Press Releases

Dear AgAir Update Advertiser; Introducing  the AgAir Update Ag Aviation Wall Calendar We are introducing the AgAir Update Ag Aviation Calendar! This 12-month wall planner for the upcoming year offers a quick glance at what’s ahead, known fly-in and convention dates with select spaces to promote your business on your customer’s office...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled that FAA’s registration requirement for recreational UAVs contradicts the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act, the last FAA authorization enacted into law. The 2012 bill prohibits the FAA from regulating model aircraft “flown strictly for hobby or recreational use” if that...

UPDATED INFORMATION JUNE 7, 2017: Thia Walker from Colorado State University clarified​ that the implementation of the ​Worker ​Protection ​​Safety (WPS)​ rule has NOT been officially delayed, regardless of what the Mississippi Dept of Ag has indicated. The letter from EPA is just an official response to NASDA’s petition and...

Noordbrug, South Africa — Air Tractor President, Jim Hirsch and Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engine representatives, Ryan Densham and Mike Lee , were on hand for the delivery of the first 502XP aircraft to be sold on the continent of Africa. The plane was sold and delivered to Castello...

Major milestone reached as GE-powered agricultural aircraft continues to be a favorite with both pilots and operators worldwide. (Albany, GA) As the Thrush factory’s large delivery hangar doors slid open to begin another day – a new 510G sat at the front of the space, sunlight glinting off its wings....

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND —GE Aviation is closing in on its second type certification for its Electronic Engine and Propeller Control (EEPC) system. The company has submitted an application to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for approval of the EEPC-equipped H80 turboprop engine on the Thrush 510G. An EEPC-equipped Thrush 510G...

Type certification request submitted for GE's first aerobatic turboprop engine FRIEDRICHSHAFEN | April 6, 2017 GE Aviation has submitted a type certification request to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for GE's first aerobatic turboprop engine. The new H Series Aerobatic engine model will feature the first Electronic Engine and...

This spring, Air Tractor and Transland are proud to support a series of Operation S.A.F.E. clinics to be conducted in California and in Texas. Among ag pilots, these events have long been seen as a learning experience, an opportunity to improve their own performance and increase their professionalism. Any licensed...

AgraSyst Inc. is a new company to this region. Its focus is discovery and development of new adjuvant technologies that are more efficacious, more cost effective and more convenient than traditional herbicide adjuvants. AgraSyst pioneered the new AMS replacement adjuvants that allowed growers to use 1 to 2 qts per...

Each year the Nebraska Aviation Trades Association presents its most distinguished award, Airman of the Year, to one of its members who has shown outstanding dedication and support to the agricultural aviation industry. Stewart attended Western Nebraska Technical College in Sydney, Nebraska and in 1983 received his degree in aviation...