331* ........................... $369,000 * New Prop - your engine

N936QC 350 gal “A+R1340” Complete/Deluxe** ......... $199,000 N141QC 350 gal “A+R1340” Complete/Deluxe** ................. $199,000 **OHC Top Shop Engine/Fresh Prop

Jigged Frames — “ground-up” — restorations More Versatility, Safety and STOL Performance Less Debt, Maintenance and Depreciation Costs

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CLASSIFIEDS 12D40-6101-12 Propeller, Overhauled

Equipment - Airframe

Equipment - Nozzles

AT-502 sheet metal. Some new, some

New Zanoni Equipment Atomizers

used, all airworthy. Mostly fwd. lower

in stock and ready to ship at Turbine

Hamilton Standard Propeller 23D40

fuselage. $500 for all OBO. Will box

Conversions, Ltd in Michigan. High

with 6511-12S Blades Overhauled

and ship for materials and labor.

quality, stainless steel, tested, proven,

Completely. Includes 8130-3 form.

Call: 530-345-9919

and US operators are loving these

with 8130 Form.

Call: +1 (903) 429-6805

Call:+1 (903) 429-6805

Ayres Thrush ‘Hoerner’ wing tips. Left and right, no damage. $500 for the

Hamilton Standard 22D40 Hydromatic complete with distributor valve and

3 - Complete Trac Map Flight 3 systems

prop, Governor.

(lightbar, head unit, cables, antenna

Hamilton Standard 23D40 Propeller with new blades 6511A-9 installed.

Completely overhauled with 8130-3 form.

Call: +1 (903) 429-6805 QUALITY Propellers For Sale: 33D50-6601A18 OHC. . . . . $31,500 23D40-6601A18 OHO . . . . $29,500 22D40-6533A12 OHO . . . . $26,500 12D40-AG100-4S 375-SOH .$21,000 12D40-AG100-2 828-SOH. . $19,000 HC-B3TN-5M 106” OHC . . . $27,000 Call +1 (870) 886-2418

Call Gary: 530-345-9919 garyhendricksonn3n@gmail.com

Hat Header Tank Modification. STC solves issues with FCU and extends the

Dongles. Satloc - Light bar and cable,

factory recommended replacement of

Ag Nav - Ag Flow 1 Screens (6 total).

the auxiliary fuel pump from 500 hours

Screen and mounting brackets only.

to 3,500 hours. Currently have 4 spots

Make me an offer on it all or willing to

open for early 2024 delivery.

part out separate.

Call: 306-786-3345 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

New Brushless Motor Airframe Fuel Pump - STC kits for PT6 Air Tractor and THRUSH aircraft. Long lasting, solid state, with fail safes.

Call: +1 (509) 635-1212 Reinforced Thrush Leading Edges Send your leading edges to us, and we will reinforce them with durable custom extruded aluminum reinforcements.

Equipment - Spreaders

Available directly from Turbine

Balancing with Chadwick Helmuth

Call: 616-837-9428

engine printout equipment. Jeffries Airworks, Dynamic Balancing, Vibration

Kawak Thrush S2R STC battery retrofit

Analysis. Much more than just a

kit. 300% longer battery service life.

Call Jim Jeffries, A&P/IA: 985-5079981

Three Thrush Spreaders, good condition. $8000 for all, or make an offer for one.

200% faster starts. Battery replacement costs 25% of the original.

Call: +1 (541) 385-5051

steel construction paired with a Honda 13 HP motor.

Call: +1 (616) 837-9428 LA-K-009 Leaf Spring Conversion Kit PA25 - CTS 1109.21 - Speed increase, large service life, and minimum maintenance. Kit includes spring, brackets, installation hardware, and certs. Made by Lavia SA, manufacturer of the PA-25 Puelche.

Call: +54 (346) 246-3488 Tools for reaming attach bolts wing

or 616-837-9428 Transland Swath Master - FTO never used. Fits 10” Hydraulic gate. 16k.

Call: 806-778-1418

Thrush S2R wings with Century spars, 55000 hours remain ready for paint.

Price $120,000.

Call Patrick: 989-763-0195

Condition. We are a company that

Transland 10 vane spreader for 38”

Ag Cat Frameworks, All Models, 4130

operates AgNav that purchased a used

gate, new, $13,000.

weld assys, fixture perfect, ready to

aircraft with G4 and flow contropl

Call: 281-342-5451

install. Struts, wires, hoppers, long

installed. To keep equipment common

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Pump, Zanoni Equipment’s all stainless

Contact ann@turbineconversions.com

with Flow Control for sale. Excellent

Call: 306-472-7704

Ground Support Engine Driven Transfer

#e/02.170/2000 Available for rent.

Inc. at 850-380-6091

$25,000.

details.

M-18 per repair service bulletin

Call Chad Stuart at Airplane Services,

across fleet, we must sell the Satloc.

Ann@turbineconversions.com for more

Attachment joints for Dromader

removed. $13,500.

Forestry and AG ready 2018 G4 Satloc

Contact your favorite Thrush dealer or

main (Center wing to outboard wing)

Call: +1 (701) 321-0767

Hamilton Standard 12D40-Ag100. As

Equipment - GPS

Thrush H-80 STC SA04485CH Top

Parts - Light Bars, Cables, Wireless

Conversions, Ltd.

location.

Equipment - Other

etc.) Miscellaneous Trac Map Flight 3

Jeffries Airworks Dynamic Propeller

balance. Nationwide service on your

Call: +1 (616) 837-9428

pair.

Propeller 6533 blades overhauled

Call: +1 (903) 429-6805

atomizers.

fuel, high-wings, dispersal equipment,

3” load, mix tank, fully contained and lockable, air compressor and storage complete and ready to go.

Call Farm Air at 877-715-8476 Like new portable load pad suitable for an 802. Very little use.

Call Farm Air at 877-715-8476

Transland Spreader, 25” Slimline in fair

hardware, all upgrades, components,

Transland Pump Mount.

condition. $750.

and spares.

Call Billy Maxwell at Transland: +1

Call: +1 (478) 494-3757

Call: +1 (870) 886-2418

(940) 687-1100

CLASSIFIEDS Transland Aluminum Boom Clamps -

1400 hours total time. Very clean and

Large & Small.

well maintained AT-502B.

Call Billy Maxwell at Transland: +1

Call Cascade Aircraft Conversions for

For Sale - High quality Stainless Steel

II available spring of 2023. All systems

(940) 687-1100

more details 1-509-635-1212

booms, pumps and nozzles! On the

are complete (less the wire harness),

shelf and ready to ship.

asking $250K for all (5) or $65K each.

Contact: mark@turbineconversions.

Systems were removed operational to

com

upgrade to the GEN III system.

Transland 4” Delrin Hopper Vents.

Miscellaneous Dispersal

FRDS GEN II, (2) GEN I available immediately, and 2 GEN I and 1 GEN

For more information call Billy Maxwell

Equipment - Helmets

at Transland: +1 (940) 687-1100 or

AV-KOR1 Helmets Available Now!

email sales@translandllc.com

The AV-KOR1 helmet is made out of a

Kawak Cockpit adjustable flow control

fiberglass composite, utilizing Koroyd

kit. Manual control or GPS variable rate

Fire Gate Hatfield Hydraulic Drop Door,

and an anti-microbial comfort liner

ready. Integrates into existing hydraulic

USFS / BLM approved, Fits Thrush,

making it the lightest aviation helmet

systems.

Dromader, can be adapted to Air

on the market. Features Fire Retardant

Call:+1 (541) 385-5051

Tractor 502 or 802, excellent condition,

Transland Grip Steps for AT aircraft.

For more information call Billy Maxwell at Transland: +1 (940) 687-1100 or email sales@translandllc.com

trim and a FIDLOCK buckle system.

Works with any aftermarket in-helmet communications devices. North Star Aviation is the First Lift Aviation Dealer.

Call North Star Aviation today at 620356-4528

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

Call: 506-261-5023

with streamlined fairings, all controls included. $5,000 Any reasonable offer accepted! Needs to go! S.E.A.T. program is expanding. Pilot/contractor training available.

Call:+1 (530) 345-9919

weight, and affordable pricing available

Equipment Wanted

2013 AT-502B Firewall forward parts: Engine mount, cowling and Ram Air filter system. All parts with less than

options. Other aircraft models available - STC on All models of AT, Thrush, and

Jobs - Help Wanted

Pratt & Whitney Engine Cores, Engine

M18 Dromader with short lead time.

Air Tractor is seeking qualified

Parts Inventories, Cylinders, Starters,

Call: +1 (616) 837-9428

candidates for the full-time position

Fuel Pumps and Boost Pumps. Sun

of test pilot. Candidates must have a

Air Parts

For sale: Trotter Controls computerized

Call: +1 (661) 257-7708

fire gates (4) FRDS GEN I and (1)

minimum of 2000hr total time (Continued on page 94)

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888-995-5263 TEL • 281-232-5401 FAX

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Forestry, Horticulture, Fire and Utility

time in Air Tractor turbine-powered

Email your resume or list of total times

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industries. This position is a key

airplanes. A commercial pilot

to blindads@agairupdate.com Subject:

certificate with high performance and

ID#2757

with 1000hrs of ag and 1000hrs

tail wheel endorsements is required.

Applicants must be a U.S. Citizen.

Candidates must have the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Desirable skills include Air Tractor approved flight instructor, CFI, experience interfacing with FAA, A&P license, and chemical applicator license. Must be able to work with people well. This is a hands-on pilot

Looking for an ag pilot to fly -41 powered Thrush. The season runs

Seeking experienced turbine pilots in

from mid-May through August. The

the Midwest for the upcoming season

main application is fungicide/insecticide

and beyond (Air Tractor and/or Thrush).

maybe a little herbicide depending

June through August mainly, but

on canidates experience. No travel

possibly a couple of weeks of work in

required.

the Spring.

Call or email for details. 719-349-

Email resume or total times to

9622 kevin.ebsen@gmail.com

blindads@agairupdate.com Subject: ID#2754

AT-802 Timber pilot needed for rotation mid-January through mid-May. AT-802

job that includes performing various

We are looking for a full-time pilot to

hands-on activities with tools in hand.

Corn run pilot needed from mid-June to

cover two locations in West Texas,

Duties: Moving airplanes on the ground,

mid-August. Minimum experience - 500

with most of the acres out of Hereford

initial setup, and rigging of the airplane,

hours 802 time or high-time 502 or

and some out of a private strip by

making the first flight on planes, and

602 pilot.

Earth. Currently flying a 550 Thrush,

completing the production test flight

Email resume to cropdoctoral@

looking to update with an Air Tractor

according to published procedures.

hotmail.com or call/text 870-510-

next season. Our current pilot brought

6882

correcting discrepancies, coordinating

his own operation. On average, do

with production planning, sales, production leads, and quality to help synchronize flight test schedules.

For more information, email: valperez@airtractor.com

Crop Air is seeking a pilot for the 2024 season and beyond. We are a locally owned chemical sales and application company. Please see attached spec sheet for a more detailed job description. Crop Air is also seeking

contributor to ensuring the continued growth within the aviation market of GPS hardware and software guidance solutions. We are seeking someone with experience in the Agriculture Aviation Sector. You will be responsible for the following: Visiting customers; building and promoting strong customer relationships by partnering with them to further understand their needs, always keeping them up to date with any changes in products and software.

Identifying new business opportunities within the Aviation Agriculture sector and working closely with the Vice President of Sales in designing and implementing a strategic sales plan that expands our customer base and ensures a strong market presence. Providing customers with technical quotes,

over 100,000 acres; most of the work

Tabula is expanding our Agriculture

proposals, and presentations, with

is pivots, so well-establishing acres.

Aviation and Ground Sales Team.

the ability to work your way towards

Spraying a variety of crops, cotton,

Tabula, formerly known as TracMap,

being involved with public tenders

corn, milo. It is an employee-owned

is a GPS guided proof of application

and contracts. Focusing on growth,

company with locations also in the

and job management system that

willing to grow the business in line

northern plains. We are looking for a

gives landowners and their contractors

with strategic planning by maximizing

driven, forward-looking team player. If

certainty. At the core of our offer is

existing and establishing new client

you fit this, there is the opportunity to

the seamless mapping and recording

relationships to increase sales revenue

buy into the company. Health benefits

of a whole array of day-to-day

and profitability. Identifying emerging

are offered.

operations, such as fertilizer spreading

markets and market shifts while

Call Greg at 605-350-4536 or Wade

and spraying. Tabula allows you to

being fully aware of new products and

at 605-350-4127

effortlessly control the work on your

competitor activity. Developing a deep

land and to have certainty that jobs

understanding of AirVision products

loaders for the upcoming season. If you

Ag Pilot Wanted - Looking to hire a

have been completed accurately. The

and how they provide value to our

have a desire or interest to get into the

long-term Ag Pilot for a well-established

system automatically stores detailed

customers, being able to understand

ag aviation industry, this would be a

business with 45 years located in

data which you can refer back to

customer needs, demonstrate value

good position to learn the business.

central North America. Must have

any time to prove compliance and

and overcome objections. Meeting

Contact Neil at 970-454-2939 or

experience and turbine time. This is

flyiton@cropairco.com

drive efficiency and productivity

KPI’s around lead measures and

a great opportunity if you are serious

gains. And importantly, over time this

sales success.Following our CRM best

about the Ag Aviation business.

data becomes a knowledge bank for

practice, recording activity, maintaining

Diverse crop-based, primarily fungicide,

landowners that will endure through

notes on customer interactions, and

insecticide, and dry work. Pay and

generations, protecting and growing the

keeping records up to date. This role

benefits are negotiable based on

value of your land. Due to continued

will suit someone that has previous

experience. Work is from mid-April to

growth in the United States, Tabula is

experience in a high-performance

mid-September.

hiring a new Regional Aviation Business

environment dealing with agricultural

Please email your resume or a list of

Development Team Members for the

customers. You will be the primary

total times to blindads@agairupdate.

Southern Eastern United States region

facing contact with customers, and

com. Subject: ID#1239

to focus on our AirVision System.

it is expected that you are able to

This position will be based out of our

communicate professionally and attend

Melbourne, Florida location. About

regular events to demonstrate our

the role: The Business Development

products, all while keeping up to date

Team is responsible for maintaining our

on emerging trends and technology.

existing sales, growing new business,

In return, we are offering a role that

and technically supporting our products

has the opportunity for growth and

within the Agriculture, Mosquito,

development, a base salary of $60k,

Large Midwest operation looking for AT-502, AT-802, and -42 510 Thrush pilots for the 2023 season. Pilots must have 500 hours of Turbine Ag time. Slobs and princesses need not apply, only hardworking pilots with a good work ethic. No time to babysit!

Include your resume or total time when inquiring.

Email blindads@agairupdate.com.

Pilot Needed for Midwest Operation

Subject: ID#152

- 502, 602, and 802 experience

Growing multi-location Kansas operation seeking full-time and seasonal pilots. Herbicide experience is a huge plus. Benefits and guaranteed salary for

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helpful. A&P plus a CDL is helpful but not required. If the applicant has A&P, possible year-round employment.

Inquiries must include a resume or list of total times.

CLASSIFIEDS plus a generous commission and bonus

ag experience. Training bonds may

program that will reflect your skills,

be offered but will apply to minimum

knowledge, and overall experience, with

2 years employment. Should have

total earning potential being well over

S.A.A.A. and C.A.A.A. memberships.

$100k. This is an excellent opportunity

Duties: to fly fixed wing turbine aircraft

to join an innovative company that is

safely and efficiently with SATLOC

experiencing rapid growth and success.

GPS flight computer, to work with

To apply, please send your CV and

customers to create spray orders, to

cover letter to recruitment@tabula.

work in a professional manner with

live.

ground support crews, to perform daily

2 Professional Turbine Ag Pilots for the 2024 spray season. Operating Thrush 510P aircraft from May 15, 2024 to October 15, 2024. Job duties include providing aerial application on fields primarily in Saskatchewan and possibly other provinces. Must be insurable on Thrush 510P aircraft, and capable of operating a Satloc GPS system or able to learn it. Must be able to speak, read, and write proficient English. Accidentfree flight record is preferred. Housing and vehicle can be provided if needed.

Wage is $50/hour, 40 hours/week.

Performance-based bonus is offered.

checks on turbine powered aircraft, to keep work logs in an orderly fashion, to be available to work when conditions are optimum, to keep current their licenses and to mentor junior and first year pilots. Essential Skills:Reading, document use, numeracy, writing, oral communication, problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, job task planning and organizing, computer use, significant use of memory. Salary: $80.00 per hour 40-60 hours per week.

Additional Information: please apply by email to advanced.aviation@sasktel. net. Kindersley Airspray Ltd. P.O.

Workers compensation provided.

Box 2005 Kindersley, Saskatchewan,

Call Justin Farr at Farr Air Inc. 306-

Canada S0L1S0. 1-306-463-4600

861-6675 or 306-848-1044 Well-established company in California Looking for experienced pilots to fly our

looking to hire a long-term experienced

well-maintained AT-502’s. This is a

AT-502B Pilot. Insecticide, Fungicide,

full-time turbine position in the Upper

Seed & Fertilizer. Crops include

Midwest, spanning from May to mid-

Orchards, Rice, Vegetables & Row

September. We spray a large variety

Crops.

of crops with fungicide and insecticide

E-mail resume and references to

with some herbicide, along with cover

blindads@agairupdate.com Subject

crop spreading. Must have herbicide

ID#2095

70

experience. We offer competitive pay adjusted by experience. Be willing

South Central Business is looking for an

to travel the Midwest in-season. All

AT-802 pilot. Must be reliable and have

inquiries must include a resume or list

a good work ethic. All inquiries must

of total times.

include a resume or list of total times.

Email blindads@agairupdate.com,

Email inquiries to blindads@

Subject: ID#327

agairupdate.com, Subject: ID#1563

We require one pilot for the 2024

Full-time Pilot position North Dakota-

season, full time, seasonal, May-

Looking for an experienced pilot to fly AT-

September, to work in the Kindersley

502/602. The season runs from mid-May

Saskatchewan area. Must have a

through September. The main application

valid Commerical Pilot’s License,

is fungicide/insecticide; herbicide

valid Saskatchewan Aerial Pesticide

experience is preferred. The position may

License, Turbine Transition Training,

include some travel during the season.

valid medical certification & English

Call or email for details. 701-339-

proficiency. Must have experience

8799 gravesen.chad@gmail.com

flying 510P Thrush or similar. Expected to have 5 years or more experience with a minimum of 1000 hours turbine

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CLASSIFIEDS Looking for a level 1 seat pilot for 2024

$23-$32 hr DOE. Some Benefits &

motivated person to assist with

servicing commercial and defense

and beyond for an exclusive use contract.

Vacation. US Citizen or Valid Work Visa.

brand marketing and sales initiatives

customers worldwide. We create value

in conjunction with trade shows,

for customers through innovative

brand building, and sales generation.

thinking, premium quality products,

Looking for Ag & King Air Simulator

Previous experience in marketing/sales

and services in aerospace engineering,

Instructors. Instructors are 1099

is preferred. This position requires an

manufacturing, turbine engine, and

contractors. Work is on a per-student

excellent work ethic. The candidate

component MRO. Located across the

basis. 1-3 day courses and paid by

will aid in sales, marketing, and

globe, our maintenance facilities in

the day. Work one one-on-one with

tradeshow initiatives. Overall objective

Australia and in America are the leading

the students. Classroom and simulator

– Assist in all facets of sales/marketing.

provider of quality general aviation,

instruction. Days are 9-5 with no

Responsibilities include, but are not

aerial agricultural, turboprop engine,

weekends. Lodging fees are covered for

limited to: LIFT Aviation customer

and component maintenance. Right

instructors who travel to our location

service responsibilities. Work in tandem

now, we are looking for experienced

to teach. Flight instructor certificate is

with team to manage LIFT Aviation

Engine and Component Technicians

not needed. Looking for someone who

Instagram and Facebook/ Social media.

to join our teams in Adelaide, South

has an Ag pilot background/experience.

Assist in Content procurement through

Australia, and Scottsdale, Arizona. If

Turbine experience is a must. Could

all channels of LIFT Aviation. Increase

you have proven TPE331, PT6A or GE

be active or retired. Must have an

social media engagement. Direct

H80 experience or have worked in a

interest in teaching and passing on their

contact with magazines, both online

similar role, and looking for your next

knowledge to others in the industry.

and print, at least once a month / as

challenge – we want you! Find out more

Please include a resume when

needed. Get involved in online chats/

about joining our team.

inquiring.

forums/groups around the Aviation

Email: Hr-support@taeaerospace.com

Ad ID#153

community. Manage marketing email

Phone: +61(0)881500200 or visit:

databases. Manage Sponsored Pilot

www.taeaerospace.com

Contact Patrick Mertens at 970-571-0871 FAA maintenance facility is seeking a skilled mechanic to join the maintenance team at an industryleading aviation center. Qualified candidates must have Airframe & Powerplant Certificate with at least five years of experience working in Ag Aviation. Must be able to stand, stoop, squat, or kneel for eight or more hours on concrete, lift up to 65 lbs., follow inspection checklists, and fix discrepancies. Self-motivated individuals should be able to see the end goal at the early stages for the maintenance process and be a team player. Competitive pay, 100% employer-paid health insurance with vision and dental options, 401k, paid holidays, vacation, and sick time.

Interested parties should return a

Send Resume: DOM@trirotorllc.com

completed application with a current

IA and A&P mechanics needed. Salary

Tracking and Database. Cultivate and

resume.

depending on qualifications and

grow all contacts. Work with company

Contact Joe Risner – Director of

experience.

tools to engage with all facets of the

Call: 870-295-6213

Aviation community. Event organization

Maintenance for more information.

800-325-0885 | joe@midcont.com

and planning assistance. Tradeshow Full-time mechanic needed, A&P or

Pilot Needed in North Dakota - A 2018

and infield marketing event attendance.

IA preferred, though we will consider

AT-502XP pilot is needed to cover up to

B to C and B to B sales of Aviation

previous experience and facilitating

122,000 acres. Experience is needed.

products. LIFT Aviation marketing

training in the future. 60% new aircraft

Travel required.

with annuals and routine maintenance

management (pilots, teams, clubs)

Call for details

filling in the rest of the workload.

Jones Aviation is looking for a full time, experienced helicopter A & P mechanic.

We are located in northern California.

Maintenance will be performed on site. Experience with UH-1H would be preferred. We would be willing to help with relocation costs. Needs to be

Steady work all year, full insurance and retirement benefits, clean and modern facilities. Competitive pay depending on experience. Please email resumes.

Email at logan@laneave.com North Dakota aviation operation looking for an Experienced pilot/manager to

Required Skills and Experience:A minimum of 1 year of marketing

Turbine Spray time on forestry work is required. Work will be guaranteed from April-November of 2023, with the possibility of a long-term seat.

Contact Chase Gibson directly at 228860-2375 to discuss the seat. https:// www.bandsairinc.com/ Mix Truck Driver/Helicopter Loader PLEASE CONTACT CHASE GIBSON

to provide creative ideas, persistent,

DIRECTLY at 228-860-2375 or

timely follow through, and a high level

email resume to chase@bsairinc.

of detail and accuracy to all projects.

com. QUALIFICATIONS: Class A or B

Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to prioritize in a rapidly changing environment and demonstrate

co-manage FBO, Airport, and Aerial spraying operation. 802 and Turbine

seasonal times of year.

Thrush. Season runs mid-June through

Contact Chris (530)321-1253

September. Potential opportunity to

and the Internet. Advanced knowledge

partner/purchase operation in the

of social media sites such as Twitter,

FAA Part 137 Operator, looking for

near future. Start putting your time

Instagram, and Facebook. Competitive

new A&P’s and experienced A&P’s. Air

and efforts into your building your

Wage Health / Dental / Optical

Tractors & Bell Helicopters. “Aircraft

own operation!! FBO and Airport

Insurance PTO Paid holidays 401k Job

Type” experience not as important

management provide steady income

Type: Full-time, Onsite Only, Hourly Pay,

as: Conscentious, organized, willing

streams to help make it through the

Travel possible.

slow seasons. Email resume and

Email resume and references to Todd

references.

Lentz at todd@liftaviationusa.com

Sheduled/Unscheduled Maintenance

for the 2023 season. 1000 Hours of

equivalent schooling preferred. Ability

Overtime might be required during

players. Will perform/participate in

experienced Helicopter Spray Pilot

experience. Associate’s Degree or

a team player but not afraid to lead.

to learn, get things done, team

B&S Air Inc. is looking for an

flexibility. Intermediate knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

Email at luke@Henterprisesnd.com

CDL required with tanker and hazmat endorsements. Experience in related field is helpful; clean driving record, must pass regular drug and alcohol screenings; must be willing to travel and work outside in the elements, and some heavy lifting may be required.

Immediate permanent relocation is not necessary. JOB DESCRIPTION: Our company provides silvicultural services for many types of customers throughout the US South and Midwest. This job offers workers a chance to travel and interact with many different types of

Experienced Engine & Component

leaders in the forestry industry. This

& Inspections. Maintain support

LIFT AVIATION – Marketing Assistant

Technicians Needed - TAE Aerospace

is a great opportunity to advance with

equipment/shop. Full time/Year Round.

Job - Lift Aviation is looking for a

is a global aerospace company,

our company or to meet other persons

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CLASSIFIEDS in the industry that may help to further

This position is a key contributor to

Well established company in Ohio

Mature and teachable Ag Pilot, seeking

your career. This job will require you

ensuring the continued growth within

looking for a long-term experienced AT-

to learn from other professionals.

the aviation market of GPS hardware

402 pilot - 2023 and beyond. Housing

Either as an Ag Pilot or a ground

and software guidance solutions. You

is available. Fungicide, insecticide,

crewman. Extensive farm and aviation

will be responsible for the following:

fertilizer, seeding work on corn, beans,

maintenance background. Four seasons

Visiting customers; building and

wheat, and some vegetables. Send

loading and Ag pilot experience. Flight time is as follows, 1240 TT, 645 Ag, 40 Turbine. A&P mechanic. Please

to be on the road from March-end of October with off time NovemberFebruary. Our helicopter crews often work long hours and 7 day work weeks.

Duties include: Driving mix truck

promoting strong customer relationships

resume to chadniese@embarqmail.com

from one spray location to the next

by partnering with them to further

Call Chad: 419-235-4182

with the help of the crew leader for

understand their needs, always keeping

navigation and filling the helicopter with

them up to date with any changes

chemicals. Necessary training will be

in products and software.Identifying

provided to complete these tasks. Stays at hotel required while working out of town or at company owned apartment when working near our office. Ideal candidate will be willing to work hard with a positive attitude, work long hours and work as a team to help make the crew productive.

PLEASE CONTACT CHASE GIBSON DIRECTLY at 228-860-2375 or email resume to chase@bsairinc.com.

new business opportunities within the Aviation Agriculture sector, designing and implementing a strategic sales plan that expands our customer base and ensures a strong market presence.

Providing customers with technical quotes, proposals, and presentations, with the ability to work your way towards being involved with public tenders and contracts. Focusing on growth, willing to grow the business

Tabula, formerly known as TracMap,

in line with strategic planning by

is a GPS guided proof of application

maximizing existing and establishing

and job management system that

new client relationships to increase

gives landowners and their contractors

sales revenue and profitability. In

certainty. At the core of our offer is

return, we are offering a role that

the seamless mapping and recording

has the opportunity for growth and

of a whole array of day-to-day

development, a base salary of $60k,

operations, such as fertilizer spreading

plus a generous commission and bonus

and spraying. Tabula allows you to

program that will reflect your skills,

effortlessly control the work on your

knowledge, and overall experience, with

land and to have certainty that jobs

total earning potential being well over

have been completed accurately. The

$100k. This is an excellent opportunity

system automatically stores detailed data which you can refer back to any time to prove compliance and drive efficiency and productivity gains. And importantly, over time this data becomes a knowledge bank for landowners that will endure through generations, protecting and

to join an innovative company that is experiencing rapid growth and success.

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@tabula.live

email AgAir41@outlook.com. Thank

Position Wanted Experienced AG Pilot looking for Seat, 7500TT, 4300AG, flown all Air Tractors models and Trush planes. Resume available on request. IFlyag66@gmail. com.

You. AK Bush Pilot Looking for AG Pilot Slot - 25 yrs AK bush. Central America Missionary pilot. 7500 TT, 1250 DHC3, 250 DHC3T. Train me so I can spray for you. See resume for details or email Will at whframingconsultant2@

Experienced Pilot Looking For Seat.

gmail.com.

Experienced in all AT models, 400 and 510 Thrush. TT 5,700, which includes 300 hours in Australia last winter. Current Commercial Applicator license in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Call Gerry Black at 806685-3463.

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

Seat Wanted: 19,751 Total Time,

liquid application, aerial seeding and

18,022 Turbine Time, 1,252 Ag Time.

aerial fertilization. I am also URT (Upset

Licensed in GA and IL. For a resume,

Recovery Training) and aerobatics flight

call Hale Ellis at 678-779-4726.

instructor giving instruction for more than 80 pilots already including AG

Subcontract for Corn Run - Experienced

pilots on how to recover airplanes form

pilot with AT-5, 6, or 802 SATLOC/

upset attitudes. Pilot Licenses: ATP, IFR

flow control, extensive SHP time. 701-

Helicopter, CFI, TT Rotary Wing 1,500

541-0102.

hours. Resume and references are attached. For more information email

Experienced Tail Wheel. Most of my

cerionidiego@gmail.com.

time has been in Turbine and Radial Ag Aircraft. Currently flying corporate and

Experienced Loader, CFI - Working on

R44- Looking for an experienced R44

have a flexible schedule.Have a clean

my second year loading now. Trained

Ag pilot for the Midwest this season

and safe record. Looking for ferry or

with Eagle Vistas over the winter on AG

that can move into turbine rotor in

contract flying opportunities. Located

with John Becker. Some Ag-Cat and Pawnee time, 25 hours ag, 850 total, 150 tailwheel. I have my CFI, multi,

the future. Also seeking experienced

in Salt Lake City. Call Ty at 801-232-

growing the value of your land. Due

fixed-wing turbine pilots. SATLOC

5777.

to continued growth in the United

GPS would be helpful. Please provide

States, Tabula is hiring a new Regional

your resume and references via email.

Helicopter pilot turbine/piston 7000+

a plane, willing to load for the right

Aviation Business Development Team

Pay is determined by the applicant’s

flight hours looking for opportunity.

company.

Members for the Canadian Market to

experience.

Willing to work as a loader and hangar

focus on our AirVision System. We are

Email all inquiries to blindads@

to earn a seat. Hardworking and

Looking for corn run break-in-seat

seeking someone with experience in

agairupdate.com Subject: ID#42

committed to delivering high-quality

opportunity. I have 420 total hours and

results. Reliable and dedicated with an

270 tailwheel time. I have applicator

excellent safety record and work ethic.

licenses and 7 years of experience with

Available on short notice. Reach out via

chemicals and spraying with ground

call, text or 901-586-7322 or email

sprayers. Call 318-439-8914.

the Agriculture Aviation Sector. About the role: The Business Development Team is responsible for maintaining our existing sales, growing new business, and technically supporting our products within the Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and Utility industries.

Looking for a few good pilots to fly 400-turbine Air Tractors. Willing to help with the turbine transition for the corn run. Perfect opportunity for a piston pilot.

Call or text Craig: 815-499-4704

and instrument. Looking for a seat in

at Stbrown77@gmail.com. I appreciate your time. Looking forward to hearing from you. Steve.

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CLASSIFIEDS Operations for Sale

both equipped with Bantam Satloc/

blindads@agairupdate.com Subject:

Intelliflow, ADSB & Comm. Season runs

ID#486.

Well-established aerial ag operation for

April-October. Owner/Pilot available to

sale with large, loyal customer base.

help as needed. Room for expansion.

Turnkey business for sale in south-

Located in the Midwest. Prime corn/

Currently offer ground spraying services

central Washington. This has been a

soybean area. Multi-plane operation.

but this is optional for the buyer. Email

well-established, one-airplane aerial

Serious inquiries only. Email all inquires

blindads@agairupdate.com Subject:

application business for many decades

to blindads@agairupdate.com Subject:

ID#2291.

at the same location. The area has

ID#2758.

Training AG Pilot Minimum Standards at Eagle

a diversified agriculture and a great Ag business for sale in Texas. Located

potential for expansion. Please contact

Midwest Multi-Plane Operation for Sale

on the city airport, 3900 ft paved

me by email at agpilot54@gmail.com.

- Long-term, stable customer base of

runway, two big drive-thru hangars,

independent retailers and large growers.

502B Air Tractor, forklift, and loading

Looking for a warm place in the winters

Corn, soybeans, cover crop. No

equipment. Crops are dry land and

to keep busy. We have what you need!

herbicide. 175-200K acres per season.

irrigated and also brush and pear.

Turnkey Aerial Spray Business for sale

Serious inquiries only. Email blindads@

There is very little traffic at the

due to health reasons. Central United

agairupdate.com Subject: ID#2371.

airport. We can stay and help if

States. Established business with

Vistas. From 0 time or pilots only needing Ag Pilot training. Planes in our Ag Program: Dual Ag Cat GR164A, Dual Cessna 305/L19, & Pawnee PA-25/235 Single for Solo/Dump/ Spray. Private all in Tailwheel, Tailwheel Proficiency, and UpSet/Spin recovery.

Commercial Pilot and Instrument rating available. SATLOC Bantam, TracMap, & AgNav GPS. Ag Aviation Consultants for Ag Operation Certificate part 137. See videos at www.eaglevistas.com.

needed. The business was started in

airplanes and helicopters on a private

Riggin Flight Service, flight school

Established Southwestern US Ag

the early 70’s, and we have owned

strip. Multiple locations, buildings,

offering private, commercial,

Aviation Business for Sale - Very

it for over 35 years. Business is well

hangars, and house. Email inquiries to

instrument, Ag, multi-engine, tailwheel,

established with a solid customer base.

established. Will not owner finance.

blindads@agairupdate.com Subject:

Only serious inquiries. Must include

etc. We tailor our courses to meet your

Nice, private facilities/airstrip. Turnkey

ID#150.

operation with two clean Air Tractors,

contact information. Email inquiries to

needs.

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Lane Aviation................................ 67, 87, 89, 93

Aviation Products Systems............................... 31

Lift Aviation..................................................... 33

Blue Stripe Distributing.................................... 71

Merit Apparel.................................................. 37

Tiger Performance.......................................... 23

CapstanAG...................................................... 59

Micro AeroDynamics....................................... 55

Thrush Aircraft.................................................. 5

Cascade Aircraft Conversions ......................... 74

Micron Sprayers Limited.................................. 29

CD Aviation....................................................... 7

Mid-Continent Aircraft..................................... 49

ChemMan by Datasmart............................ 33, 63

Mosquito Products........................................... 27

S & T Aircraft Accessories, Inc......................... 84 Southeastern Aircraft Sales....................... 61, 95

Sun Air Parts................................................... 86 Tabula............................................................... 7 Tennessee Aircraft Inc..................................... 66

Transland ....................................................... 25 Turbine Conversions LTD.................................. 65

Chester Roberts Supply Company.................... 23

NAA Museum.................................................. 29

Turbine Standard............................................. 23

Concorde Battery............................................ 51

NAAA.............................................................. 57

Turbine Training Center............................. 53, 59

Consolidated Turbine Specialists...................... 27

Neal Aircraft, Inc............................................. 21

Covington Aircraft......................................... 100

North Star Aviation, Inc................................... 32

Davidson Solid Rock Ins................................... 39

Orsmond Aerial Spray..................................... 95

Desser Aerospace........................................... 39

Pickett Equipment Co Inc................................. 52

Zanoni Equipamentos...................................... 35

Dunn and Dunn Financials................................ 73 98 | agairupdate.com

Portage Aircraft Specialties ............................ 91

Zee Systems Inc.............................................. 66

Turbines, Inc................................................... 99 Valley Air Crafts.............................................. 69

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