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The following is from Andrew Moore's CEO Report during the 2024 Fall Board Meeting of the National Agricultural Aviation Association via NAAA. It has been edited for space. For the full report, visit agaviation.org. Andrew Moore, NAAA CEO started his state of the industry report during the 2024 Fall Board...

What began as a "poetic project" by a father and two sons in a small engine workshop in Brazil in 1970 has grown into the first and most traditional Brazilian company specializing in equipment for agricultural aviation. Through relentless innovation, Travicar has revolutionized agricultural aviation, setting new standards in efficiency...

NAAA’s primary goal is to unite operators, pilots, allied businesses, and industry supporters to promote and safeguard the aerial application industry. However, the benefits of membership extend well beyond its mission. Joining NAAA means becoming part of a grassroots community filled with individuals who are passionate about their work. It’s...

Paul wrote, “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the...

Agricultural aviation has long played a crucial role in supporting America’s farmers and feeding the world. Yet, as most of us reading this are intimately familiar with, it's an industry that is not without risks. That is why unveiling the ‘Last Pass’ Memorial Walk project at the Ag Aviation Museum...

Rick Boardman’s career in aerial application spans over four decades, but his journey began much earlier, rooted in the family tradition of farming and passion for the agricultural industry. Raised in a family of aviators, Rick’s father started spraying in the late 1960s and early 1970s, eventually launching a spraying...

Bend-based company Kawak Aviation designs and manufactures firefighting equipment and much more This year has been a hard-to-forget fire season for both its longevity and intensity. Nowhere has been immune to the wrath of these wildfires, from sagebrush grasslands to mountain forests. Fires have been ignited by lightning or human-caused,...

Harold A. Kosola, 88, passed away peacefully on October 11, 2024, in Columbus, Georgia, with his family by his side. Visitation for family and friends will be held at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Home in Albany, GA, on Saturday, October 19, at 11 a.m., with the service to follow at noon. Interment...

MARANA, Ariz. (KGUN) — Pilot Tommy Glover says his day started just like normal, doing the job he’s been doing for the past 30 years, but everything changed in just a few seconds. “Oh, I thought it was the end…yeah…all I see is rooftops…you know…and I’m heading toward them,” Glover...

EPHRATA — The Association of Washington Aerial Applicators buzzed into Ephrata on Friday to network and recertify with the Federal Aviation Administration. AWAA representative Anthony Root said the event, hosted by the port of Ephrata, allowed the organization’s members to show their professionalism and expertise. “These guys are experts,” Root...