Press Releases

Long Beach, CA — Air Tractor, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of agricultural aircraft will rollout its redesigned website at the NAAA Convention and Expo in Long Beach, California on December 5th, 2016. The annual NAAA Convention, which brings together ag operators, aircraft manufacturers and others suppliers, is the ag...

At this year’s NAAA convention VeriFly GPS will debut in booth #1043.  While VeriFly has been cautiously introduced over the last several seasons in North America it will now be more widely available and publicly displayed in the VeriFly and partner booths. VeriFly has many innovative features that set it...

EVENDALE, Ohio – Dec. 5, 2016 – Prime Turbines is on track to provide full overhaul capability for GE H Series and M601 turboprop engines in the United States, Canada and South America. To facilitate post-overhaul engine test, GE Aviation and Prime Turbines collaborated to commission a revitalized test cell...

Thrush Aircraft to offer EEPC-equipped H Series-powered 510G in 2017 LONG BEACH, California – December 5, 2016 – GE Aviation’s Electronic Engine and Propeller Control (EEPC) system for its H Series turboprop engine has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). GE’s EEPC is the business and...

LONG BEACH, California – December 5, 2016 – Turbine Conversions, Ltd has completed the first installation of a GE H75 turboprop engine coupled to an Avia V508E-AG/106/A propeller on a Thrush S2R-T11.  The first test flight occurred on December 2, 2016.  Turbine Conversions plans to amend their existing Supplemental Type...

LONG BEACH, California – Dec. 5, 2016 – GE Aviation is offering a $25,000 discount on the next 15 H80 engines purchased for Thrush Aircraft, Inc.’s 510G aircraft.  This limited-time offer makes it the best time ever for prospective customers to put a new 510G in their hangar.  The savings...

LONG BEACH, California – Dec. 5, 2016 – GE Aviation and Thrush Aircraft will collaborate with the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) to establish a flight training scholarship program for aspiring agricultural pilots. The scholarship program, entitled "Ag Wings of Tomorrow," will establish three new $5,000 scholarships that can be...

LONG BEACH, California – December 5, 2016 – Cascade Aircraft Conversions has signed a contract to purchase GE's H Series turboprop engines for its conversion supplemental type certificates (STCs) on Thrush and Air Tractor 300, 400 and 500 series agricultural aircraft. The announcement builds on a deal signed in 2009,...

Simulator in Europe Dale Fehrenbach and Jeff Hauck from Wipaire, the manufacturer of Fire Boss amphibious floats for Air Tractor’s AT-802, visited Air Tractor Europe’s facilities in Valencia, Spain in October of this year to finalize the order for a number of new Fire Boss float kits for Air Tractor...

Katherine Holmstrom was recently named Executive Director of the Arkansas Agricultural Aviation Association (AAAA). Katherine’s family has owned and operated AufderHeide Flying Service in DeWitt, Arkansas for over 60 years. From the age of 15 until she graduated college she spent every summer scheduling planes, driving a loader truck and...