Press Releases

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...

Looking into the future of precision application. - An update from AgNav by Greg Hollyer, Ag-Nav Inc. With another successful season in the books, AgNav will start looking into the future to new navigation and flow control technologies that are emerging for both air and ground applications. Perhaps nowhere is...

AFF Press Release Fort Worth, Texas, November 2016 Following a successful full season trial in Australia in 2015/16, Trotter Controls is pleased to announce the shipment of more than 35 DataVault units for Summer 2016/17. David Coward, DataVault Product Manager & Senior Developer, commented “We’re very pleased that we were...

CDAS places a great emphasis on the continuous improvement of equipment, technology, tooling and training. As a result of that commitment, CD Aviation Services has upgraded the TPE331 test cell at their Joplin, MO facility. CD Aviation Services improved test cell includes a newly installed throttle quadrant and cables; it...

Comment Period for Sulfonylurea Herbicides Extended.   EPA has re-opened the comment period on the proposed interim decision for 22 sulfonylurea herbicides. The comment period will be open until November 14, 2016. To read this Federal Register notice, go to docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0774-0004 at www.regulations.gov. To submit comments, or access the...

By Igor Bozinovski, edited for space by AgAir Update. SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 Avialsa, the European Air Tractor Dealer located in Valencia, Spain has entered into an agreement with the Croatian state-owned aircraft maintenance facility Zrakoplovno-Tehni?ki Centar - ZTC (Aeronautical Technical Center), to provide scheduled maintenance for the Macedonian Protection and...

The company held a tour in North America from July 26th to August 4th By AeroGlobo Staff Oshkosh For the seventh time, employees from AeroGlobo attended the EAA Air Venture in Oshkosh to visit the world's largest aviation fair in the U.S.A. Over 14,000 modern and historic experimental and military...