Excellent new advancement coming to our Ag Air Industry: Jared Storm of Hershey Flying Service has taken on the mission of improving Air Tractor and Thrush wind shields to protect Ag pilots from a potential drone strike and bird strikes. Working through 2016 he has found an option with new state of the art technology as seen in row 4 in the picture below (the current Air Tractor windshield…
Big thanks to Brett Werdal and Celine Raisbeck from FCC for visiting our hangar today. They came to learn more about the growing role of Ag Planes in helping Canada's ag producers supply quality food to the world. Their approach: learn more to serve better. That's proactive and refreshing.
"It's extremely specialized and requires the aviator to be half farmer, half fighter pilot (in that order)..." From our American Friend, Michael Rutledge, a former navy SEAL who landed on the X in the middle night and has now turned ag pilot... He goes on to say "...Crop dusting is the near perfect combination of precision, speed, and adrenaline, with a little freedom and…
We've reached double digits on our Thrush Sales Program. #9 and #10 sold in September, #11 last week. Are you #12? Building a Thrush nation, one plane at a time.
A new AME but a familiar face to our customers - Andrew (Breezy) successfully completed his last Transport exam qualifying him for his Aircraft Maintenance Engineer's License! We are so happy for him. We're there to Keep You in the Air.
And we don't brag enough about what we do! Thrush Aircraft's Feed the World campaign is about telling this story and building awareness and appreciation for what ag pilots and their aircraft do to bring more food to the tables, every day. As part of the campaign Thrush has made these stickers for you to help spread the word. If you need more stickers - to put on every truck you…
This is an excellent video done by the Agricultural Aerial Association of Australia. In a short 3.5 minutes this video provides some excellent safety tips and refreshers on avoiding wires. Click here for the link.
Here is the link to the brochure prepared by the National Agricultural Aviation Association on combatting fatigue.
The abundant moisture this year means Spray16 will be busy! To keep you in the air we will be posting tips on the type of in-season checks to do and some safety reminders as well. Check our Maintenance Tips page often for new posts.
Tim Sander, Technical Manager with Micronair, spent some time with us at Yorkton Aircraft. We flew aircraft with rotaries over the cards to characterize their droplet spectrum. We also interviewed Tim about Atomizer fundamentals. In this video Tim passes along his years of experience and knowledge on atomization.
