Tag: NAAA

NAAA celebrated the achievements of eight deserving individuals at the Excellence in Ag Aviation Banquet Dec. 9, the final event of the 2021 Ag Aviation Expo in Savannah, Georgia. The ...

The 2020 aerial application season has taken a heavy toll on our industry. At the time of this writing, we have suffered nine fatal accidents, the highest number of fatal ...

One of the earliest ag airplanes designed and built by the founder of Air Tractor, Inc. will fly to the 2021 National Agricultural Aviation Association Ag Aviation Expo in Savannah, ...

For over 40 years, Rick Reed has been the voice of agricultural aviation in the state of Illinois.  Raised on a farm in Ashmore, Illinois, Reed earned a degree in ...

One hundred years after airplanes were first used in applying insecticide to crops, a Mississippi State flight lab seeks to understand how today’s agricultural aviators can safely share the skies ...

Air Tractor® “Dusty Crophopper” takes its place beside aviation legends. On Aug. 3, the National Agricultural Aviation Association will present to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum the ...

Celebration of 100 Years of Ag Aviation at the National Agricultural Aviation Museum and MS AG and Forestry Museum. Family Movie night — August 27th 6pm - 9 pm, Exhibit ...

We are thrilled to celebrate the official 100th anniversary of aerial application at a special event on Tuesday, Aug. 3, in Leesburg, Virginia. Invitees include Congressional Members, VIPs in the ...

The NAAA announced Thursday April 8th, 2021 that John Stossel would be appearing at the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo as the keynote speaker at the show's kickoff breakfast on Monday, ...

Crop dusting had its roots in 1921 when Lt. John A. Macready piloted a modified Curtis JN-6 Super Jenny while passenger Etienne Dormoy dispensed lead arsenate from a crude metal ...