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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 ...
In 1977, Ayres bought the Albany, Georgia division of Rockwell International, which made the S2R Thrush Commander agricultural aircraft. [1] [failed verification] Before this, Ayres had been a distributor of Thrush Commanders. [citation needed] After the acquisition, Ayres developed two-seat and turboprop-powered versions of the Thrush Commander.
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]
Agricultural variant for high-cycle operation, used on the PZL Kruk and Ayres Thrush. M601D-2 Special variant for paradrop aircraft, used on the Do 28 and some Finist conversions. M601D-11 Agricultural and paradrop variant with a higher Time Between Overhaul of up to 1800 hours. M601D-11NZ Downrated variant for use in the FU-24 Fletcher. M601E
The R-1300-1B was used to power the Ayres Thrush. The R-1300-4 and -4A were used in the N class blimp; 50 of these variants were produced by AVCO. [2] Early-production engines had vibration problems, an improved lateral dampener in the crank brought about most of the model changes. [2]
This category is for aircraft that are powered by one piston engine, that are mounted in pusher or tractor ... Ayres Thrush; B. Bailey V5 paramotor; B&F Fk131 Bücker ...
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In 1965 Snow Aeronautical was purchased by the Aero Commander division of North American Rockwell, who refined and marketed the S-2 design as the Rockwell S2R Thrush Commander. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Aircraft