NAAA

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is participating in Ag Day on the Mall with the display of an aerial application helicopter from Helicopter Applicators, Inc. in Gettysburg, Pa. The helicopter will be equipped with a liquid spray system used for application of crop protection materials. The helicopter, along with a...

NAAA Board Meeting Friday, February 18, 2022 Kimpton Harper Hotel – Fort Worth, TX   The Spring Board Meeting for the National Agricultural Aviation Association was held in Fort Worth, TX in February. Director of the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Ed Messina, and branch chief of OPP’s Environmental...

Mississippi State University’s (MSU) Raspet Flight Research Laboratory (RFRL) is continuing its research study on safe operational distances between low-altitude, manned aircraft and drones. MSU is now beginning its second stage of GPS flight log data collection from manned agricultural aircraft. Many AgAir Update readers may have donated GPS flight log data during the first...

A new chapter is opening for the National Agricultural Aviation Association in 2022, its centennial anniversary. A fourth-generation Wisconsinite, Jim Perrin, has been named the organization’s president for the year. Lauded for his leadership and friendly personality, Perrin has been active in the NAAA since the mid-1990s and has decades...

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is pleased to announce its 2022 officer team, led by NAAA President Jim Perrin. Serving alongside Perrin are Vice President Craig Craft, Secretary Ray Newcomb and Treasurer Darrel Mertens. President Jim Perrin (Wisconsin) Jim Perrin is NAAA’s 2022 president. His company, Agricair Flying Service in...

The February 2022 NAAA & NAAREF Board and Committee meetings have moved from Montreal to Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 18-19. Click here to view a schedule. All meetings are open to NAAA members. If you’re not a board or committee member but you’re interested in attending, please contact Lindsay Barber for more details. Read...

NAAA celebrated the achievements of eight deserving individuals at the Excellence in Ag Aviation Banquet Dec. 9, the final event of the 2021 Ag Aviation Expo in Savannah, Georgia. The recipients of the 2021 NAAA Awards were honored for their commitment to their communities, safety and the betterment of the...

The 2020 aerial application season has taken a heavy toll on our industry. At the time of this writing, we have suffered nine fatal accidents, the highest number of fatal accidents since 2016. Several of these fatal accidents could have been prevented had the pilots modified risky behavior that resulted...

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....