June 6, 2024

Last week in Olney, Texas, at its company headquarters and plant, Air Tractor celebrated its 50th anniversary with a banquet that included the company’s employees, city officials and leaders in the agricultural aviation industry. The event honored Air Tractor’s late founder Leland Snow, on his 94th birthday. It also paid tribute to Air Tractor’s suppliers, and their employees—both past and present—that since the first AT-300 was certified 50 years ago has now manufactured over 4,600 airplanes.

The FAA’s 46th annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (GA Survey) continues. Emails and post cards have already been sent out to those aircraft owners selected to participate. The initial round of paper surveys to small fleets (two or less aircraft) will be sent on Friday, March 15, 2024, and paper surveys to large fleets (three or more aircraft) will be sent on Friday, March 22, 2024. Please note that you should not share your survey link publicly or with anyone else. It was only shared with the survey sample, and not every aircraft owner will be able to access the survey.