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Presented by Concorde Battery Corporation, FAASTeam, & Westchester Aircraft Maintenance Association   WEST COVINA, CA – Concorde® Battery Corporation proudly presents the second event in the 2021 IA Renewal Series with support of the FAASTeam and Westchester Aviation Maintenance Association (WAMA).   The Northeast Virtual Aviation Training Day / IA Renewal is...

After many stakeholder meetings and long Zoom discussions among farmworker advocates, aerial pesticide applicators and the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, the department presented its final rule changes regarding aerial pesticide application to the Senate Agriculture Affairs committee Tuesday, writes Idaho Press reporter Rachel Spacek. The changes include removing regulations...

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is pleased to announce its 2021 officer team, led by NAAA President Mark Kimmel. Serving alongside Kimmel are Vice President Jim Perrin, Secretary Sue Stewart and Treasurer Dwayne O’Brien. Let’s meet this year’s officers. President Mark Kimmel (Mississippi) In the 1920s, the agricultural aviation industry...

John W. (Jack) Colley Clarkston, Washington. Inducted —1993  Active in aerial application from 1950-1987 in Washington, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and Central America, and fire control in Idaho. Modified and rebuilt Stearman aircraft (Colley Super Stearman) and sport aircraft. Member of several state agricultural aviation associations. Born May 23,...

SOUTHEASTERN U.S. — Could there be an Ayres 660 Thrush in your future? Is it possible that you, like four other operators in the U.S., have decided that bigger is better? With all the hoopla of the Ayres 660 finally making its way to the ag aviation marketplace, four operators...

The following article is part of a regular column printed in AgAir Update that looks back 20 years. AMERICUS, GA — It was just too interesting, too inviting, to have two Turbine Braves based within 30 miles of each other with a different combination of turbine engines. I had to...

Engine Overhaul Services (EOS), strategically headquartered in the Miami suburb of Sweetwater, Florida got its start from a growing demand for specialty turbine engine repair and overhaul shops, specifically the PT6A, that put customer service and craftsmanship at the forefront of their business models. The company’s mission is to always...

INDUCTEE(s):  Jimmy and Aubry Finklea YEAR INDUCTED: 1985 Jimmy and Aubry Finklea founded and operated Finklea Brothers Dusting Service in Leland, Mississippi in the late 1920s. They built their own dispensing equipment and installed it in pre-war aircraft. They became the largest dusting firm in existence at that time, operating...

Ronnie Lee has been described as an all-in type of person. But to be all in on so many different fronts takes the concept to the next level. In addition to his farm and gin, Lee oversees and partners in multiple other agricultural enterprises. And his resume of advocacy on...

A group of agricultural pilots in Napa Valley, Calif., met this week to start talks about how to partner with Cal Fire to put out wildfires. Agricultural aviators say they have the assets and skills to help fight wildfires but that Cal Fire rarely calls on them to help. Several...