PAASS Presenter 2008-2009

Leif Isaacson

Leif Isaacson is the owner and operator of Desert Air Ag in Terreton, Idaho. The company operates four turbine aircraft and one turbine helicopter doing a wide range of agricultural operations. Leif, who has been a flight instructor for 26 years, is rated in fixed and rotary wing aircraft, gliders and seaplanes. He has been an aerial applicator for 33 years.

Leif is a long-standing member of the Idaho AAA and is a Past President of that association. He is currently serving as the Idaho Director to the NAAA and was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of NAAREF for 2007.
Leif has served in various capacities representing the aerial application community in his home state. One of these was serving as a committee member on the State of Idaho containment program. He is an integrated pest management advisor for Brigham Young University (Idaho).

Leif, in his third year as a PAASS Presenter, is pleased to be a presenter and is especially excited about the Compaass Rose program because he feels that mentoring new pilots into the ag industry is our future.