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Adapted from the TAAA April 1, 2022 Newsletter TAAA held its Spring Board Meeting in Wichita Falls and Olney in early March 2022.  The meeting was very well attended and was one of the best meetings TAAA has hosted in quite a while. Paul Bruton, 2022 TAAA President (above) TAAA...

Sourced from NAAA via FAA. The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Textron Canada Model 206L, 206L-1, 206L-3 and 206L-4 helicopters with a certain part-numbered main rotor (M/R) blade installed under Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SR02684LA. This proposed AD was prompted by delamination of M/R...

On March 22, 2022, James Howard "Jimmy" Vreeland peacefully took his final flight home. He was born on November 27, 1943, in Milford, Del. to the late Howard and Mary Vreeland. Jimmy was a graduate of Milford High School, class of 1961. At the young age of 15, Jimmy found...

Lyle Younglove, the founder of R&R Flight Service, found his passion for flying in the early 1960s, in 1978 he saw a need to help the local farmers and started the Ag part of R&R Flight Service. He was a lifelong member of the NAAA and the Illinois Agriculture Aviation...

From KVRR via kvrr.com Open house addresses clean food questions. FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – There was a free agricultural open house at the Fargo Air Museum for the public to come in and ask questions about where their food comes from. Crop dusters and farmers were there to explain their...

The Arkansas Agricultural Aviation Association held their 2022 Spring Safety Meeting in Stuttgart and Jonesboro, Arkansas in March of 2022. A special thanks to the FAA FSDOs from Memphis and Little Rock for their participation. They both gave wonderful programs and added a lots of value to the meetings.  ...

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...

Adapted from the Daily Democrat Millton B. Watts passed away peacefully at his home in Woodland, CA, in the early hours of March 7, 2022. He was 102.Milton was born October 23, 1919 in Napa, CA to Edna Cookson Watts and Silas Burns Watts. He was one of five brothers,...

Ken Schmitz, owner of Petersburg Flying Service, received a special Airman of the Year award during the recent annual convention of the Nebraska Aviation Trades Association (NATA) in Kearney. Read more on this at https://albionnewsonline.com/2022/03/15/ag-pilot-ken-schmitz-receives-special-award/

Maynard Lund, 88, a longtime Ritzville resident, passed away peacefully due to complications from acute renal failure after a brief illness, at East Adams Rural Hospital in Ritzville,Washington. Maynard went to be with his Lord on February 10th, 2022, reuniting with loved ones who passed before him. His funeral was celebrated...