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The Ayres Thrush, formerly the Snow S-2, [1] Aero Commander Ag Commander, and Rockwell Thrush Commander, is an American agricultural aircraft produced by Ayres Corporation and more recently by Thrush Aircraft. It is one of the most successful and long-lived agricultural application aircraft types in the world, with almost 2,000 sold since the ...
A special V-1-A Vigilante version of the Thrush Commander was developed in 1989 for anti-drug operations in South America. [3] The company attempted to sell 10 Turbo Thrush aircraft to Iran in 1993, but was unable to receive an exemption from U.S. government sanctions. [4]
In July 2001, Ayres filed for bankruptcy and the rights to the S-2 aircraft were passed to Quality Aerospace. [1] In 2003, the factory was purchased by Larry Bays and Payne Hughes, and one month later Quality Aerospace transferred the type certificates of the S-2 to Thrush Aircraft. [2] [3] In 2005, the company had 150 employees. [4]
Prototype Thrush with Challenger engine in experimental cowling and prototype rudder shape. Three 170 hp (130 kW) Curtiss Challenger-engined Curtiss Thrush prototypes (serialled G-1 to G-3) were built at Curtiss' Garden City factory, but these were underpowered [2] and production examples, redesignated Thrush J (serialled 1001 to 1010) with 225 hp (168 kW) Wright Whirlwind engines, were built ...
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004, Jane's all the World's Aircraft 2004-05, General characteristics Crew: 1 / 2 (M18BS) Capacity: 2,500 L (660 US gal; 550 imp gal) liquid or 2,200 kg (4,900 lb) dry chemical in fibreglass hopper forward of the cockpit (smaller hopper in M18BS) Length: 9.47 m (31 ft 1 in) Wingspan: 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) to tailfin on ...
AT-802U prototype at Paris Air Show. In response to the United States Air Force's LAAR program and the growing requirement for light counter-insurgency aircraft, [5] Air Tractor developed an armed model, the AT-802U, in 2008, with engine and cockpit armor, a bulletproof windscreen, self-sealing fuel tanks, and structural reinforcements for the carriage of 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) of payload.
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ANEC IV 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.21. Data from British Civil Aviation since 1919 Volume I [1] General characteristics. Crew: 2; Length: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) Wing area: 210 sq ft (20 m 2) Gross weight: 1,150 lb (522 kg)