Tag: Ag Aviation

by Jessica Freeman, Executive Director CoAAA Annually, Senator Cory Gardner conducts farm tours visiting varied agricultural operations all around the state of Colorado.  The purpose of those varied tours is ...

When I graduated from UGA from Ag school, my first job out of college was working for a cotton company in Burke County. My employer grew, ginned, warehoused and marketed ...

In 2018, there were 52 agriculture aviation accidents in the U.S., 8 of them were fatal. So far this year, one was reported in North Dakota. The National Agriculture Aviation ...

This week at the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) Ag Aviation Expo Convention in Reno, Nevada, Air Tractor is displaying a new tail wheel lock for its airplanes. The new ...

Thrush 510G Switchback Firefighter Wins FAA Certification Revolutionary firefighting aircraft will provide ag pilots with wildfire attack capability.

  NAAA and NAAREF's Board and Committee members convocated in Palm Springs, California, October 4-6, 2018 to conduct the business of the association in preserving and strengthening the U.S. aerial ...

If you or a pilot of yours is shot at while operating an ag aircraft, undoubtedly one of the main things going through your mind after the initial shock subsides ...

Editors Note: Although this essay by James Wisecup is geared towards Helicopter EMS, there is valuable information here for agricultural operators and pilots. Ag aviation is a breeding ground for ...

Recently, an article was published in Air & Space Magazine by contributing editor Ed Darack asserting, incorrectly, that drones are increasingly replacing traditional agricultural aircraft. The National Agricultural Aviation Association's ...

source: NAAA The Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) annual AirVenture held in Oshkosh, Wis., July 24–30, was truly the “world’s greatest aviation celebration,” and they had a record attendance of 590,000 ...