Air Tractor
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Air Tractor Inc. is a United States aircraft manufacturer based in Olney, Texas. Leland Snow founded the company in 1978 in order to manufacture a new agricultural aircraft derived from the S-2B aircraft (designed by his previous company Snow Aeronautical). Designated Model AT-300 Air Tractor, the new aircraft first flew in 1973.
In 2004 the 2000th Air Tractor aircraft was delivered[1].
[edit] List of Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT-300 (1973) single-seat low-wing monoplane aerial application aircraft with single radial piston engine
- Air Tractor AT-301 -300 variant with larger piston engine
- Air Tractor AT-302 -300 variant with turboprop engine
- Air Tractor AT-400 (1979) development of -300, revised for use of turboprop engine
- Air Tractor AT-401 -400 variant with greater wingspan
- Air Tractor AT-402 -401 variant with different turboprop engine
- Air Tractor AT-501 (1986) development of -400 with larger fuselage and hopper, greater wingspan, and seat for an observer. Uses radial piston engine
- Air Tractor AT-502 Single-seat version of -501
- Air Tractor AT-503 Development of -501 with turboprop engine
- Air Tractor AT-503T Trainer variant of -503. Uses smaller wingspan
- Air Tractor AT-602 (1995) Development of -503 with larger hopper and greater wingspan
- Air Tractor AT-802 (1990) Development of -503 with larger hopper and greater wingspan, adapted for aerial firefighting. Largest single-engine aerial application aircraft
[edit] References
- ^ [[http://www.airtractor.com Air Tractor website, accessed 07 Feb 2008
- Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 20.
- Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 31.
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