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One of the earliest ag airplanes designed and built by the founder of Air Tractor, Inc. will fly to the 2021 National Agricultural Aviation Association Ag Aviation Expo in Savannah, Georgia, after a lengthy restoration process. The Snow Aeronautical model S-2A, built in 1959, was the 25th airplane produced by...

NAAA has released the book of the century—a century of agricultural aviation, that is. One hundred years ago, an aerial crop dusting experiment spawned the birth of the agricultural aviation industry. To commemorate agricultural aviation’s 100th anniversary, NAAA is pleased to present Agriculture’s Air Force: 100 Years of Aerial Application....

The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is rapidly approaching the apex of a major publicity campaign to share the agricultural aviation industry’s history with the public. One hundred years ago, on Aug. 3, 1921, researchers desperate for a way to prevent sphinx moth caterpillars from ravaging the valuable Catalpa tree...

Air Tractor joins the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from July 26 – Aug. 1 to mark the 100th anniversary of ag aviation at this year’s EAA AirVenture Air Show. “We are excited to return once again to Oshkosh with our friends from NAAA after so many...

August 3, 1921. An experimental application of insecticide dust, conducted jointly by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Federal Aviation Experiment Station near Dayton, becomes the first recorded use of aerial application. 1922–1924. Taking note of the success of the Ohio aerial application experiment, USDA researchers recognize the potential...

Collect data now for submission this fall Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory is continuing its research study on safe operational distances between low-altitude, manned aircraft and drones. MSU Raspet is now beginning the second stage of GPS flight log data collection from manned agricultural aircraft. Many AgAir Update...

The NAAA announced the launch of an educational eight-minute video for the 100th anniversary of the aerial application industry yesterday. This video provides a great snapshot of the early history of the industry, how ag pilots aid farmers to provide a safe, affordable and abundant supply of food, fiber, and...

How does $5,000 sound to help someone pursue their dream of becoming a professional ag pilot? Thanks to the generous support of BASF and Thrush Aircraft, $20,000 in aid is available under the 2021 NAAA “Ag Wings of Tomorrow” Scholarship Program to assist four aspiring ag pilots in their journey....

NAAA is excited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the aerial application industry in Savannah during the 2021 Ag Aviation Expo December 6-9, 2021. With the multiple extravaganzas planned to celebrate the centennial this year at the Ag Aviation Expo and to encourage ag aviation operators, pilots, crew, allied businesses...

Donned with hoppers of sanitizer and COVID personal protection equipment (PPE), the lion’s share of NAAREF and NAAA’s Board arrived in our national capital region in mid-February for three days of substantive meetings and advocacy to advance the aerial application industry in the U.S. Even with congressional and federal executive...