Air Tractor’s SOAR Fund Provides Higher Education Support for Children of Fallen Pilots

For two decades Air Tractor’s Student Outreach and Assistance Resource (SOAR) program has provided tuition assistance to college students who lost a parent in an aerial application accident involving an Air Tractor aircraft.

“We established this program in 2005 to support families of pilots lost while doing their part to provide safe and abundant food crops,” explains Kristin Edwards, Air Tractor vice president of sales. “With the support of Air Tractor dealers, we have been able to assist 16 students from the U.S., Australia, Spain, and South Africa, awarding more than $119,000.”

The Air Tractor SOAR Fund provides $1,000 – $2,000 per year toward tuition for qualifying students attending accredited universities, junior colleges, or post-secondary vocational-technical schools in the United States and for students studying outside the U.S.

Air Tractor, Inc. and dealers created the SOAR Fund to help college-bound students reach their higher education goals, which may not otherwise be possible without tuition assistance. The fund is funded through the profit from sales of Air Tractor label G-246AT aviation replacement batteries. For more information, click here.