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Agricultural aviation plays a vital role in increasing the world’s food supply – and it’s time to spread the word. That’s why we’ve launched the Feeding the World campaign.

It’s a program designed to build awareness and appreciation for what ag pilots and their aircraft do to bring more food to more tables every day. Those of us in the business may take it for granted – but an increasingly hungry planet simply can’t. No matter what you fly, we’re proud to support you. Because feeding more folks is a cause well worth flying for.

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30 Brazilian ag-operators visit Oshkosh, Air Tractor 32 A new engine facility in Brazil 36 Ely Helicopter Services wins Star Master Builder Best of Hangar competition 40 Safety aspects of the FU-24 calendar of events

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Portugal’s Fire Bosses deployed to Sweden Trotter Controls obtains tank system STC Tom Carlson joins Wipaire, Inc. as Services & Components Sales Manager Kawak receives STCs for new CH-47 Chinook Internal firefighting tank system Montenegro Ministry of Interior receives new AT-802 firefighting aircraft Single Engine Air Tankers — first strike Wildfire Training Solutions introduces their flagship product, Lorby Wildfire Response São Paulo firemen train with ag operators for firefighting operations

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agair mail SUPER CUB A number of years ago, do not even remember why, I contacted you. I thought that you might be interested in seeing the current state of dad’s Super Cub. Larry Fiese Gothenburg, NE

both failed to mention a most needed tool in the aircraft cockpit. It is a roll of paper towels or toilet paper to clean the “brown spot” out of the seat of your pants after you get safely out of the plane!!

Take care Bill, fly safe!!

Regards, Bruce Andrews Arlington, GA How true, how true!

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Thank you for your email and liking my Cat 1, 2 and 3 ag pilots editorial. All good here in the hot South!

As for the Letters to the Editor section; yes, AAU still has it based on letters received during the month and available space. It is a rare AAU issue without Letters to the Editor; lots of readers busy flying last month!

The FAA has not stopped ag-pilots from flying at 65 years old. There is no rule about older age for Part 137 ag-operations. I stated that airline pilots have to retire from the airlines at 65 per FAA rules.

Thanks for the August issue.

Hello Larry; Well, welcome to the CRAFT club (Can’t Remember A Frigging Thing)! Thanks for the update on the Cub sprayer. Looks very much complete in the photo. Not many of those around. I think Mark Gary in Mississippi has one, but I doubt he uses it for spraying; a nostalgic thing.—Bill

My wife, Janet, has just read your from the cockpit editorial...very nice thoughts Janet could not find the letters section... is that still in the magazine? It would be a popular section, I think.

I was not aware that the FAA stopped ag pilots at 65 years.

BROWN SPOT I was reading the July edition of AAU. We always keep a copy in the “Reading Room” and I was reading the article that Robert McCurdy “In My Opinion” on engine failure and have to agree with all said. Also, I agree with your input on trimming the aircraft after dumping the load! However, you

Hope all is well with you and your team Cheers from a primitive airman of the jungles Mike Feeney Hamilton, New Zealand

Give my kindest regards and thanks to Janet for reading AAU to you., —Bill

GREAT DESCRIPTION From the Cockpit article in August issue of AAU, Cat 1, 2, and 3 Ag-Pilots is the best way I’ve ever read describing ag pilots. Well done. Shows you’ve sat in one!

Brent Colvin Olney, TX Morning Brent!

Yeah, just kind of came to me one day… Hope all is good with you. Living the dream, here.

Take care, —Bill

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Struggling to keep up After getting off to a rather slow and uneventful start, the 2018 fire season has exploded into an affair that will be remembered for unfilled resource orders and massive manpower shortages. In late July, the National Preparedness Level was raised to the highest value of five indicating that assets are in short supply while large wildfires in California and the Great Basin are competing for resources that in some cases are simply unavailable.

Hot, dry and windy conditions are exasperating the situation and as of early August there is no change in weather patterns in sight. It has been reported that the dust from the Sahara Desert which was transported five thousand miles across the Atlantic Ocean and into the North American Continent has put a cap on any tropical storm formation in the Atlantic.

These storms often bring relief from or put an end to fire seasons in some regions. As of the first of August, there were 106 large fires burning in the United States with more than 28,000 federal firefighters assigned.

Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) have become an integral and necessary part of the nation’s aerial firefighting fleet. For years the government placed a cap of 75 SEATs in the fleet. That cap has now been lifted and although I am unsure of the exact number working on contract it is well over ninety.

Some regions of the country have come to prefer SEATs over Large Air Tankers (LATs).

Often they can reload closer to the incident and when used in groups they can deliver more retardant on target.

It appears that seven Lockheed C-130s that

were to be transferred from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to the United States Forest Service (USFS) will now be going to the State of California. After the USFS decided they did not want them, legislation was introduced in the United States senate that would facilitate the transfer to the states.

A batch of legal issues would have arisen if the federal government had attempted to operate them as firefighting aircraft.

Texas has just surpassed its 200th day of spring/summer fire season. The drought that is gripping the region is strengthening and record heat during the month of July exacerbated the situation. As of this writing, there were four retardant reload bases spread across the state staffed by nine SEATs, one Large Air Tanker, plus associated Air Attacks and Lead Planes. Abilene is staffed as a full service tanker base, while the other three are portable and can be located to wherever the need arises. There is no end in sight for the Texas fire season and unlike other areas out west the advent of winter months does not signal an end.

Hopefully, all are having a safe and prosperous season. Things will certainly begin to wind down soon and we can have time to spend with family and loved ones. Fly on and I hope to see you in the mountains one day.

Marc credit: NIFC, August 1, 2018

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Europe will remember the summer of 2018 by the continent-wide heatwave that brought drought and wildfires to places where no one expected: Sweden! While many were surprised by the Swedish wildfires, those with good memory remembered this nothing new, as only four years ago the Nordic nation survived a similar disaster when the Västmanland wildfire burned 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) and with one fatality.

That fire, the largest in 40 years caught Sweden totally unprepared for fighting the disaster, especially in regards to the nation’s capability to organize and conduct serious

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aerial firefighting operations. Fortunately, in 2014 Italy and France provided firefighting aircraft after an appeal had been dispatched through European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism.

Many expect that punctual Swedes would have learned the lesson and would be well prepared for fighting wildfires. Unfortunately, that was not the case! This year, the nation faced the hottest July for the past 250 years and consequently more than fifty large wildfires appeared raging throughout much of Sweden, covering in total 250

km2 (100 square miles). With many of the fires raging, Sweden initially requested help from neighboring countries but when disaster went completely out of control a help in firefighting aircraft was requested via the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism with responses being received from France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Norway and Portugal.

Clearly, recognizing the effects of wildfires, Portugal is a nation that is still healing from the wounds of last year’s terrible and massive wildfires that claimed 115 lives across the

nation. So, it was not a surprise that Lisbon was among the first that responded to Stockholm’s distress call. Portugal’s National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) dispatched to the Nordic wildfire zones two of its Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Bosses that were operating in Portugal under contract with the local, Tondela-based company Agro-Montiar.

Fire Bosses, registered EC-MML (c/n 802A0649) and EC-MRA (c/n 802A-0690), were piloted by four very experienced pilots; José Galiano, José Luis Domínguez, Éder Navacerrada and Vítor Araujo. The deployment to Sweden required five stops along the route with the fire bombers arriving at Örebro, a city located some 160 km west of Swedish capital Stockholm, on 25 July.

With logistics provided by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap, MSB), the Fire Bosses started operations on 26 July and were actively involved in fighting wildfires with 30 July the last day of operations.

During that time, the aircraft scooped water mainly from the nearby Nora Lake, but also from others lakes available in the wider area around Örebro. For the purpose of refueling, the Härjedalen airport was used.

Fires burning in the Orebro region of Sweden.

Bosses every hour of firefighting operations.

The Portuguese Fire Bosses deployment to Sweden was successfully completed on 1 August when the pair of aircraft departed Örebro and promptly returned home to join aerial firefighting operations over the Iberian Peninsula. By that time the crisis in Sweden was under control with help from rains that extinguished most of the fires. This, obviously, did not solve Sweden’s chronic shortage of aerial firefighting assets that certainly should not be ignored, especially if predictions of the World Weather Attribution group scientists estimating that due to

climate changes a similar heatwave will affect southern Scandinavia on average once on every 10 years.

Being much smaller than the twin-engine CL-215/415 Canadair water-bomber with its 6,140-liter capacity, the PT6-powered AT-802 remains the largest single-engine turbine aircraft in the world with its 3,104-liter capacity. The aircraft departs the production line in Olney, Texas with tricycletype tail-wheel landing gear in either the AT802A single-seat or the AT-802 dual cockpit configuration. When the airframe is stripped of its classical landing gear configuration

Portugal’s National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) dispatched two of its Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Bosses to the Nordic wildfire zones.

Maintaining 100% fleet operational readiness, a total of 46.5 hours flight time was logged during the three days of operations (26, 27 and 30 July). Twenty-seven flight hours were direct firefighting operations that resulted in 356 water drops and 1,068,000 liters of water delivered over Swedish wildfires. The statistics show on average, a Fire Bosses dropped over 3,000 liters every 4.5 minutes achieving an impressive 13 drops per hour.

That rate equaled to over 39,000 liters of water delivered by the Agro-Montiar Fire

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This year, two new customers for Trotter Controls (TCI) obtained STCs for their tank systems and have been doing a great job fighting fires throughout the US. TCI provided turnkey controls and hydraulics for the 10Tanker DC-10 project, as well as helped them obtain IATB/FAA certification for the VLAT tank system.

DataVault advanced telemetry systems (ATUs) are also used on many other aircraft types.

Keep an eye out for other new offerings from Trotter Controls in the near future.

TCI also worked with Kawak to provide a new internal tank and controls platform with telemetry for the Billings Flying Service CH47 now operating on fires.

Both systems feature state of the art constant flow controls as well as advanced telemetry reporting features.

TCI now has firegate controllers being used on Air Tractor’s AT802F, 10Tanker’s DC-10, and the BFS CH-47 platform. Our

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Tom Carlson joins Wipaire, Inc. as Services & Components Sales Manager South Saint Paul, Minnesota – The Wipaire, Inc.® sales team has been further expanded and enhanced with the addition of Tom Carlson as the services and components sales manager. Tom brings a unique blend of experience from entrepreneurial ventures to Fortune 500 corporations, including two masters’ degrees and a commercial pilot certificate with multi-engine and instrument Tom Carlson privileges. Tom’s responsibilities will cover consulting and advising aircraft owners and operators on services like maintenance, paint, avionics, and interior refurbishments, in addition to serving as the point of contact for Wipaire’s surplus parts inventory.

understands how all of the pieces fit together,” noted Clint Clouatre, Wipaire’s Vice President of Marketing & Sales. “Tom has the hands-on background as an experienced pilot with over 3,000 hours of flight time, along with the technical background of managing complex proposals and products. His enthusiasm and customer-centric nature will make him a great asset for our current and future customers.”

Tom added, “Having spent most of my career in the large commercial airline sector, I’m really excited to be part of a 3rd generation familyowned business like Wipaire that’s so deeply rooted in innovation and entrepreneurship. In the short time I’ve been here, it’s clear this company is genuinely committed to its customers and employees alike – a company culture I believe is fundamental to growing our portfolio of services and fostering long term relationships with aircraft owners, operators and pilots. What I enjoy most is finding solutions for our customers – whether it’s an avionics upgrade, a paint & interior refresh or maybe just a really rare Turbo Beaver part they’re trying to find, I want them to leave with a uniquely personal customer experience that they remember as being “Wipaire” - not found elsewhere!”

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Kawak receives STCs for new CH47 Chinook Internal firefighting tank system

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Billings CH47D flight testing internal liquid dispersal system

BEND, OREGON – Kawak Aviation has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for its CH-47D Chinook aerial liquid delivery system (ALDS) and auxiliary hydraulic system. Working with customer Billings Flying Service of Billings, Montana, Kawak has achieved a more effective internal tank firefighting system.

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analysis software they designed an all new refill pump to meet the fill time requirements of this new system. Rather than swinging doors to drop the water Kawak designed doors that slide. “Unlike swinging door designs our sliding doors provide an unbroken ribbon of water that exits the tank with less wind break up providing a better drop pattern. In short, more water reaches the fire for a more effective drop,” says Andrew.

This system includes a secondary 128-US gallon tank that can add retardant as the main tank is filled depending on fire contract requirements. Kawak worked with subcontractor Trotter Controls of Fort Worth, Texas, to develop the door controls for the tank. One key aspect of the system is the live telemetry functionality which

automatically records how much water is taken on, how much is dropped, and where it was dropped. This information is then transmitted to the agency managing the fire to assist in analyzing utilization of resources.

Having completed flight testing and received STC, Billing’s Flying Service began fire operations this summer.

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The Montenegrin Ministry of Interior Aviation-Helicopter Unit (Aviohelikopterska jedinica Ministarstva unutrašnjih poslova Republike Crne Gore) has further increased its aerial firefighting fleet by introduction into service one twin-seat Air Tractor AT-802 firefighting aircraft in configuration with classical, tailwheel-type landing gear.

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Being procured brand-new from the Spanish company “Air Tractor Europe S.L.U.”, the aircraft wearing Spanish delivery registration EC-MRV (c/n 8020711), was handed over to its new operator at Podgorica-Golubovci airport on 10 July. Under the procurement agreement, training for two Montenegrin pilots was also organized and conducted in Valencia, Spain.

Produced in 2017, the newest Montenegrin aircraft is equipped according to the latest production standards of Texas-based Air Tractor Inc. - the plane features Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67F turboprop engine delivering 1,600shp, the latest Generation II FRDS (Fire Retardant Delivery System) and an AmSafe inflatable airbag system.

Being the fourth AT-802 to join Montenegrin Ministry of Interior since 2008, the latest addition is indeed the first twin-seat AT-802 to enter service in Montenegro. This aircraft is expected to get Montenegrin civil registration 4O-EAD. Montenegro’s legacy with AT-802 began in 2009 when a pair of amphibian-configured, floats-equipped Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Boss aircraft became part of the AviationHelicopter Unit. One was lost on 21 July 2015 in a non-fatal accident that occurred when due to pilot error the plane landed on Skadar Lake with extended landing gear, flipped over and remained under water.

The pilot safely escaped the cockpit. It took 24 hours for the aircraft to be pulled out and subsequently declared a write-off as a result of sustained damages.

The AT-802A was replaced with the procurement of one single-seat Air Tractor AT-802A in configuration with tailwheel-type landing gear. This attritionreplacement aircraft landed at PodgoricaGolubovci airport on 15 December 2016.

In the spring of 2017 Montenegro unified its AT-802 fleet by removing the floats from one aircraft and turning it into a landconfigured aircraft.

With impressive water capacity of over 3,104 liters, capability to use highly effective firefighting foam and retardant and with relatively small financial funds needed for its procurement, operations and maintenance, the Air Tractor AT-802 has became the standard for small countries in Europe - apart from Montenegro, some 80 firefighting AT-802s are now in regular use in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Croatia, Macedonia, Cyprus and Israel.

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by Bill Lavender

SAFFORD, AZ — Like most ag pilots who watch CNN, whenever there is coverage of a fire outbreak in the western states and the video “journalist” focuses on the aircraft used to suppress and control the fire, I look for an ag plane. I’ve yet to see an AT-802, Turbo Thrush or Dromader drop a line of fire retardant. Usually, the aircraft are heavy tankers; P-3s, C-130s, DC-3s or DC-4s. Maybe there will be a few helicopters; a Sikorsky S-64 Sky Crane or a few Bell 47s and Jet Rangers; but never a good old ag plane.

The fires had been raging during June with lots of news coverage in northern Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. I decided to contact an ag operator that operated in the Southwest who I knew was involved with aerial firefighting.

John and Kerry Hunt, a husband and wife team, operate Safford Sprayers out of Safford, Arizona. Safford is a small community located in the southeastern corner of Arizona about 150 miles from Phoenix.

You may remember a Pilot Report by Air Tractor that was written about John and Kerry several years ago. John was operating an AT402 and had a small speciality apple farm. He still has the apple farm, however he has replaced the AT-402 with an AT-802 and no longer sprays cotton or other row crops. The company now concentrates fully on aerial fire fighting through the SEAT (Single Engine Air Tankers) program.

I first met John at a Mexican ag convention in Puerto Vallerta four years ago. He had taught himself how to speak Spanish by listening to audio tapes in his sleep. Well, maybe not exactly like that, but close. He was kind enough to help me with translations during the trade show and from that a lasting friendship developed.

SEAT is a program that started in 1986 through the persistence of John Hunt and the cooperation and help of the Department of Interior’s Dennis Lehman and Al Alvaraz of Boise, Idaho and Dave Hall in the Safford BLM office. John knew if he could have a chance with his ag plane being the first to the fire scene, that possibly millions of firefighting dollars, thousands of acres of land and many homes could be saved. These three men gave the SEAT program a chance.

When I contacted John about all the aerial fire bombing on CNN, he explained to me he is in the SEAT program and that his aircraft is classified as a Type IV, less than 800-gallon payload. The aircraft I saw on the TV were heavy air tankers classified as Types I (over 3,000 gallon), II (2,200 - 2,999 gallon), and III (800 - 2,199 gallon) and helicopters. I probably wouldn’t see SEAT aircraft on television.

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(L-R) The Hunt SEAT team; John and Kerry Hunt with son Lee.

Safford Airport is the home of the first SEAT base servicing the Safford Bureau of Land Management District (BLM) in the southeast quadrant of Arizona. John and Kerry Hunt own the fixed base loading facility for SEAT. They contract with the Department of Interior’s BLM for loading services for the SEAT aircraft. They also contract their AT-802 to BLM for firefighting. The SEAT operation in Safford is managed by Mark Bickham, BLM Fire and Aviation Logistics and SEAT Manager.

The program has grown to the point where John has sold his row crop business to focus completely on the aerial firefighting.

At Safford, John and Kerry have designed a loading facility they call Mix Monster. The name Mix Monster evolved from Custom Farm Service in Stanfield, Arizona to John and Kerry in Safford. The operation has a 22,000-gallon reserve water tank, a 2,200-gallon Mix Monster and 3-3,000-gallon ready mix holding tanks for the fire retardant. The dry bulk fire retardant is stored in a warehouse at the site. The facility can service three SEAT aircraft at any one time.

The way the SEAT program works is the BLM contracts with an operator who has an aircraft that has been “carded” by the Office of Aviation Services, a division of the Department of Interior. The carded aircraft guarantees the BLM that the aircraft and pilot are properly set up and trained for the job. A carded aircraft must have two communication radios that can be used simultaneously. It must be IFR certified, be able to separate a load during a mission, have a 300-gallon minimum carrying capacity, have an ELT and be certified under Part 137.

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Pilots are allowed to work in fourteen-day periods with a minimum of two 24-hour rest periods that are completely away from the aircraft (no maintenance). The pilot can have duty time up to 14 hours per day. During these 14 hours, the maximum he can fly is eight hours, leaving six hours for standby time. The aircraft is not limited by duty time. Therefore, two pilots can work one aircraft. An exceptional fire bombing season is 300 hours. A more typical season is 100-200 flight hours. A contract has provisions for standby pay and flight pay, in some cases depending on the contract, per diem and expenses.

The most common way a fire starts is thunderstorms passing through the district setting off fires with lightening strikes. The SEAT base in Safford utilizes a Lightening Detection System to monitor the lightening strikes that may cause fires. Reconnaissance aircraft search for the lightening strikes taking a fix on any fires.

Mark Bickman coordinates the fires according to priorities, i.e. proximity to houses and real property, potential of fire and its location relative to Safford. Once the fires are plotted, he contacts John and Kerry to coordinate the AT-802. If more than one aircraft is needed or John is out of the district on another contract, he calls in other Type IV SEAT aircraft and uses the Hunt’s Mix Monster equipment for loading.

Kerry coordinates all of the ground loading at Safford for John and any other SEAT aircraft brought in to the Safford base. She also is the liaison between John and the BLM, performing all the paperwork and ground coordinating duties.

SEAT aircraft target a 20-minute turn around time from load to target and back. Some of the fires may be as small as a single tree or as large as one with a burn rate of 200 chains per hour (one chain = 66 feet).

As many as 50-60 fires may be burning at one time. Multiple fires can be extinguished with one load, depending on the size of the fire and the

(L-R) Mark Bickman and John Hunt stand in front of the Hunt Mix Monster load system for the SEAT program. fuel type (grass, trees, etc.). The busiest part of the fire season begins for the Safford district in mid-May and runs until mid-July, although fire bombing is done throughout the year.

During large fire bombing operations involving heavy tankers, SEATs can be called in and stacked with the heavies. The heavy tanker will drop a main fire line followed by a SEAT drop for touch up. A SEAT aircraft can drop a 25’ line from a 40’-50’ altitude. John explains, “The SEAT program is another specialized tool in the firefighter’s box.”

John’s AT-802 has a special dump gatebox for fire bombing. Working with Transland of California, John modified the Transland Fire Dispatch gatebox (PN 22538, $4545.) to operate hydraulically. The Transland Fire Dispatch gatebox is twice the size of the standard Air Tractor gate. The gatebox remains 38 inches wide, but is 10 inches deep, double the 5 inches of a standard gatebox. Transland has also designed a 41 inches wide gatebox that is 10 inches deep.

A rear camera shot of the hydraulically operated Transland Fire Dispersal gatebox. The weight of 800 gallons of fire retardant is too great with the enlarged gatebox opening to operate manually. The hydraulic cylinder permits the pilot to open and close the gatebox quickly and at different opening settings.

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In conjunction with John’s hydraulically operated Transland gatebox, Bill Schriner of Pierce Aviation in Buckeye, Arizona has incorporated a computer actuator for the hydraulic gatebox. The computer calibrates the drop by addressing the length of time and amount of opening of the gatebox during the drop. Different categories of drops are programed into the computer. The gatebox works without requiring a change out for the aircraft’s wet and dry systems used in typical aerial application operations. There are three Transland Fire Dispatch gateboxes in service; two at Pierce Aviation and one with John Hunt.

John Hunt makes a fire bomb drop with AT-802.

Each year there is more demand for the accuracy and speed of the SEAT program for fire fighting operations. While I was visiting with the Safford operation a call came in requesting the services of the Safford SEAT in Montana. Although the fires hadn’t yet started, the conditions were right for them to break at anytime. The BLM was preparing for an outbreak by having the SEAT aircraft in position.

The potential savings in firefighting cost is enormous. An example is the use of one Sikorsky S-64 Sky Crane for 18 days dispersing 140,000 gallons of fire retardant can exceed $1 million for the use of the helicopter. That calculates into 175 missions in an AT-802. At an average of 20 minutes per mission, that works out to about 60 hours, undoubtedly contracted for much less than $1 million. With those kinds of costs savings, the accuracy of a first-strike drop and the overall flexibility of the SEAT aircraft, the future for SEAT looks promising.

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São Paulo firemen train with ag operators for firefighting operations August 14th was a training day on firefighting operations using ag aircraft for firemen and ag pilots in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The activity involved ag operations Imagem Aviação Agrícola, in São José do Rio Preto and Pachu Aviação Agrícola in Rio Claro, along with almost 200 firemen. The state of São Paulo is following the operational model of California, having now one of the best systems in Brazil for the use of aircraft against wildfires. For that, the state government cotracts ag companies through a bidding process by fire departments and Defesa Civil (the state disaster management agency), the operators on contract being responsible for fighting fires in their respective areas.

In São José do Rio Preto, the training was made in Imagem Aviação Agrícola’s base, as that company is on contract for that area since last year. It was the 2nd Training Course on Fighting Fires in Vegetation Areas with the Use of Aircraft, promoted by the 13º Grupamento de Bombeiros and involving also firemen from the cities of Araçatuba, Ribeirão Preto and Presidente Prudente. The firemen trained how to work safely around aircraft on the ground with engines on, practicing how to load and refuel, and even how to rescue a pilot in case of a crash. The exercise included air support call protocols and fire area operations procedures.

Imagem operator and pilot Rodrigo Fernandes said that the company keeps a pilot team on readiness standby for emergencies during drought periods.

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The training session in Rio Claro begun one day before, involving 80 firemen. There, the training exercise was due to Pachu’s contract debut, on a new air firefighting area created by the state, in the 42 cities area served by the 16º GB. The first day was dedicated to a familiarization with fire corps equipment by the ag operation personnel.

On Tuesday, it was the firemens’ turn to train for pilot rescue (in case of an accident), to learn about safety zones around an aircraft with its engine on and how to load it with water. “We also did loading and launch exercises”, says Pachu operator Marcelo Amaral. “It was a very good training session. The firemen got the hang of our operation and we felt like part of their corporation”, he added. The company has a base in Catanduva, where it stands in readiness to serve the area.

The use of ag aircraft for fighting wildfires, in partnership with state fire corps and emergency management agencies was presented last year, in the SINDAG Mercosul and Latin American Ag Aviation Convention, held in Canela, Rio Grande do Sul. In that event, fire corp major Rodrigo Thadeu de Araújo, who coordinated the training session in Rio Claro, emphasized that thanks to their speed and load capacity, tanker planes are essential for the direct combat and control of fires, even protecting ground firemen.

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The same quality service that is provided by Covington Aircraft Engines in the U.S. will be used in Brazil, as the shared name of Covington reflects. Not only does the company service engines at its facility in Terezopolis, but it has a mobile response team for Aircraft On the Ground (AOG), getting them back in the air quickly. The mobile response team unit can travel anywhere needed throughout Latin America. The company has an inventory of parts and supplies for the PT6A series engine and will have as well rental engines available.

Covington do Brasil customers can expect the same quality of service that Covington Aircraft Engines has been providing for over 45 years.

Actually, Covington Aircraft Engines in the U.S. is certified by Brazil’s ANAC to service Brazilian aviation engines, including DOF certification on engines sent to the U.S. and facilitated through Covington do Brasil.

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This assures all work done by Covington do Brasil, including related engine parts, is conducted by highly qualified employees, many with over 40 years experience. President Luke Abbott has over 26 years at Covington Aircraft Engines.

Despite all the challenges of a U.S. company starting a Brazilian company in Brazil, such as obtaining tax IDs, work visas and opening bank accounts, Covington do Brasil has become a reality that will provide the highest quality service possible for servicing and overhauling of the PT6A series engine.

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Ely Helicopter Services wins Star Master Builder Best of Hangar competition FAIRFAX, MN – Winning an award for a job well done is surely gratifying, but a satisfied customer is the top priority among craftsmen in any field.

Bill Buckner of B&B Welding in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, installed a 46by 15-foot hydraulic door from Schweiss Doors on the Ely Helicopter Services hangar project, complete with two remote openers. The hangar was constructed with products from Star Building Systems.

The building measures 70 feet long with a 16-foot eave height and a 2:12 slope on the roof. The hydraulic door is positioned in the middle of one 98-foot end wall. The project was submitted for Star’s Master Builder Contest and won Best of Hangar.

Jason “Hoot” Ely of Ely Helicopter Services is the satisfied customer on this project, constructed for his Sallisaw crop-spraying business. Ely also offers aerial sightseeing, videos and photography, wildlife surveys, land surveys, cattle gathering, pipeline and powerline patrol, and aerial hog eradication and predator control.

This 98- by 70-foot hangar owned by Ely Helicopter Services of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, has a Schweiss Doors 46- by 15-foot hydraulic door with a remote opening system. The door is positioned in the middle of the steel building end wall.

“I really like the one-piece door,” says Ely. “It also gives you more shade and keeps the hangar cooler. I’ve seen Schweiss doors on other hangars.

I’m totally pleased with the construction of the door.”

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The Ely hangar has three offices, it’s air-conditioned and the door is insulated to retain heat in the cold months and keep the hangar cool during hot Oklahoma summers. The large canopy that the door provides when open also helps shade the interior of the hangar.

Ely learned the flying business from his father, John, at the age of 17 and now spends most of his time as the operations manager. He employs two helicopter pilots. Crop spraying makes up the bulk of the family business with an air fleet that consists of two helicopters: a Jet Ranger B3 and a Robinson R44 Raven II. Ely also has a Cessna Ag Truck and an American Champion Scout.

“We go anywhere between oceans if there is enough work to do,” he says. “We’re getting ready to head toward Iowa and will finish the fungicide season up in Minnesota. We had been renting three hangars

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at the city airport, but now we have our own grass runway at home, five miles from Sallisaw. This puts everything in one place.”

It was Buckner who recommended the Schweiss Doors hydraulic door.

“I like the hydraulic doors for the full canopy they provide with no loss of headroom,” Buckner says. “For that reason and also it keeps our sidewalls down low. The higher the building, the higher the cost. The Ely hangar has three offices, it’s air-conditioned and really nice, but you know, hangars are all about the doors and the floors!”

“I really like the one-piece door,” says Ely. “It also gives you more shade and keeps the hangar cooler.

Buckner first learned of Schweiss doors while looking at hangars at the Bentonville, Arkansas, airport. These hangars had Schweiss bifold and hydraulic doors.

“I looked at the way the bifold doors come together and the thickness of the backing where the hydraulic door pushes out on the hydraulic cylinder,” he says. “I could just see more quality in it and they were very competitive in price.

“Installation is not hard at all. In one day we had the door hung and on the next day we had all the hydraulic lines run and got the door working. Every time I’ve called, as far as customer service, Schweiss

The steel hangar, built by B&B Welding, was entered into Star’s Master Builder Contest and won first place in the Best of Hangar category. Inside the hangar are three air-conditioned offices. always answered my questions or got right back to me.”

Buckner says B&B Welding only sells and erects Star Buildings. In 15 years, the company has built upwards of 150 buildings, ranging in size from 30 by 50 feet to 250 by 250 feet. “If someone calls and they have a different building on the ground, I won’t take the job,” he says. “And when we look at aircraft hangar doors, it’s going to be Schweiss.”

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Safety aspects of the FU-24

by Mike Feeney;

Since the advent of the Fletcher FU-24, there have been 273 FU24s involved in accidents. Many of those aircraft were with the same registration and S/N and were repaired. The number of pilots killed (including loader-drivers) on FU-24 ag-operations in New Zealand and Australia is 65.

A high percentage of these accidents would have been survivable had not fire erupted. There have also been many FU-24 accidents in which the pilot was badly burned, but survived thanks to the efforts and bravery of people on the ground.

Many other New Zealand ag-aircraft have burned on impact, but types such as the Cessna 180, Piper PA-18A and DHC-2 Beaver were not intended for New Zealand-type of ag-operations. However, FU-24 was, and was tested and approved for ag-operations by a New Zealand Civil Aviation authority.

Some will recall that an effort was made to improve fire safety of the Piper PA-25 Pawnee by moving the fuel tank from behind the engine out to the wings. But, consider the location of the FU-24’s metal fuel tanks. They are right in close to the pilot’s cockpit. Why? I ask, would the New Zealand OSHA people allow a car to be licensed with a thin metal fuel tank fitted only a few inches away from the driver’s backside? No, of course not. It would be considered insane.

The FU-24 has a remarkable exhaust system, if you can term it a “system”. There are eight stub pipes/stacks located directly ahead of the wing fuel tanks. Was this designed and approved by a madman?

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Behind the eight flaming exhaust stacks are two rotating magnetos that are great for generating high-voltage sparks. If you configured a race car like this, the driver would be required to wear special clothing and there would be fire bottles located all over the place.

Does any of this make you think just a little? Well, I have been going on about this for decades. So, I am having another go at it before I simply run out of years.

My thoughts; the outer wing panels should be fitted with internal rubber fuel tanks and fuel lines fitted with those NRV devices that, in the event of a crash, shut off the fuel line way out beside the fuel tank.

I would also add a simple pressure-tube onto the tanks to assure fuel flow under all conditions.

I realize the fuel weight so far outboard creates an inertial rolling effect/ moment. Therefore, a remedy would be a row of fixed leading edge slats fitted in such a way as to enhance the authority of the ailerons.

Additionally, a wing-tip fence should be added to reduce the vortex effect as the angle-of-attack increases.

These are just some thoughts of mine when I see a piston-powered Fletcher FU-24 working. It seems odd to me safety wasn’t given more thought in the original design.

Mike Feeney of Hamilton, New Zealand is a retired professional pilot and a long-time aviation journalist, technical and air safety writer. mikefeeney@actrix.co.nz

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G164-A 1340 Ag Cat, 460 SMOH, 60 hrs since Covington went though and new blower section, engine was fine, sent out because sitting for years. ATT 5901, 33 SPOH w/lots more O/H left, 25 since new fabric, smoker, flagger, SS airfoil booms, stainless belly, extended wings w/Hersey tips, metallized wings, speed ring, CP heads, Swathmaster w/Grumman gate, strobes, closed in cockpit, new spray valve, elevator servo, Weather-areo pump fan, baggage door, tailwheel lock, always kept inside. Flew it 60 hrs last year. Ready to work. No longer in business. $68500.

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1977 G -16 4 Super B Ag Cat N63E, Serial Number 305B, Walter M601-E11, TTAF 11,336 hours, TT engine 2175.5 hours, 400 gallon hopper, Raised wing, Extended fuel, Bottom load fuel, Harbour air conditioner, Bantam/Intelliflow, Right boom shutoff, Smoker, Rebuilt in 2011.

Will consider trades. Price reduced to $205,000 Call George 775-217-1576 SB+ Turbo-Cat, TPE331-1 Work horse!

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1978 Ag Cat B Model, 10079TT, 765hrs. on Covington 985, 470hrs. on Memphis prop. 22D30 hyd. prop. ag 200 blades, 80 gal. fuel, Grumman sys. S/S booms CP3s, S/S belly, spreader, Del Norte GPS, Hyd. hopper door & auger sys. root pump, smoke, aileron & elevator servos, 500x5TW, TW lock, center line tall tail, new tires, several spare parts & overhauled accessories. Price reduced to $80,000 Call 870-740-8093 or 870-564-2585

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1975 G-164A Ag Cat, N8923H, SN#1567, TTAF 5334.86, TTSMOH 769.8 Aero Engines, AG100 Prop, 80 Gal Fuel, 20” Wing Ext. w/Hershey Tips, Wing Tip Strobes, Turtle Deck Strobe, Nav Lights Bottom Wing Pulse Lights, Elevator Servo, Bottom Load Fuel, 3” Transland Pump w/6 Blade Fan, Duel Bottom Load, Grumman Gate, SS Airfoil Drop Booms, CP 03 Nozzles w/AFS Check Valves, King KY97 Com, Garmin GTX320 Trans.

Horizon Digital Tach, B Model Windshield, Oil Filter, Wired for AG Nav Guia w/Light Bar, Excellent Fabric, Good Paint, Always Hangared! Price reduced! Call Curt 856697-3300 (2) 2018 Super A+600 Queen Cats! 350gal H-V TL Combos, B-Cabins, T.S.Tails, 0-SMOH AF/E/P. See to believe! Bank on Four Wings. Fly SAFER, CHEAPER & Do Better Work! For more information contact AmAg: 870-886-2418/2489FAX or Email frank.kelley@ag-cat.com Parting out 400 gallon B-Model. Good wings, hopper, and many other parts.

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1974 Grumman, G164A, N9688, AG CAT, P&W Model: R-1340AN-1 HYD, S/N:8524, 600HP, Engine Time 90.0 Engine Installed: 02-5-17, Overhaul By: Tulsa Aircraft Engines, Prop Specs: Hamilton Standard, Model:12D40, S/N:T187149, Blades: AG-100-2, TIME:165.0, Modifications/ Conversions: Propeller O/H 06-12-2015

BY Memphis Propeller Service, Recovered Vertical Fin, Rudder, Horizontal Stabilizers, Elevators with Ceconite 101, Poly Fiber Date: 4-16-2013. $110,000 Mid-Continent Aircraft 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net

1963 Light Frame Cat, 12,306 TTAF, 1014.0 SMOH on R-985, 802.1 SPOH on Hamilton Standard Model 2D30, Hershey Tips, Weathereo Fan, Trailing Edge Booms, Smoker, Automatic Flagman. Go to http:// classifieds.agairupdate.com/details. php?id=1539 to see spec sheet. $40,000 Call Darryl at 479-935-4891

1972 G164A Ag Model Ag Cat, with B Model mods, N100F, 10,000 TT, 1000 R1340 Covington, Locking TW, stainless valve, chip light, CP nozzles, 120g fuel, Hershey metalized wings, stainless belly, stainless airfoil booms, Smoker, com radio, sealed cockpit, B Model windshield, flat custom panel, centerline short tail, Hershey tips, Rudder/Aileron/Elevator Servos.. REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE! For more information contact Sky Tractor LLC at 800-437-5319, www.skytractor. com, email@skytractor.com or Fax 701636-5881

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Call Curt at 856-697-3300 1975 Grumman Ag Cat G-164A, N48399, 3162.0 TTAF, SATLOC, SS Booms, Air, 119 Gallon Fuel. $175,000 Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www. midcont.net

1976 G-164A Ag Cat, SN#1676, TTAF 8674.41, TSMOH 463.24 Aero Engines, TSMOH 463.24 AG 100 Prop, 80 Gal. Fuel, 20” Wing Ext., 3” Transland Pump with Agrinautics 6 Blade Fan, SS Airfoil Drop Booms, CP 03 Nozzles w/AFS Check Valves, Wig Tip Strobes, Nav Lights, Bottom Wing Pulse Lights, Grumman Gate, King KY96A Com, Garmin GTX320 Trans. Horizon Digital Tach, “B” Model Windshield, Oil Filter, Wired for AGNAV Guia w/Light Bar, Excellent Fabric, Excellent Paint, Always Hangared! Price Reduced! Call Curt at 856-697-3300

1991 Grumman G164B Ag Cat, N629EH, TT 5322.2, Pratt & Whitney PCE 56841 Engine Time:1091.3 SMOHP, M3 & Flow Control, Raised Metal Wings, Electric Brake, Tail Covered 2012, SS Booms & CP Nozzles, A/C, Single Point Fuel, Goose Feet, Electric & Rudder Servos, Hopper Rinse Tank, 119 Fuel. Call for price. MidContinent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-3250885 www.midcont.net Col. Joe Kittinger’s G164A Sky-Writer/ Banner-Tower “Show-Cat”, less E&P $30K haul-away, or fully restored w/0-IRAN A&E&P (270-SMOH Covington R985) for $125K. Call 870-759-1692 or email frank. kelley@ag-cat.com

1969 G-164A, 6590 TT, P&W R-985-AN14B, 5083.07 TT, 822 SMOH, Prop was overhauled on 5-10-04 with AG-100-2 blades, Locking Tail Wheel, Ceconite, Hershey Tips, Airwolf Oil Filter, Metalized Wings, Brackett Air Filter, Weathero Fan and Trailing Edge Booms. Go to http:// classifieds.agairupdate.com/details. php?id=1180 to see spec sheet for more details. $65,000 Call Darryl or Bill at South Delta Aviation - 870-572-9011 days / 870995-1323 nights and weekends

1984 Ag Cat Super B, N3627G, Airframe TT: 14,336.0, Engine TT: 10,849.0 PT6A -15AG, Equipment: Big Fuel – 120 gallons – Side Load, Wing Extensions – Hershey Tips, Hershey Heavy Tail Spring, Bantam w/ G4 plus Flow Control, Mills Conversion FWF, 400 Gallon Hopper, A/C, Bleed Air Heat, 38” Transland Gate, Agronautics Ground Adjustable Fan, Elevator Servo, Goosefeet Aileron Servo’s, CP Nozzles w/ Drop Airfoil (DAF) Booms. Go to http:// classifieds.agairupdate.com/details. php?id=1055 to see spec sheet for more details. $345,000 Call Darryl or Bill at South Delta Aviation - 870-572-9011 days / 870-995-1323 nights and weekends

Sky Tractor LLC is proud to present the completion of the SN1B Ag Cat! You will not find another like it! Satloc Bantam w/Intelliflow, 114g Long Range Fuel, All new fabric tail and wings, ANR Hardwire Hookup, Custom Seat, Electric Brake, Raised Wing Kit, Chip Detector. So much to list so make sure to check out the spec sheet! Call Sky Tractor LLC at 1-800437-5319 Mint ‘’450” Super-Cat! Start up the safe & sound way. DAF Combo, 12V, 46 fuel, 99% original. 0-SIRAN A&E&P. Looks and flies like new. Earn while you learn, $109K. Owner will trade for ‘’people’’ plane.

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1984 AT-400 Good clean aircraft! Bottom load fuel, SATLOC M3 with flow, radio trans, TT 9989.1, TT engine since Iran 650. Financing available. Call or text 847903-0284 for price.

1992 AT-401, P&W R1340-AN1, 600 HP, TSMOH 141 hrs. by Younkin (2012) Serial #21917, TTAF 6400 - no corrosion & no damage history, Hamilton Standard Hyd. 22D40, TSOH 45 hrs., Annual complete 2/2018, 38” Gate, 400 gallon hopper, new seal w/Transland spreader, 5 blade Weathaero fan pump, 2” bottom load valve, SATLOC Lite II, big light bar, Crophawk, Smoker, 36 CP03 nozzles/ Drop boom, Night working lights/Strobes, Big oil cooler & filter system (rebuild 2018), Big 29.00 tires (new in annual), A/C w/new compressor, digital engine tac/ hour meter, turn coordinator, windshield washer, new clear coat. All logs, POH, parts & maintenance manuals. Extra ports/special prop tools & space cylinders. $179K Call Darrell at 402-269-7076 Or Scott at 402-746-4078

O rd e r yo u r B M o d e l Ag C at Pe n and Ink Drawing From our DeSpain Collection today for $59.99. plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250 or order online at agairupdatemarketplace.com

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2009 AT-502B-2691, N769PB, -34AG, 3037 Hrs. TTAE, 4 blade Loadmaster propeller 412 Hrs. since new, SATLOC G4 with flow control, CP nozzles. Go to http://classifieds.agairupdate.com/ details.php?id=1827 to see spec sheet for all options. $625,000 Contact Rick Stone at Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Ser vice 80 0 - 4 41-296 4 or mail@ southeasternaircraft.com

2011 AT-602 -60, 2100 hours, Hydraulic gate, load hawg, Storm cutters, Lane brake, CPs-09’s, Unicom, Bantam GPS. Comes with fresh annual and hot. Price reduced 765,000. Call Kevin at Quinn Aviation 870-243-7650.

602 Project Complete aircraft. We’ve disassembled our 1999 AT-602. It is in SW LA in a shipping container. Aircraft used in Central Africa to apply fungicides to banana plantations since 2010, (2400 hrs). Airframe, engine & prop have 6900 TTSNEW. Power section 2400 since light OH by Covington. Propeller 850 since Memphis Propeller OH & 5 new blades.

Wings need the mod. of spar cap. Looking to sell complete aircraft or airframe only.

We would also consider having airframe refurbished if we keep engine and prop. No damage history other than the occasional bird strikes on wings leading edges. All original logbooks are available. Maintained

by A&P, following all SB from Pratt & SL from Air Tractor. Must sell quickly! Make offer! guillemd@bellsouth.net and/or lakeaviation@hotmail.com 1-337-4530793. Africa # GMT+1: 237-679-522-581

2018 AT-502XP, 250hrs MVP-50 engine monitor, Ag-Nav platinum w/flow control, Lane fan and brake, AFS check valves with CP11 nozzles, Garmin GTR225 com radio, King Kt76c transponder, single-point fuel, dual 3” load, Smoker. $980,000 For more info call Brian Fisher 419-560-5429

1985 AT-400 -15AG, 10,000 TTAF Ag-Nav GPS, Winglets, Lane brake, CP check valves, CP 11 nozzles, 25” gate, VG’s, super boom, Harbor air. Great flying airplane. $290,000 For more information call Brian Fisher 419-560-5429

2018 AT-502XP, N502BB, PT6A-140AG, 359TT. Available in September. Optional Equipment: MVP 50 Panel, Stainless Steel Cam Locks, LED Strobe Nose Lights, Elec.

Brake Gr. Adj, 10 Vane Transland Spreader, CP Nozzles & AFS Check Valves, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Smoker, Wingman and G4 w/Flowcontrol. $985,000 For more info call Frost Flying Inc. at 870-295-6213

2012 AT-802 -65, 3800 TTAE, SATLOC G4 with flow control, Load Hog, SS booms and T-boom, 92 CP-11’s, 92 AFS check valves, Single point fuel, Lane brake & fan, Laser altimeter, 10 inch hydraulic gate, Vondran controller, A/C, heat, Smoker, Paint 8.5.

Always Hangared. Airplane will come with fresh annual and hot section. Available 12/1/18 $900,000 For more info Trampas Johnson 870-684-2203 or 870-930-6556

2014 AT-502B, TTSN: 900hrs., Full year of engine warranty remaining, VG’s, G4 SATLOC, Wingman, SS booms, CP 11, SS spreader, heat & air, SP fuel, hopper rinse, air bags, smoke, clean and very well maintained. Fly’s great. Beautiful airplane.

Always hangared. $750,000 Call Rich at 870-253-8242

2004 AT-502 -34AG, N8521Z Serial #693, 4,850 TT, TTE 11,204, 153 SHS, Siran 772, 1st 502 w/Heavy Spar Cap, 4,650 remaining on wings. Prop TTSN 1933 Cascade inlet, Satloc Bantam G4 screen, smoker, factory A/C, Spreader 38” gate, VG’s Lane fan brake, night work lights, CP nozzles, 3” loading single point fuel, New Paint, new refurb hopper, new Treavor Edwards seat. Spares go w/plane: include, fresh rebuilt 0 time prop, starter generator, stainless agrinautics spray pump, new voltage regulator, spark box, cascade air filter, complete Bantam GPS& G4 screen 2 new 24 volt batteries, new spray booms, 2 new master cylinders 3 flap motor, transmissions &, much more. $400K Call 928-669-4042

1995 AT-502B -15AG, 7000 TT AF/E, SATLOC Bantam with flow control, Stainless steel spray booms, Single point fueling, Fan and electric brake. Ready to work. This is a perfect plane to start a new pilot in or to get into your first turbine. $320,000 Call 877-647-6325

1984 AT-301 Geared AN-2 w/3 Blade Hydromatic, Lowered Boom Kit, Sets of Nozzles & Spreader! Ready to Work.

Northern Minnesota. Reduced price to $149,999 Call Robert at 218-596-8877

2017 AT-802A, Pratt Whitney PT6A65AG engine, Hartzell propeller model HC-B5MP-3F, Smoker, Lane brake/fan, 308 gallon fuel tanks, Hatfield STC single point fuel, Steam gauges, R/H boom shut off, stainless steel spray system, fire extinguisher, 50 CP 9 TT nozzles AFS bodies, G-4 GPS/flow control, stainless steel cam locs, 3 inch load, Garmin GTR225 COM, Garmin AERA 660 GPS/MAP unit, PMA-8000G Audio panel, GDL-52 ADSB. Fresh annual. New one on order.

Call Dale at (402) 841-4119

2015 AT-802 -65, 1400 hours TT, 1100 remaining on w arr ant y, W ingman, SATLOC G4, Flow control, Fast start, Hatfield fueling system, CP flat fan, 10 inch hydraulic gate, Vondran controller, stainless steel Camlocks. Will sell with Hot Section. $1,090,000 Call 870-945-1383 for more information.

Ready to work AT-502B with-34. Price reduced to $285,000. Call John at 361935-6006 for more information.

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1976 Ag Cat G164A, N48555, SN 1671, R1340 1171 SMOH, 12D40 Prop, SS drop booms, CP Flat Fan w/swivels, Airstar 99 w/flow control, Smoker, Wing extensions & Hershey Tips, Aileron & Elevator Servos, 80g fuel w/bottom load, 1” main gear, Hershey tail gear, Sealed cockpit/ 1pc windshield, metalized wings, Tall tail - centerline, Flagger, Speed Ring. For more information contact Sky Tractor LLC at 800-437-5319, www.skytractor. com, email@skytractor.com or Fax 701636-5881

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2016 AT- 802A PT- 65AG, N8011N, TTAE 1975 hours, Wingman, 7 1/2 inch Transland gate, CP 11’s w/AFS check valves, 254 fuel, single point fuel, G4 w/ flow control. $1,125,000 Call Al Patrick at 870-510-6882 2001 AT-502B PT6A-34AG, N9148C, TT 9250, SMOH 9250, TT on Landing Gear: 750, TT Since Spar Caps Done: 1350, SATLOC G4 GPS w/flow control, Factory A/C and heat, Wingman hopper door and auger system, Kawak control quadrant, Weath-Aero fan brake, AFS check valves w/ CP-11 nozzles, Aluminum drop booms, LED strobe system, Bayou Light flashing system, Hopper rinse system, Smoker. $375K Call 662-822-3204 2009 AT-502B, N769PB, PT6A-34AG, 2787.7 TT, CP-09 nozzles, AFS check valves, electric fan brake, Load Hawg, smoker, SATLOC G4 with flow control, laser altimeter, Storm wire cutters, Reabe hopper gauge, rinse tank, VG’s, single point fuel, radio package. Go to http:// classifieds.agairupdate.com/details. php?id=1799 to see spec sheet for details. $625K Contact Rick Stone at Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service 800-441-2964 or mail@southeasternaircraft.com

1991 AT-401, 3267 TSN, 782 SMOH, M3 SATLOC, Intelliflow, Very clean northern airplane! Price reduced to $180,000 Call Donnie Ripley at 830-275-1127

AT-602: Trim your overhead. You’ll reduce costs and increase profit margins when you scale a multi-plane operation down to a single-plane operation. Air Tractor’s AT-602 makes it an easy choice. The big 630-gallon payload moves you up to high volume production, reduces loads, saves time and helps trim operating expenses compared with two smaller planes. The AT-602 is the ideal solution for 5-gallon work on center-pivot circles. Step it up with an AT-602. Visit your Air Tractor dealer.

AT-401, S/N 40140766, 5360.0 TTAF, P&W R-1340 510.6 hrs. TSO, Ham Std Hydromatic propeller 186.1 hrs. TSO. C anadian commercially regis tered C-FXVB. $109,500 USD. Second aircraft available. **Package Deal Possible** Call 204-805-0870

AT-401, S/N 4010785, 4694.0 TTAF, P&W R-1340 611.8 hrs. TSO, Ham Std Hydromatic propeller 502.1 hrs. TSO. C anadian commercially regis tered C-GWCJ. $109,500 USD. Second aircraft available. **Package Deal Possible** Call 204-805-0870 2000 AT-502B, PT6A-34AG, wingman, 216 fuel, CP’s, com radio, Covington hot section, approx. 7200 TTSN. $435K. For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@farmairinc.com

1989 AT-401, 9665TT, Younkin Eng w/2 new extra cyls. &parts 973TTSMOH, JPI Engine Monitor, Hamilton standard hydro prop 0 SMOH, Wing spar caps done 1501hrs ago, Main gear has 292hrs, SATLOC LiteStar II, Collins A/C, WeathAero pump, SS booms, New paint in 2013, Fresh Annual $120K OBO! 601-201-9497

1996 AT-502B PT6A-34AG, N6181Q, 7290 hours total time, SATLOC G4 with Intelliflow, Reabe canopy top, 152 hours since – New Wing spars - New Paint - Gear Legs - Aft clip fuselage (Georges Aircraft), 152 Hrs. Hopper Recondition, 152 Hrs. Engine split for inspection, 862 hours since HSI, 862 hours since FCU Overhaul, Fresh Annual, Right Hand Boom Shutoff, Com Radio. Call For Pricing. Ryan Wells 308-991-3432 rdwells@gtmc.net

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2001 AT-502B -34AG, TT 11228, hot section 1384, No damage history. Wings, Paint, New Landing Gear, Partial refurb in 2012. 3240 hours since wings done. VG’s, AFS check valves CP 11’s, SATLOC Bantam W/Intelliflow, Load Hawg, Smoker, Heater, and AC. Always Hangared! $250K OBO Call 662-873-7125

1984 AT-301B Available for sale or trade.

TTAF 7590, Engine SMOH 962.7, 2266 hrs. before spar replacement, Smoker, Flagger, SATLOC M3, 126 Gal Fuel, Com Radio, Oil Filter, Collins A/C, Chip Detector, Cold Air Induction, CP Nozzles, Auto Fuel STC, Large Metal Tail w/Fabric Rudder, Lane Fan Brake, Windshield Washer. Looking to sell or trade for Piper Lance or Saratoga or late model Cherokee Six. Price reduced to $105K Call Rodney at 308-529-3573 or 308-784-3868

1980 AT-301, No Damage History, 9791 TT, Geared 1340 P&W, Hydromatic Prop, 0 SMOH from Tulsa (1st run on new P&W cyl), 0 SPOH from Northwest Propellers, 2587 since wing spar w/new skins, A/C, Lane Electric Brake, Smoker, Single Point Fuel, SATLOC Bantam w/flow control, CP-03 nozzles, have speed ring in hangar. Fresh annual. Good northern airplane, always hangared. 719-529-0555 or 719-324-5838

1996 AT-502B-0365, N37VA W/-PT6A-34, TT Airframe 6692.0, Engine TT 8803.7, Engine TSOH 4118.9, Cabin Heat & Air, Lane Brake & Fan, Night Working Lights, Smoker, RH boom Shut Off, GPS (Bantam) with Flow Control, CP’s, Standard Spray System with Drop Booms, VG’s. $415,000 For more information, visit our website at queenbeeair.com or call us at 1-800736-7654 2000 AT-802, SN 802-0100, N9119B, PT6A-65AG, TTAF 6220.8, TTE 6202.8, Hobbs 6105.4, SHOT 2044.8, TT Prop 1614.7. Wingman, Satloc GPS, Smoker, FastStart, Single Point Fuel, AC/Heat, Tr anslan d sp re ade r, sp r ay b o oms .

Dual cockpit. Fresh annual, hangared. $500,000. Call (870) 263-1300 or fbfsllc@gmail.com.

2012 AT-802 - SN 802A-0436, PT6A67AG, 3450 TTE, Prop and Airframe, Flow control, G4 SATLOC, 10 in Hydraulic gate, Vondran controller, single point fuel, Lane brake, wingman, AC and Heat, Smoker, Comm radio, Annual 12-15-17 Late Aviation, $80K spent on hot section.

Loaded aircraft $925K For more info call David 870-501-1136

1993 AT-502, SN 502-0206, N9085F, PT6A-34AG, TTAF 15,625, TTE 8172.6, Hobbs 7319.8, SHOT 1341.7, SMOH 1341.7. Wingman, Satloc GPS, Smoker, FastStart, AC/Heat, Tranland Spreader, spray booms. Fresh annual, hangared. $300,000. Call (870) 263-1300 or fbfsllc@ gmail.com 2018 AT-502XP, FTO, 234 Fuel, SS Camlocs Lane Brake & Fan, MVP50. $1,021,500 Call Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-3425451 or FAX: 281-232-5401

1999 AT-502A, N166MM, Airframe TT 4750, Engine PT6-45A TT 31,210, SMOH 3659, Since Hot Section 727, Prop SMOH 847, A/C, cockpit heat, single point fuel, G4 Satloc with flow control, Lane fan and brake, booms with CP nozzles, all stainless plumbing, 10 inch Vondran hydraulic gate and hopper extension, 2 dry spreaders.

New Paint Job! $500,000 Call David at 806-777-1892 1999 AT-802A, N9037N, -65AG, approx 7,600 hrs TT, 0 since Wing Spar, Fresh Annual & Hot Section Inspection, 1,700 since light overhaul at Covington, New CT Blades, CT Cave Overhaul, Fuel Control and other extensive parts, FCU in AD compliance, Stainless Steel Cam Locks, Elec. Brake Gr. Adj., Smoker, Single Point Fuel, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Wingman, Reabe Hopper Gauge & G4 w/ Flowcontrol. $650,000 For more info call Frost Flying Inc. at 870-295-6213

AT-402B: Go turbo. The AT-402B, with the time-proven Pratt & Whitney PT6A15AG turbine engine, offers impressive climb rates and overall performance. The AT-402B’s light handling characteristics help reduce pilot fatigue – while delivering the payload, speed and productivity that helps create profits. Visit your Air Tractor dealer and learn how Wells Fargo’s financing options for qualified buyers make owning an Air Tractor more affordable than you might think.

1999 AT-402A 750hp, 3000 hr Walters w/923 hr(May 2016 install) on it, wings spare done Nov 2016, 9400 hr life limit, new hopper, Amsafe belts, digital hopper gauge, electric brake, right boom shut off, E.I. digital gauges. Ready to go to work. $395K Call Kevin Ebsen at Flagler Aerial Spraying 719-765-4532 (office) or 719349-9622 (cell)

“1981” AT-400 –15 AG, NDH no fertilizer, 9624 hr TAT, 2455 hr Spar Remaining, 1977 hr SPOH, 7749 hr TET, 207 hr HSI, 539 hr FCU OH, 2591 hr new CT Blades, 1977 hr new gear, Metal Tail, Reabe Gauge, Reabe Canopy, VG’s, Air Bags, Single Point Fuel, AC & Heat, Dual Fuel Gauges, Low Fuel Lights, Smoker, Rinse Tank, Lane Fan Brake, Aleron Servos, January Annual, In Reabe Fleet since 1985. $295,000 Contact Jeff Reabe at 715-498-1157 2014 AT-502B, N3066V, 2189 TT, PT6A34AG, 3 Blades, Time: 2189.0 SNEW. New aluminum Booms, Lane Electric Brakes, Wingman CP Nozzles, VG’s. Bantam GPS w/G4 Screen, New Comm. Hartzell 3 bladed prop. For more information call Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800325-0885 www.midcont.net

2003 AT-502B, Price Reduced to $575K Offers: 3723 TTAE, G4 with flow control, K Y96 VHF Blue Tooth Audio Panel Company FM Storm Cutters, Lane Brake, CP Nozzles, Large Fuel, Smoker, heat, AC, Hopper Rinse, Bottom load fuel, Shadin Fuel Flow, VG’s, P&W ADSA DTU data box for trending. 403-223-8245

LOAD HAWG - Now STC’d for Air Tractor - Call Mid-Continent today to schedule your installation. 800-325-0885

2014 AT-502B, 1500 TTAE, G4 w/Flow, VG’s, Smoker, Comm & TXP, Lane Brake and Fan. $650,000 Call Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-342-5451 or FAX: 281-232-5401

2016 AT-802A s/n 802A-0631, PT6A67AG engine, 343 TT Air frame and engine. Fast start, pulse lights, GTN 635, KT-76C, PMA2000 audio panel, Automatic Flagman. Fresh annual. $1,300,000 Call Valley Air Crafts 559-686-7401 1986 AT-301, 600 hr R-1340, Bantam GPS, CP’s, smoker. Price reduced to $115,000 For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@farmairinc.com

2013 AT-802A PTA-67AG, 3365 Hrs TT, Fertilizer, spray or S.E.A.T. Additional photos available. Go to http://classifieds. agairupdate.com/details.php?id=1613 to see spec sheet for more information. $850,000. Rick Stone at Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service 800-441-2964 or mail@southeasternaircraft.com 2013 AT-802A, SN: 802A-0521, PT67AG, 2,760 hrs, Fresh Hot Section, Fresh Annual, SATLOC G4, Vondran Hyd Gate, Wingman, Single Point Fuel, Red & White Paint Scheme, Hartzell Prop, No Damage, Comm Radio. $925,000 Contact Chris at chris@bsairinc.com

Souther Field Aviation, Inc.

Several 20 06 -2016 AT802/AT802A -67F, wheels configuration, full avionics, FRDS Gen II, 380 USG, full lightning protection, airbag. Detailed maintenance.

Call or email: +34667102184, sales@ airtractoreurope.com.

1996 AT-802-PT6A -67AG, 6094TT, 555 SHOT, 380 gal fuel, Dual Cockpit, Dual A/C, SATLOC, flow control, KAWAK hydraulic system, dual single point fuel, pulse light system, FAST start, CP nozzles, smoker.

For sale or trade for 502A. 402-318-2258

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1998 AT-602, N5006X, PT6-60, Hatfield f u e l, Sm o ke r, Au to matic f lagman, G4 SATLOC w/Intelliflow, Elec. fan brake,Wingman, Cp11 nozzles, Transland spreader, TT 13150, 200hrs since HSI. 200hrs since prop Iran. Manual tail wheel lock. $250K For more info email jaygilbreath@hotmail.com

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1996 AT-502B, 850SHP PT6A-41 installed with Cascade Aircraf t Conversions STC with Cascade Pressure Cowl, New Upper Instrument Panel with Electronics International MVP 50 Glass Panel Engine Monitor, New AVIA 106” prop, Refurbished Aircraft with New 9800 Hour Wing Spars, New Belly Skins, New Turtle Deck, New Paint, Factory Air Conditioning, Factory Cabin Heat, Spray Pump, New Spray Booms, Electric Fan/Brake, 170 Gal. Fuel with Bottom Load Fuel system. Price reduced to $499,000 Call Cascade Aircraft at 509-635-1212

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1991 AT-502, PT6-34 AG, N1516G, 9261 TTAF, 1691 SMOH (RT), 1404 SHOT, 1323 since new prop, 3567 hr remaining on wings, M3, Intelliflow, VG’s, CP-11, Heat, Air, Lane electric brake, smoker, flagger, single point fuel, clean Nebraska/ Minnesota airplane, new paint 2012, AT Ram Air, fresh annual, ready to go. $400,000 or best offer. Call 218-289-1372

1995 AT-502B, N60893, T T 8602, PT6A-34 TT: 13,804.9 SHOT: 188.4, Har tzell prop TT: 3682.2 SOH: 0.0 Annual inspection due 1/1/19. Spar cap replacement due at TTA of 17,312.0 (in 8710.0 hrs.) Bantam SATLOC, Intelliflow flow control, SS booms, CP Nozzles, A/C, Hopper rinse, Wingman, Smoker, Lane electric brake and fan, 38” gate. Call Darryl at 479-935-4891

Frankie Williams - President —frankie@southerfield.com Paul Pearson - Parts & Maintenance —parts@southerfield.com Stephanie Williams - Exports —stephanie@southerfield.com

223 Airport Road, Americus, GA 31709 Phone: 229-924-2813 Toll Free 866-924-2813 Fax: 229-924-4356 www.southerfield.com

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1980 AT-400, 7700 TTAF, 5500 TTE, 0 SHOT, 1500 Hrs on wing spar, New Prop, Overhauled Prop Gov, Overhauled Overspeed Gov, Overhauled Fuel Control Unit, New Landing Gear, New Paint, New Windshield, Satloc, Call Chad Stuart, Airplane Services, Inc. 850-380-6091

1997 AT-602, Available for Lease or Purchase! $400 / hour with a 250 hour minimum. Hartzell HC-B5MP-3 Prop, 6300 hrs. TT, 2444.7 hrs. SOH, 494.5 hrs.

SIRAN. Annual inspection due 3/1/19.

Has upper aft longeron kit installed. Has heavy horizontal brace tube assemblies and Concord sealed batteries. Fast-Start, SATLOC M3 with big screen, Single point fuel, Factory a/C, Bleed air heat, Smoker, Hydraulic gate, Hopper rinse, Wingman, KY96A. Available for Lease or Purchase! $400 / hour with a 250 hour minimum.

Darryl at South Delta Aviation 479-9354891 / 870-995-1323 nights and weekends

2013 AT-502B, N3031J, TT: 2698.9, PT6A34AG TT: 2698.9, SHOT: 1527.7 by Frost Flying Service. Prop: HC-B3TN-3D, S/n: BUA-32488, TT: 2698.9, SOH: 1086.0

by First Flight Propeller with new blades.

Annual inspection due: 12-1-17, Spar cap replacement due at TTA of 9800 hrs., 1086.0 hours since power section IRAN

by Covington. 25” gate, Swathmaster, Single point fuel, Wingman, Hopper rinse, Factory A/C, Smoker, Air bags, G4 SATLOC,Flow control, Stainless steel steps, Manual tail wheel lock, Digital hopper gauge, Ram air inlet. Call for price.

Darryl Riddell 479-935-4891 2016 AT-502XP, 600 TTAE, G4/Flow, VG’S, Smoker Kawak, Annual. $920,000 Call Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281342-5451 or FAX: 281-232-5401

2008 AT-502B, N329BR, -34AG, approx.

4,000 hrs TT, Hatfield Single Point Fuel, Electric Brake Gr Adj., Smoker, G4 w/ Flowcontrol, VG’S, Storm Cutters, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Reabe Hopper Gauge, Fresh Annual & Hot Section Inspection, 0 hrs since Annual with all 3 gears changed, 0 since HSI with CT vane overhaul, CT Blade Overhaul, and FCU & Fuel Pump overhaul w/ new segments. Price reduced to $500,000 For more information call Frost Flying Inc. at 870-295-6213

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AT-502B: More performance; more profit potential. With Air Tractor’s AT-502B there’s plenty of power and a big, 500gallon payload to please both pilot and operator. The Pratt & Whitney PT6A34AG turbine engine delivers efficient and effective performance that shortens ferry times and reduces takeoffs and landings.

Since 1987 the AT-502 series has set the standard as the industry’s most popular ag plane. You can own one with attractive financing options from Wells Fargo. Talk to your Air Tractor dealer.

Air Tractor 502XP: Go to work hauling a full 500 gallons all day, every day. Even when temperatures soar, the 502XP can power you through more acres in less time, with less effort. Quiet 4-blade prop.

867 horsepower PT6A-140AG engine.

Rebalanced airframe. Larger fin and rudder. From nose to tail, it is a remarkable combination of power, stability and productivity. Visit with your Air Tractor dealer about the 502XP. Ask about special Air Tractor financing available from Wells Fargo for qualified buyers.

AT-802: Capacity that creates profits.

An 800-gallon hopper, zippy 190 mph ferr y speeds, and greater working capacity than any other ag aircraft on the market - the AT-802 is simply a hoss.

With the AT-802 you’ll ferry faster, spray more fields and do bigger jobs all in one load. That’s production that only Air Tractor can offer you. Visit with your Air Tractor dealer about the AT-802. And ask about special Air Tractor financing now available from Wells Fargo for qualified buyers.

2011 AT-802A-0415, N802TR -67 AG, 3741 Hrs. TTAE, 998 Hrs. since light OH, 0 Hrs. H.S.I. and prop reseal. Wingman, SATLOC Bantam, Fast Star t, comm radio, transponder. $850,000 Contact Rick Stone at Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service 800-441-2964 or mail@ southeasternaircraft.com

2014 AT-502B, PT6A -34AG, 850 TTSN, Loaded! NDH . $790,0 0 0 For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@farmairinc.com

2018 Slots Available Call Frost Flying Inc. 870-295-6213

2010 AT-802A, 2,990 TTAF&E, -67AG, FRESH HOT AND ANNUL $925,000 Call Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-3425451 or FAX: 281-232-5401 2014 AT-802A, 802A-0579, TT: 1190, Satloc G4, Laser altimeter, 10” Hydraulic gate with Vonderan controller, Load Hawg, Single point fuel, LED nose lights, Sold with Fresh annual and HSI. $1,250,000 Aaron Keahey AG AIR AIRCRAFT, INC. 870 -857-3744 aaron-agairaircraft@ outlook.com 2000 AT-602, PT6A-60, 6000 TTSN, Covington Hot, New Spars, G4 w/Flow Control. $690,000 For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@ farmairinc.com

1989 AT-502 N10126, 14,012 TT, PT6A -34AG 16,683 TT, 1223 SHOT, 3583 since Light Overhaul by RT Turbines w/ new CT Blades, 2775 hours since last gear box inspection, Fuel Pump and Fuel Control replaced May 2016. Equipment: Cascade inlet, LED nose lights, Aluminum booms, CP nozzles, G4 GPS w/Intelliflow flowmeter, Air Repair hydraulic gate system w/smart cylinder. Go to http:// classifieds.agairupdate.com/details. php?id=1181 to see spec sheet for details. $280,000 Call Darryl or Bill at South Delta Aviation - 870-572-9011 days / 870-9951323 nights and weekends

2017 AT-802A, 400 TTAF&E, -65AG, Loaded. $1,315,000 Call Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-342-5451 or FAX: 281-232-5401

1997 AT- 602 - 60, 8800 TTSN, New Wings, GPS w/Flow Control, SP Fuel. For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@farmairinc.com

2005 AT-802A, PT6 -67AG, 6500 TTSN, Wingman, 10” Gate, G4/Flow Control, SP Fuel. $680,000 For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@ farmairinc.com 2019 Air Trac tors, all models, call Southeastern Aircraft Sales at 800-4412964 to reserve your slot!

2013 AT-502B Firewall forward parts: Engine mount, cowling and Ram Air filter system. All parts with less than 1400 hours total time. Very clean and well maintained AT-502B. Call Cascade Aircraft Conversions for more details 1-509-635-1212

2006 -2016 AT802/AT802A - 67F on floats “Fire Boss”, full avionics, yellow and blue paint scheme, 1600 shp, computer gate, 380 USG, NAV/COM/GPS, audio box, radio, ELT, from 200 to 1600 hours TT, extremely careful maintenance.

Call or email: +34667102184, sales@ airtractoreurope.com.

2018 AT-802’s, AT-502XP’s, AT-502’s and AT-402’s. Please call Queen Bee Air Specialties, Inc. 1-800-736-7654

2009 AT-802, N396LA, S/N: 802A-0331, PT6A-65AG, TTAF: 2127.8 hrs., ENGINE TT: 6022.5 hrs., 0 Since Hot Section Inspection, New paint in 2015, SATLOC G4 GPS, Reabe hopper qty system, Aero LED pulsing nose lights, Load hawg, 10” hydraulic gate with Vonderan controller, Smoker. Aircraft will be sold with fresh annual. $865,000 Aaron Keahey AG AIR AIRCRAFT, INC. 870-857-3744 aaronagairaircraft@outlook.com

2012 AT-502B, PT6A-34AG (750hp) 3,000 horas desde nuevo, 750 horas desde sección caliente y reparación mayor del hélice. Aire Acondicionado, SATLOC G4 con INtelliflow, boquillas CP, Radio VHF, Transponder, Horizonte Artificial, Freno Eléctrico con Abanico Variable (Lane), Generadores de Vortice, 170 galones de combustible, broches de acero inoxidable.

Este avión se encuentra en buenas condiciones, un solo dueño desde nuevo, nunca accidentado, con su certificado de Aeronavigabilidad de Exportación.

Disponible en Agosto, 2017. $630,000 Sun Valley Aviation, 956-421-4545

2018 AIR TRACTORS , RESERVE YOUR POSITION NOW, $CALL$, Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE 281-342-5451 or FAX: 281-232-5401

2012 AT-504, 1000 TTSN, Fresh Hot & Annual. $715,000 For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@ farmairinc.com

AT-504: Learn and earn. With side-by-side cockpit seating and 485-gallon capacity, the AT-504 is a great way to train new ag pilots and earn while they learn. Powered by the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34AG turbine engine, you’ll get working speeds and performance like the tried and true AT-502B. And when the training day is done, you’ll see that it was productive workday, too. Wells Fargo financing for qualified buyers is available; just visit with your Air Tractor dealer.

Order your AT-802F Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Also available other Pen and Ink Air Tractor drawings, AT-402, AT-502, AT-602 and AT-802. Call 478-987-2250 or order online at www. agairupdatemarketplace.com

CESSNA

1972 A188B Cessna Ag Wagon, 4695TT, 538 since Western Skyways factory spec continental IO -520 -D engine install 300HP, Hartzell 3blade TopProp, dropped airfoil super boom, CP Nozzles, Flagger, smoker, SATLOC Litestar GPS, XP tail wheel, spreader, original logs, Northern MN airplane, no corrosion, annual 5/16/18. $125,000 Call Jim DeVries 218935-2186

1966 Cessna 188 Load Hauler, 2010-2012 Ground up restoration, First Flight 1966 All original logs since day one, Really only 1982 TTAF Since NEW, Complete Ground Up Restoration 2010-2012, New Everything, 1982 TTAF 958 TAC Time And SMOHE, Only 150 Since Top Overhaul With Nickle Barrels, Flight Line Panel Mount 760A Comm Radio, AG Nav Panel Mount with New Antenna, 1240 SPOH and 948 Hours Since Yellow Tag Prop Shop Go Through And Holy Water Blessing, NY Plane Since Ground Up Restoration, Call lets talk, Delivery Available. Super Flying Plane ready to go, do not miss this one of a kind plane. $79,990 Call Chuck at 518 537-7433 or Fax: 518 537-7433

1972 Cessna 188 Ag Wagon, N21883, TT6350, 1740 SMOH, Prop165, stainless steel booms, SATLOC Lite 2, new leading edges, refurbished hopper, CP nozzles, owner flown since new. Good flying and fast! Current annual with sale. Call Kevin at 785-386-8875

1975 Cessna Ag Truck, TTAF 4628, SFR 1068, SP IRAN 1068, SS Dual Exhaust, Smoker, Wag, Crophawk 7B, Hud/Man SS Spray System (except pump), 30 CP Nozzles, 4 Rotary Nozzles, VG’s, A/C, Wingtip Strobes, Beacon Strobe, Inst.

Landing, Taxi, Hopper Lights, Hardwired ANR, Big Tailwheel, Tinted Glass. 4/18 Annual. $125K 478-285-3731

1982 T188C Cessna Husky, 5600 TT, 704 STOH, 856 SPOH, A/C, SATLOC Crop Hawk 7B, CP nozzles, airfoil booms, strobe lights and smoker. $120,000 Call Doug at 308-327-2306

1978 Cessna Ag Truck, 5832 TTAF, 625 TTE, 550 TT on prop, 8.50X10 Clevelands, GPS, field ready. Price reduced to $112,000. Call Chad Stuart, Airplane Services, Inc. Call 850-336-0552

CLASSIFIEDS

FROST FLYING INC. 1972 Cessna Ag Truck, TT 5643.2, Fresh engine: SMOH 8.9 hrs, Engine TTSN: 2482.5, Prop TTSN: 492.4, Annual: 9/18/17, A/C is rigged out for Banner Towing. Booms, pump, etc, crated, goes with A/C. Price reduced to $116,900 Call Ely Ag Helicopter Service 110744 S 4570 Rd Sallisaw, Ok 74955 918-605-1038 or email elyjd66@yahoo.com

1975 Cessna A188B Ag Truck 400HP N4816R. TTAF 10493, Lycoming IO-720 TSO 754, Hartzell Prop TSO 2874.8, Ag Tip Winglets, VG’s, extra 16 gallon of fuel in wings. Wings and air frame completely rebuilt in 2014. Great airplane! If it will fit in the hopper, it will haul it. Spare zero time engine at a reasonable price if interested. David Chancy 229-645-3605

1974 Cessna 188 Ag Truck, TT 7388, SMOH 500 w/5 new factory cylinders.

Split stainless steel exhaust, new hydraulic engine mounted pump, new sight glass in hopper, new factory landing gear, as low boom w/PC nozzles. 98 AirStar GPS, both wings are fresh rebuilds. $120K Call 662-803-5102 or 662-705-1104

1976 Ag Truck, 4056TT, SMOH 5 hr., SPOH 5 hr., 5 Prop Governor, OH 5 hr. All New Millennium Cylinders, Hyd. Pump, SS Booms, CP 11 Nozzles, SATLOC Bantam GPS, Garmin 196 GPS, Cabin Heat, CHT, Flashing Beacon, Spin on Oil Filter, Fire Extinguisher, 22 x 800 x 8 Wheels, Good Pait and Glass, No Dry Fertilizer 863-4677777 or sunnidland@wildblue.net

www.frostflying.com 2018 Slots Available ............................................................Call 2018 AT 502XP, N502BB, -140AG, 359 hrs TT, MVP 50 Panel, Stainless Steel Cam Locks, LED Strobe Nose Lights, Elec. Brake Gr. Adj, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Smoker, Wingman and G4 w/Flowcontrol, 10 Vane Transland Spreader, CP Nozzles & AFS Check Valves ...................................................... $985,000.00 1999 AT-802A, N9037N, -65AG, approx 7,600 hrs TT, 0 since Wing Spar, Fresh Annual & Hot Section Inspection, 1,700 since light overhaul at Covington, New CT Blades, CT Cave Overhaul, Fuel Control and other extensive parts, FCU in AD compliance, Stainless Steel Cam Locks, Elec. Brake Gr. Adj., Smoker, Single Point Fuel, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Wingman, Reabe Hopper Gauge & G4 w/Flowcontrol ...................................... $650,000 2008 AT-502B, N329BR, -34AG, approx. 4,000 hrs TT, Hatfield Single Point Fuel, Electric Brake Gr Adj, Smoker, G4 w/ Flowcontrol, VG’S, Storm Cutters, Kawak Throttle Quadrant, Reabe Hopper Guage, Fresh Annual & Hot Section Inspection, 0 hrs since Annual with all 3 gears changed, 0 since HSI with CT vane overhaul, CT Blade Overhaul, and FCU & Fuel Pump overhaul w/ new segments ..................................... $500,000 Complete Air Tractor Parts And Accessories

Compro

Large Selection of PT6 Accessories New Turbine Props and Blades 0 SMOH 1340 Younkin S/S Pumps, Booms and Center Boom for Air Tractor

1975 A188B Ag Truck, TT 9300, IO-720 400hp, Roberson STOHL, 3 Blade w/ 0.0 SPOH, Winglets, Ag Nav w/ Flow Control, Radio and Transponder, Smoker, Droop Booms w/ CP’s, Spreader, Fresh Annual. $135,000 Call Darryl or Bill at South Delta Aviation - 870-572-9011 days / 870-9951323 nights and weekends

Weath-Aero

Dealer For Every Major Ag Aviation Parts and Supplies

Target Spray Variable Rate Nozzles

Jack Frost jack@frostflying.com Frost Flying Inc Office 870-295-6213 Maintenance 870-295-3776 Fax 870-295-6674

Garrett Frost garrett@frostflying.com Parts 870-295-6218 Fax 870-295-6237 parts@frostflying.com

Large inventory of PT6 and Air Tractor parts • Financing Available Call for Wingman installation For AgAv Parts & Accessories Call Matt Ashburn

IA and A&P mechanics needed

September 2018

A-49

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1976 Cessna A188B ND NY Plane, 5-251976, Original Logs, ND NY Plane 6302 TTAF, 600 SMOHE, 0STOP NEW TOP, 2-Hours $13,000+ Top New Superior Cylinders sent out and Nickle Process for the best winter storage and well its just the best you can have for your barrels, New Exhaust System 3 Years Old, 1208 SPOH, Ag Nav GPS with New Ant, Garmin SL40 VHF Flip Flop, New Quick Drain PN S6250, Lane Elect Brake, Stainless Steel Air Foil Drop Booms, All New Tires Tubes and Brakes, 2 Years on New Wheels and Bearings, 2 Years on new Brake Discs, All 3 new style engine control cables, need Hangar Space Need It Gone, Delivery Available. $114,990 Call Chuck at 518 537-7433 or Fax: 518 537-7433

PIPER

1964 PA-25 -250 Pawnee, TT 7281, engine 509 SMOH, 509 on new Stits Poly-Fiber, Satloc Lite, stainless booms, new Agrinautics pump, spreader, all AD’s complied with. Selling because upgrade turbine fleet. Clean northern airplane! $74,000 PRICE REDUCED! Call Joe at 308695-0551 or 308-697-3677 1976 PA 36 SUPER BRAVE 400 HP - 3965 Total Time, 66 since Overhaul engine, 66 since IRAN Prop, 4040 hours remaining on wing spar caps, 275 gal hopper, Agrinautics pump and fan, dropped streamlined booms with CP nozzles and check valves, 2” left side load, extended wings, 90 gal fuel with new fuel cells, crop hawk, automatic flagger, pistol grip, nav/strobe/instrument/landing/ taxi and night working lights, left entry step, good paint, tires and glass. Price reduced to $185K or OBO. Contact Johnston Aircraft Service at 559-6861794, info@johnstonaircraft.com or www.johnstonaircraft.com

1966 Pawnee PA-25-235, N4494Y, 2690 TTSN, Lycoming 0-540-B2B5, 380 SMOH, McCauley prop 985 SMOH, M-3 GPS, spreader, all AD’s, flagger, annual 08-17.

Always hangared! Price reduced to $65,000 Call 309-759-4826 or email farmair@farmairinc.com

Order your Piper Pawnee Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection Call 478-987-2250 or order online at agairupdatemarketplace.com

THRUSH WE DO CENTURY 60,000 HR. SPAR CAPS FOR THRUSH AIRCRAFT. CALL FOR AFTER-SEASON SLOT. JOHNSON AIRSPRAY INC 218-437-6415, CELL 218201-1450 LINDLEY

1974 Piper Pawnee PA-25-235, N9560P, Ready to spray or tow your business banner! TT 4,349, Engine 1 OH Time: 348 SMOH, Prop 1 OH Time: 348 SPOH, Univair Lifetime Struts, Stock Pump & Booms w/CP’s, Smoker, all AD’s c/w, no corrosives, NDH. $85,500. One of the nicest you’ll find! Call 214-384-1858, email sft@airmail.net or go to our website for full details www.mauleairtexas.com

1966 PA 25-235 Pawnee - 3716TT/707 since O/H engine/2327 since IRAN Prop: 150 gallon hopper, Agrinautics pump, Weathaero fan, dropped streamlined booms, 2” left side load, nav/left landing and nose lights, Trimble GPS, Pistol grip, metal belly, new wing fabric in 2005 and empennage fabric in 2004, good tires/ glass/fabric and paint, annual completed in Sept. 2017 and all A.D. notes up to date. Aircraft hangared. $65,000 Contact Johnston Aircraft Service at 559-6861794, info@johnstonaircraft.com or www.johnstonaircraft.com

1982 PA36-375 (400HP) 5687TT, 1320 SMOH 1459 SPOH, SATLOC LiteStar, Lane electric brake, smoker, flagger, King Ky92 Comm, King KT76A trans, CP nozzles. Price reduced to $130,000 Doug at 402-318-2258

A-50

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Piper PA-25-235, 6919Z, 7606TT, 725 SMOH, Full hutch conversion, SS sprayer, CP nozzles, weath aero fan, Crophawk, smoker, flagger, low time prop, 250 hp.

Email rickh@ruraltel.net or call 785282-0218 1982 Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub, 620 horas desde nuevo!!, Tela nueva, pintura nueva, micas nuevas, recién inspecionado, GPS, Comm, Transponder. El PA-18 más nuevo y bonito en el mercado, $135,000 Sun Valley Aviation 956-421-4545

1976 PA 36 Turbine Brave 550SHP 6450TT, 3097 since P&W O/H PT6A-20A engine with 362 since HSI, 0 SOH 3 Blade Hartzell Prop, 275 gallon hopper, JAS gate, Agrinautics pump, electric brake, dropped streamlined booms with CP nozzles, 2” left side load, improved hopper lid, JAS High Lift Wing Leading Edges, 90 gal fuel, CommRadio, Crophawk, electric turn and bank, clock, nav/strobe/instrument/ landing and taxi lights, Del Norte GPS, pistol grip, left entry step, very good tires/ glass and paint, 1739 hours remaining on wing spar caps. This aircraft was imported from Australia, and has just had an extensive annual inspection of the engine, prop, and airframe, along with a NEW Airworthiness Certificate. This aircraft is in very good condition! Need a very reasonably priced, nimble turbine that will get a lot done for small $$$?

This is it!! PRICE REDUCED to $265,000!

Or Best Reasonable Offer. Call 559-6861794, Email info@johnstonaircraft.com or www.johnstonaircraft.com

1982 S2R- 600 Thrush, 5331 TT, 859 SMOH, 859 TTP Since New Blades, New paint 9/10, SATLOC Bantam with Intelliflow, All ADs, Commercial Annual, Lane Brake, Cold Air Intake, RH Boom Shutoff. $115,000 Call 204-324-1300

2011 Thrush 510 S2R-T34, 1850 TTAF&E, Cascade pressure cowl, Vortex generators, Load hawg, SATLOC bantam w/G4 screen and flow control, MVP 50 display, smoker and spreader. $630,000 601-946-7118

1996 Ayres S2R-T34, N2243J, TTAF: 8352.0, Engine(s) P&W PT6A-41 (SN PCE80183) HP 850 TT: 16,645, 357.0 SHS, Prop Specs: Hartzell HC-83TN-30 (SN BUA-19511) Time: 1623, New wing spars installed, SATLOC Bantam w/Intelliflow, Smoker, A/C & Heat, Bottom Load Fuel, Lane Electric Fan Brake, Cool Seat, Hopper Rinse Tank, Boom & Nozzles. $425,000 Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800325-0885 www.midcont.net

2013 510 -34 Thrush, 1250 TTAF & Engine, 250 SHSI, AG pilot X w/flow, 3”load, CP11, Lane fan & brake, smoke, flag, AC/heat, MVP50, Hatfield single point fuel, com radio and transponder.

Very clean. Looking for a CLEAN, 802 or 602-65...possible trade. Airplane available in November. Email agairflying@gmail. com for more information.

1996 G6 510 Thrush, 5411 TTAF, 1250 since GB, & Hot, G4 w/flow, new spray pump, Lane fan, spray valve, 3”load, CP11, AFS, VG’s, AC/heat, factory hopper rinse, 4 battery conversion, com radio & includes load hog which has been removed. Very clean. Email agairflying@ gmail.com for more information.

2005 Thrush S2R-G10, N40481, 4408 TT, 510 gal hopper, side load fuel, SATLOC M3, Smoker, GNC-250XL GPS/Com, heat and A/C operational, spreader w/two different sized feeders. Was operated under federal contract. Annual complied with October 2017. Owner motivated to sell aircraft. FX Aviation, (864) 9905600 ext 2.

1974 Rockwell S-2R Turbine Thrush, N4205X S/N 1968R ONE OWNER Prop: Hartzell HC-B3TN-5E Serial#: BUA 7324 Factory new blades Jan 2015, 2.0 Hrs SPOH, Satloc 99.5, Crophawk, Wing tip extensions [Aero Mod General], Winglets [Ag-Tips], [Custom Air Inc.], Tail Spring, SS Booms, 36 CP-03 nozzles, Lane fan brake, A/C [Harbor Air] Go to classifieds.agairupdate. com/details.php?id=1667 to see spec sheet. $187,500 Call Ron at 651-472-1244

1995 Thrush S2R-G6 N70WY. Owner motivated to sell aircraft. Aircraft was operated under Federal Contract for mosquito control and alfalfa spraying.

400 gallon hopper. Asking $395,000. FX Aviation, (864) 990-5600 ext 2.

New 2018 Thrush 510P, 510G or 710P aircraft slots available for 2018! All options available! Call for Pricing and availability!

ASI JET is an authorized Thrush Dealer and service center for North America!

Centrally located in Minnesota, We specialize in NEW and Used aircraft sales, service and parts! ASIJET.COM or Give us a call at 952-941-6255!

1998 Thrush S2R G-1 Super Conversion.

Very Clean and well cared for aircraft.

Airframe: Approx. 4675 hours TT, Approx.

1000 remain on Wing Spar Cap. Engine/ Propeller: 75 hours Since EXTENSIVE Hot Section (Arkansas Turbines), 1675 Hours Since Super-1 Conversion. Hartzell 3 blade prop - 3875 Hours TT, 1100 SMOH, approx. 475 hours Since new Blades.

Equipment: Bantam GPS, 400 Gallon Hopper, Large fuel (Approx. 190 Gallons), Single Point bottom load Fuel (both sides), Shadin Fuel Flow Meter, Air conditioning, Smoker, Hopper Rinse, Vortex Generators, Five Blade Weath Aero fan, Aluminum Booms, Comm Radio, Dual Landing light, NAV / Strobe lights, Windshield wiper/ washer, Tinted windows, Mesh seat and MORE!! Next Annual due 11/18! New Batteries 6/17. Overhauled Ignitor Box 6/17 $424,950 **All specifications are subject to verification upon inspection by buyer. We specialize in NEW and Used aircraft sales, service and parts! ASIJET. COM or Give us a call at 952-941-6255

The 510 Thrush has sent the standard in Ag Aviation for dependability. With rugged construction, simplified system and low maintenance, the 510 Thrush is the aircraft any operator can depend upon. Low maintenance, maximum loads, superior pattern makes the 510 Thrush a profit machine. All Thrush Aircraft models provide superb visibility, light control forces, and unmatched speed and maneuverability. www.thrushaircraft. com

The 660 Thrush with its innovative wing design and 54 foot wing span and over 400 square foot wing area ensures unmatched stability and control during ag maneuvers.

The combination of a solid airframe and powerful engine creates an airplane that outperforms the competition. Thrush is known for their structural durability and excellent performance under extreme conditions. www.thrushaircraft.com 1994 Ayres, S2R-T34,N94PR, TTAF 7835.9, P&W PT6A-34AG, 750 HP, Prop Hartzell HC-B3TN-3D, 3 BLADED, 0.0 SIRAN, Avionics/Radios, GPS Bantam w/ Intelliflow, , 578.7 hrs. since spar caps, CP-09’s, Vortex Generators, Hopper Rinse, Spreader, Harbor A/C, Electric Fan Brake, center point fuel, Bottom Load Fuel, Smoker, Kawak Quadrant, New Landing Gear, Wingman. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www. midcont.net

1979 S2R-T34, N455JM, Exportable, LoadMaster 4 Blade Prop, Wings: Vortex Generators, Strakes and Delta Wings, Wing Tip Extensions, SATLOC Bantam GPS and Intelliflow, Hopper: 500 Gal, Load Hawg, Record Inlet, Harbour Air Conditioning, TSO: 757.4 GG / 757.4 PS. Contact: Turbines Inc. at 812-877-2587 or turbines@turbinesinc.com

2012 Thrush S2R-T34, N3000H, TTAF: 2400, Engine(s) P & W PT6A-34 (SN PCE-PH0851) HP 750, Since Hot Section: 0. Prop Specs: Hartzell B3TN-3D (SN BUA32808), 3 Blade Prop, Time: 600 IRAN. Equipment List: MVP Glass Panel, Bantam GPS, Intelliflow, CP Nozzles, Winglets, AM-SAFE Seatbelt Air Bags, SS Booms, Smoker, SS Spreader, Vortex Venerators, Leading Lights , NAV- Lights, Strobes. Excellent Exterior & Interior.

Annual completed 2-2017. $665,000 Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800325-0885 www.midcont.net

1994 S2R-T34, N524SL, Model Number: P T6A -3 4, T S O : 0 . 0 0, E x p o r t a b l e , Wings: Avenger Spar Enhancement Kit, LoadMaster 4 Blade Propeller , Single Point Fueling System, AG-NAV 2 GPS, Air Conditioning. $500,000 Contact: Turbines Inc. at 812-877-2587 or turbines@ turbinesinc.com

2012 Thrush S2R-H80, N509DS, 1120.0 TTAF, GE Aviation GE-H80-100, 800 HP, 1120.0 TT. Prop Specs: Hartzell, 1120.0 TT. Avionics/Radios, GPS Bantam w/G4 Screen, Garmin SL- 40 Comm Radio, CP Nozzles, Vortex Generators, Intelliflow, Intercom, Hopper Rinse Tank, Smoker, Bottom Load Fuel, MVP-50 Panel. $675,000 Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net

2015 Thrush 510G Airframe: 750 hours TTSNEW, Engine/Propeller: 750 Hours TTSNEW. Equipment: 510 Gallon Hopper, MVP-50T Glass panel color display, 228 gallon (useable) fuel capacity, 2 inch stainless steel spray system, 41 inch stainless steel gate box, 4340 chrome-moly steel spar caps, Stainless steel bottom fuselage skins, Alodine Chromicoat L25 for corrosion resistance, Massive over turn structures, Quick detach fuselage skins, 28 – volt electrical system, Dual 24 – volt batteries, Wire deflector cable, Cockpit wire deflectors, Stainless steel rudder cables, Outside air temperature gauge, All metal Empennage, Zee Systems electric air conditioner/cabin heat, High flotation 29-in. tires, Cleveland dual caliper disc brakes, Wing root fairings, Windshield wiper and washer, Front Baggage compartment. Additional Options:Satloc Bantam with Intelliflow flow control, Load Hawg, Single Point fuel, Electric fan brake Model 111F, Smoker, Vortex Generators, Leading edge LED lights. **All specifications are subject to verification upon inspection by buyer. We specialize in NEW and Used aircraft sales, service and parts! ASIJET.COM or Give us a call at 952-941-6255

The 550 Thrush of fers new sturdy hopper and innovative large hopper door to improve access when loading dry chemicals, while providing a 550 gallon capacity. Fuel economy, low acquisition cost and proven performance makes the 550 Thrush a great option for operators. The 550 Thrush offers a choice of power plants, allowing you to tailor the aircraft to meet the demands of your particular operating environment. www. thrushaircraft.com

2015 Thrush S2R-H80, N6214F, TT: 1,070.2, Dual Cockpit w/Observers Seat, G4 SATLOC w/Intelliflow, Load Hawg, Smoker, Left Landing Light, Bottom Load Fuel-MCAC, Air Repair Hydraulic Gate, Booms, 42 each CP-11TT Nozzles, MVP50T, Glass Panel, AM Safe Seat Belts. Call for price. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net

Order your 510 Thrush Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection Call 478-987-2250 or order online at www. agairupdatemarketplace.com

WEATHERLY

1977 Weatherly 201C, Approx. 5700 hrs, less than 150 hrs. on major overhaul $65,000 662-803-5102 or 662-705-1104

MISCELLANEOUS AIRCRAFT

Bellanca Citabria 7GCAA N5057P, TTAF 6735, Lycoming O-320 TSMOH 860, Sensenich Prop TT 1610, New Concorde Battery, New Ceconite in 2010. Great flying airplane. Priced to sell. Call David Chancy at 229-645-3605

WORLD WIDE U.S. Dealer New/Used Ag Thrush, 34-510, 550-60, *FINANCING AVAILABLE* Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO Call 800-325-0885 or visit www.midcont.net

B1-A Callair Manufacturing Rights.

Available now is the type certificate, drawings, jigs, tooling, aircraft parts, and property associated with this 300 gal Pratt and Whitney 985 powered sprayer. Start your own aircraft company or expand your line. Airplane Services Inc. 850-675-1252, 850-380-7268, 850-380-6091.

Order your Radial Thrush Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478 - 987-2 2 5 0 o r o r d e r o n l i n e at agairupdatemarketplace.com

Turbo Prop Ag Planes - Take advantage of our biggest inventory of Turbo prop ag planes. Special buys and trades welcome.

PT6, Garrett, GE even Walters. Mid Continent Aircraft Corp 73-359-0500

September 2018

A-51

CLASSIFIEDS

1995 S2R-T45, dual cockpit, dual controls.

AFTT 7462, 10822 TTE, good cycles, 450 SMOH prop with new blades, 1515 left on wings. Fresh hot, fresh annual, drop booms, CP’s, Lane fan, SATLOC M3 with Intelliflow, 12 vane SSF spreader. Working every day. $330,000 OBO. Call Matt 208351-3786.

CLASSIFIEDS

Order your The AgOp Collage Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99 plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250 or order online at agairupdatemarketplace.com

HELICOPTER

Bell 206 B lll, N28373, Great Times! Annual 2-19-18, Isolair Spray system, Spike dry spreader,TracMap GPS, Heli Trailer, Truck and Load-out trailer, FAA 137. Ready to Work Today! Call 830-423-4705 or 210844-4074 NICE -TURNKEY SET UP - Get All of the equipment and truck with 2 trailers and the helicopter for less than the appraised value of the Helicopter. This set up is ready to go to work today.

Pratt and Whitney overhauled 1340 cylinders, carburetor, Ag cat spreader call Terry at 870-536-1348 or David at 870-550-1664

850SHP PT6A-41/42 Thrush FWF kits for sale. New balanced mount/Pressure Cowl included. Contact: Cascade Aircraft Conversions 509.635.1212 or email info@ cascadeaircraftconversions.com

Super Nice R1340 AgCat FWF package.

Running great & dry, Canadian times 8 0 0 - S M O H/4 0 - S T O H , 3 0 - S P O H , complete $49K, or will sell piece-meal.

AmAg: 870-886-2418/2489 Fax, or email frank.kelley@ag-cat.com

A.E.R.O. Turbine Parts: Call for the bes t pricing on your PT6A Engine Par t s & Rot ables. Cont ac t s ales @ aeroturbineparts.com or call (877) 8425640 Ext. 381.

R 9 8 5 -14 B , 2 7 0 - S M O H , 0 - S I R A N Covington. $36,900. R1340-83H1-G, 364-SMOH, 0-SIRAN Tulsa. $41,900.

Mags, Garbs, Governors, Alternators, Generators, Fuel Pumps, Starters, OHC R985/R1340 Cylinders. Call 870-8862418 or email frank.kelley@ag-cat.com

United Turbine PT6 Center of Excellence since 1991!! PT6A Overhaul, Repair & Test Capability. Component & Accessory Overhaul, Repair & Test. Part Sales & Purchases. Onsite, P&W correlated test cell. Call 305-885-3900 www.

UnitedTurbine.com

R-1340, Zero Time Since Overhaul By Covington, $66,500.00 Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401

N E W PT6 -11, 15, 3 4, 6 0, 65, 67 OUTRIGHT OR EXCHANGE, $CALL$; Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-3425451 or FAX 281-232-5401

R985-AN1-14B Tulsa Overhaul, New Pistons, Bosch mags. Ignition harness, carb, with warranty outright/exchange.

Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903429-6805

PT6A-15AG Engines: Need an engine replacement or upgrade for your Ag aircraft? Pratt & Whitney Canada has some 0 TSO PT6A-15AG PT6A-15AG PT6SMART(SM) engines available. Fly with the Eagle. Explore the available options for new and used engines and make your business “PT6SMART (SM)”. mike.lee@pwca.ca or call 450-647-3682.

R1340 Engine Overhauled, New Pistons, New Bearings, mags. Ignition harness, carb, with warranty outright/exchange.

Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903429-6805 R1340-AN2 Airmotive Overhaul, New Pistons, mags. harness, carb, with warranty outright/exchange. Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-429-6805 R985 AN 1/14B OHC new pistons, chrome cylinders, new bearings, Bosch mags warranty outright or exchange. Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-4296805

Bell 206 B lll - N28373 -Great Times - Annual 2-19-18 Isolair Spray system Spike dry spreader - TracMap GPS Heli Trailer - Truck and Load-out trailer - FAA 137 Ready to Work Today Call 830-4234705 or 210-844-4074 NICE -TURNKEY SET UP-Get All of the equipment and truck with 2 trailers and the helicopter for less than the appraised value of the Helicopter.

This set up is ready to go to work today.

R985-AN1-14B Tulsa Overhaul, New Pistons, mags. Ignition harness, carb, with warranty outright/exchange. Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-429-6805 Pr at t & W h i t n e y R- 985 & R-13 4 0 Overhauled Engines in stock. Props, carburetors, magnetos, alternators & accessories for above engines. Call Ches ter Rober t s Supply Company, Collinsville, TX Tel: 903-429- 6805, Fax: 903-429-6047 or email crs5r@ aol.com.

ENGINE - TURBINE Order your Bell 206 Helicopter Pen and Ink Drawing from our DeSpain Collection today for only $59.99. plus S&H. Call 478-987-2250 or order online at agairupdatemarketplace.com

ENGINE - PISTON Pratt & Whitney Piston Engines, Parts and Accessories in stock. 0-Time R-985 / R-1340 / R-1830-92 & -94 / R-2000-7M2 / R2800CB engines ready to go. Complete stock of engine parts. We stock complete OHC cylinder assys. Ready to install. Call Sun Air Parts 661-257-7708, Fax 661-2577710 or email info@sunairparts.com Immediate Deliver y! 0 -SMOH Tulsa R13 4 0AN -1HYD. Deluxe with New Pistons. OHC 22D40 Prop & Gov also in stock. Call for SPECIAL PRICING. Frank Kelley at 870-759-1692

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GE Aviation is of fering 0 TSO/CSO M601 E/E-11 engine for sale with full OEM warranty. For more information email sales.geac@ge.com or call +420602133039.

Many Honeywell/Garrett TPE331-6 and TPE331-10 available in stock. Call 417781-8324 or e-mail sales@teci.com Jetset Airmotive: PT6A-27 TSO 0. For pricing call Paul at 817-354-2002 or email preeves@jsamiami.com PT6A-34AG, Sn# PCE-57427 “0” SOH. Call Darryl Riddell at 479-935-4891 Cascade has the 850SHP STC kit for the AT-502 or AT-502B aircraft. This kit is complete with prop, MVP-50T Glass Panel Display, New Upper Instrument Panel. Power to perform and reports from owners are “increased my gross $300/ hr”. $188,500 for the kit less engine. Call Cascade to power up your business at 509.635.1212

850SHP PT6-42 Turboprop FWF Power Upgrade for the Air Tractor AT502/502B aircraft. Complete new FWF package ready to bolt on your aircraft. 850SHP continuous up to 106° F OAT. This power upgrade package includes engine, new engine mount, all accessories, MVP-50T glass panel engine analyzer, Cascade Pressure Cowl including the new Par 46 LED pulsing light system and field proven serviceable air filtration system providing superior protection and maximum air availability to the engine. Power up your productivity with this new STC from Cascade Aircraft Conversions. Now scheduling production and receiving deposits. Contact Cascade at 509.635.1212 or tom@ cascadeaircraftconversions.com Covington Aircraft - Turbine Engines Available - PT6A-21 0 TSO; PT6A-135A NEW; PT6A-34AG NEW; PT6A-34AG 0 TS Covington Light Overhaul; PT6A-41 3196 TSO; PT6A-41 3511 TSOPT6A-42 2107 TSO; PT6A-42 2066 TSO; PT6A65AG 314 T S N ; P T6A - 65AG 5916 TSN/ 0 TS Covington Light Overhaul; PT6A-65AG 3998 TSN/ 0 TS Covington Light Overhaul; PT6A-67AG 2851 TSN. Contact us for New Engine Prices. We are interested in buying or exchanging for any core you may have regardless of condition.

Contact: David Hamilton at 918-756-7862 or davidh@covingtonaircraft.com Universal Turbine Parts - PT6 Engines Ready For Immediate Shipment - 4 ea PT6A-27/-28 TSO 0(4); 4 ea PT6A-34 TSO 0(4); 6 ea PT6A-41 TSO 0(2), 318, 899, 1764, 3012; 7 ea PT6A-42 TSO 0(4), 1875, 2660, 3426; 1 ea PT6A-67D TSO 2997; 1 ea PT6A-67R TSO 0(1). We also buy PT6, JT15D, PW100 & PW500 ENGINES in any condition. Call Jeff Raines Phone: (334) 315-3517 Fax: (334) 361-0290 or e-mail jraines@utpparts.com or sales@ utpparts.com

EQUIPMENT - BOOMS Nearly New Helipod (Simplex) Spray System. Carbon Fiber Boom and complete system. Excellent condition and price!

Split shipping: Call (509) 856-8353

SUPERBOOMS, Thrush Servos; Maintenance on Ag & G.A. Aircraft Including Heavy Structural Repairs; Robinson Helicopter Service Center; Machining, Fabricating & Sheet Metal Gurus; Tri-State Aviation, ND 800-6425777 or tsa@tri-stateaviation.com www. tri-stateaviation.com Boom Clamps-The Davidon Boom Clamp was designed with simple form and workmanship for ease of use and ease of mind about function. Aluminum construction for 2” and 3” inch airfoil booms. The one you’ve been looking for.

Made in USA. Davidon Inc. 229-645-3605. www.davidononline.com Custom Boom Systems–Specializing in 2” and 3” Airfoil Aluminum Booms custom built to your specifications. Length, Nozzle Spacing, Attachment ends, all tailored to your specific needs. Stainless Steel Available also. Made in USA. Davidon Inc. 229-645-3605.davidononline.com

EQUIPMENT - NOZZLES For sale. 2 Micronair AU 5000 atomizers with 20 mesh Brazed Gauze. Very low time. Call 760 408-8158 for more info.

44 used Davidon atomizers and booms for sale. Booms measure 16 feet & 6 inches.

All atomizers in excellent condition. Lost spraying contract. $14.000 Call Davidon, Inc. 229-645-3605 Rotary nozzle set for sale. Great condition!

Only used 3 months. Versatile with any boom. Lost spraying contract and need to sale. Call Davidon, Inc. 229-645-3605 CP nozzles and check valves. Distribuidor en Argentina: ArAvia S.A. -Venado Tuerto (Sta Fe) T.E. 54-3462-433540 - FAX: 438344 CP NOZZLES and CHECK VALVES THE DRIFT FIGHTERS! - We carry a VERY LARGE INVENTORY and we have KNOWLEDGE ABLE SALE S PEOPLE! Improve your spray pattern and CUT DOWN ON YOUR HEADACHES! Contact Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr.

Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: parts@johnstonaircraft.com /web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com NEW! CP11TT/w-3 Tips & Shutoff in stock and ready to ship today! Call 1-800437-5319 Sky Tractor LLC Newberg Electrostatic Spraying LLC is the exclusive distributor for Spectrum Electrostatic Spray Systems. Do more acres with better performance. Call Ed Newberg 320 -848-2745. Serving northern US and Canada. Now STC’d for all 400 and 500 series Air Tractors.

Tri-Set Hydraulic Nozzle-Three Deflection angles, Three Orifice sizes, Quick Easy Adjustment, USDA Performance Tested and data Available. Made in USA. Davidon, Inc. 229-645-3605.davidononline.com Rotar y atomizer Nozzle delivering Uniform Droplet Spectrum, Low Drag, Low Maintenance, Dependable performance. Made In USA. Davidon, Inc. 229-645-3605 www.davidononline.com

EQUIPMENT - PARTS Agrinautics, Root, Crop Hawk, Transland, others, $CALL$; Lane Aviation 281-3425451 or FAX 281-232-5401

Cascade Aircraft Conversions Barrier Filter System for the Soloy Turbine Converted Bell 47/Hiller 12 Helicopters.

See decreased TOT by up to 38 degrees C. Pull full torque at lower TOT temps, burn less fuel, extend the life of critical turbine parts. Contact Cascade Aircraft Conversions at 509-635-1212 or tom@ cascadeaircraftconversions.com Let us help you meet increa singly stringent precision application demands.

Our systems meet those demands, lower operating costs, and increase your profits. Call 541-385-5051 or www. kawakaviation.com E V ERY TH I N G yo u n e e d fo r YO U R Aircraft-PARTS, ENGINE OVERHAULS, REPAIRS/REBUILDS/MODIFICATIONSSPECIALIZING in THRUSH and BRAVE! JAS 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: info@johnstonaircraft.com /web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com Agrinautics, Inc. Best spray pumps, valves, and strainers in the business! For service w/ a smile, call us at 435-586-1200. e-mail:agrinaut@cedarcity.net D i s p e r s a l E q u i p m e n t : We a t h a e r o Feathering Fans, Crophawks, Smokers, F l a g g e r s , N o z z l e s , Tr a n s l a n d , Breckenridge Spreaders, Airfoil Booms, Dry Breaks, Load Hawgs, All Aircraft Styles. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net.

Standard Grumman Gate Spreader. 9 vane 24” inside measurement on the throat. Motivated to sell make an offer.

Email gunpilot75@hotmail.com or call Monticello at 270-305-2749 Transland 10 vane spreader for 38” gate, new, $9,900; Lane Aviation 281-342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401 STAINLESS STEEL SPREADERS & REPAIR - STAINLESS STEEL FABRICATORS, INC. In business for over 30 years. We are the manufacturer of “original” 10 vane, 12 vane & “the 13 vane” spreader, standard throat and high volume. We do repairs on all models, including Transland and Swathmaster. Call for more information.

800-736-3433 or 870-217-9232 New Gate Keeper technology controlled seeding gate - Pilot friendly, ea sy calibration, and accurate distribution.

TCL’S variable rate gate it the most versatile on the market- Applies from ultra fine product like herbicide impregnated sand all the way up to coarse seed accurately. Contact Turbine Conversions - 616-837-9428 TurbineConversions.com

EQUIPMENT - SUPPORT Very nice Supertow III aircraft tug. Over $5,000 for a new one and this one is barely used. NEW, NEVER used snow chains.

New headlight and engine servicing. Has battery tender onboard. Rated up to 15,000 lbs. $3,000 Jacob 580-330-0589 or 620-492-2414 Load Hog out of 510 Thrush. $2500 or Best Offer. Call Mike at 352-494-3978

EQUIPMENT - PUMPS SS All-Flo 2” NTP Diaphragm Pump P/N # SP-20, 180 GPM 2” 316 Stainless Steel/ PTFE Engineered for maximum fluid and chemical compatibility & freeze free operation, ranging from clean fluids to slurries, to solids applications. Bolted design provides ease of maintenance and leak free operation. NEW Price $5700 Selling 2 New in the box at $4000 each one used for $2500. Details: Air Inlet 3/4”, Weight 146, Max Flow 180 GPM, Max Air Pressure 120 psi, Max Solids 1/4”, Max Suction Lift Dry 13 ft, Max Suction Lift Wet 26 ft . Call Tanner at 701-520-0229

EQUIPMENT - SPREADERS Breckenridge spreader for Thrush or Dromader. $3000 Call Frank at 318-6148661 41” SSF 13 vane spreader, fresh overhaul

by SSF, looks almost new. $4,000 Call 573-225-8019 Grumman dry spreader for sale. Good condition! $750 OBO call Aaron Meyer at 308-367- 6538 or email ameyer@ windstream.net TRANSLAND PARTS AND EQUIPMENT - WE ARE A TRANSLAND DISTRIBUTOR A N D H AV E B E E N H E L P I N G A G OPERATORS WITH THEIR NEEDS FOR 60 PLUS YEARS! CALL AND LET OUR VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE SALES PEOPLE H EL P YO U !!! E XCEL L EN T PR I CE S , KNOWLEDGE, AND SERVICE. Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 559-686-1794, parts@johnstonaircraft.com, fax 559686-9360 or www.johnstonaircraft.com.

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We have an overstock of the large Lane Fan, 111FLT. Price is under list. Call Transland at 940 -687-1100 or email ayork@translandllc.com for more info.

FINANCE Air Tractor financing can put an Air Tractor in your hangar. Air Tractor offers competitive financing options in the U.S. and Canada from Wells Fargo Equipment Finance. Fly now and take seven years to pay, 10 years to amortize and have a fixed interest rate for the life of the loan. Other attractive term periods are available, too. These financing options are available on both new and used Air Tractors purchased through Air Tractor dealers. See your Air Tractor dealer today!

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YOUR #1 AIR TRACTOR DISTRIBUTOR IN SALES AND SERVICE AIRCRAFT 2018 AIR TRACTORS , RESERVE YOUR POSITION NOW ................................................. $CALL$ 2018 AT-502XP, FTO, 234 FUEL, SS CAMLOCS, LANE BRAKE AND FAN, MVP50 .....$1,021,500 2017 AT-802A, 400 TTAF&E, -65AG, LOADED ............................................................$1,315,000 2010 AT-802A, 2,990 TTAF&E, -67AG, FRESH HOT AND ANNUAL ................................$925,000 2016 AT-502XP, 600 TTAF&E, G4/FLOW, VG’S, SMOKER, KAWAK, ANNUAL ................$920,000 2014 AT-502B, 1,500 TTAF&E, G4/FLOW, VG’S SMOKER, COMM & TXP, LANE BRAKE/FAN .. $650,000 ENGINES R-1340, ZERO TIME SINCE OVERHAUL BY COVINGTON ................................................$66,500 NEW PT6 -11, 15, 34, 60, 65, 67 OUTRIGHT OR EXCHANGE .......................................... $CALL$ PROPELLERS HARTZELL 3 BLADE AND 5 BLADED PROPS – NEW AND USED ..................................... $CALL$ DISPERSAL EQUIPMENT TRANSLAND 10 VANE SPREADER FOR 38” GATE, NEW ....................................................$9,900 AGRINAUTICS, ROOT, CROP HAWK, TRANSLAND, OTHERS ........................................... $CALL$

Like new factor y reconditioned DynaFlight-AirAg-Pro system complete with new wiring harness, new GNSS Antenna and new display. Only the processor box is reconditioned, Special Price: $8,900 Call 604-465-0009 NOW introducing the new VEKTOR MAX GPS - faster, more capability and extremely user friendly. DYNA NAV VEKTOR MAX GPS - NEWEST system on the market with a FANTASTIC PRICE for all of it’s CAPABILITIES! EASY to use, RELIABLE, MUCH FASTER and HIGHER TECH. DYNA NAV FLOW CONTROL SYSTEMS ALSO AVAILABLE - PREMIUM QUALITY at an AFFORDABLE PRICE! JAS - NORTH AMERICAN DEALER Tel 559686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: info@johnstonaircraft.com / web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com Best Classified Buy In The Industry.

478-987-2250.

Fax: 478-352-0025.

Lane Aviation, Inc. “Specializing in Turbine and Piston Air Tractors”

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281-342-5451 TEL • 281-232-5401 FAX e-mail: glane@laneav.com • www.laneav.com P.O. Box 432 • Rosenberg, Texas 77471

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AgPilotX – New iPad-based GPS Guidance System from Insero - $11,995 introductory offer. Only 3 components – all wireless.

Call Anthony at 480-285-4367 or Greg at 602-363-9225

GPS - SATLOC New 8.4” M3 Touchscreens in Stock – $1395 each. Buy as an upgrade, a replacement or for inventory. New Satloc Systems - Bantams, G4s, IntelliFlows and more in stock. From Insero - Call Anthony 480-285-4367 SATLOC GPS sales and repair center. Call for all your SATLOC needs. North Star Aviation, Inc 888-272-1417 Satloc, Intelliflow The leading edge Satloc Level III Service repair center.

Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp. Hayti, Mo 800-325-0885 Intelliflow Flow Controls - In stock, now shipping! Sky Tractor LLC 1-800-4375319 Satloc GPS systems in stock, Bantam, G4, M3, Intelliflow, and Litestar3. We did it again, leading Level 3 Service Center/ Dealer 2015. Why buy anywhere else, we’ve got what you need, and service after the sale! Call now 800-437-5319 Sky Tractor LLC SATLOC G4, M3, and Bantam. Air Repair Inc, is the worldwide leader in sales and service. Call Danny (sales) or Dallas (service) 662-846-0228 Fax. 662-8430811 sales@airrepairinc.com

AG PILOT INSTRUCTORS WANTED: Due to the article in EAA Sport Pilot Magazine about us in August, we are expecting a very busy training schedule this year.

We are looking for a few more Ag Pilot Instructors interested in giving back to the industry and prepare the next generation of Ag Pilots to be the safest Ag Pilots they can be. Plan now for your down time after your season. We are looking for Ag Pilot Mentors. Because Ag Pilot training can be done without a rating, a Fixed WingCFI is not required, but can be helpful.

We would like Ag Pilot Mentors with a minimum of 3 years Ag Pilot Experience.

Train to Ag Pilot Minimum standards established by us. Above average pay for above average Mentors. Call for details.

Flexible training schedule. We ask for two week commitments at a time. We can help with housing while you are here.

Give us a call to put you on our schedule as a Mentor! Send resume to: bevsons@ gmail.com or call 772-285-5506.

A&P / Ground support individual needed for a large midwest agricultural operation.

Please send resume and references to blindads@agairupdate.com Subject: ID#1812 or fax to 478-352-0025.

A g r o F l i te C o r p o r at i o n i s s e e k i n g experienced AT-602 pilots. We have immediate availability for full time and part time pilot positions. This position consist of extensive dry work and some liquid work as well. Previous ag experience is required in Air Tractors or equivalent aircraft. We operate extremely clean equipment and offer very competitive compensation.

Come join a team of professionals that love what they do! Please email resumes to admin@agroflite.com.

Growing Aerial Application Business seeking experienced pilots for 2019 season and beyond. We are looking for pilots who can step in, and go to work while being safe, efficient, and team players. Work is in several states (ID, OR, WA, NV) out of multiple locations. Our area covers a very diverse growing region, therefore, attention to detail is critical.

Operations are conducted in various locations off of both municipal, private, and improved runways. The successful candidate(s) will be individuals that do not require wrote consistency, but can adapt to a changing environment, and thrive on new opportunities. Season timing is from April through mid-October (looking for permanent, and seasonal pilots). We perform both day and night time operations (utilizing Night Vision Goggles)...there are opportunities for both day and night time seats based on candidate qualifications. Seasonal wage guarantees may also be available, pending qualifications. Aircraft are M-18 Turbine Dromader’s and a 510 Thrush (all aircraft are powered by TPE331-10 Power plants). Requirements: 2,000 turbine AG minimum , Time in type (or experience with TPE331 engines) highly preferred, 802 experience is desired, Herbicide experience preferred, Must be able to pass license tests in the states listed. Send resume and references to operations@ valleyairllc.com www.ValleyAirLLC.com Loader needed for North Dakota operation.

Great opportunity to possibly work your way up into a seat! Call Rod Mattern at Mattern Spray Service 701-321-0767 Pilot needed for a large Midwest turbine operation June 15th thru August 15th.

Will be in NE, CO, KS, MN, and ND. 510 Thrush or AT-502. Call 308-991-3432 or email rdwells@gtmc.net

Hendrickson Flying Service, Inc is in need of qualified ground crew to support spray aircraft during the Northern Illinois corn run. CDL and experience handling and mixing pesticides is preferred, but not required. Base hourly plus commission.

Seasonal employment. Call Cameron at 815-384-5151 or 815-739-6813 Turbine ag pilot wanted for spray season.

Please send resume to skidoo@srt.com Product Specialist Position - CapstanAG™ is a pioneer in innovative precision agricultural products using cutting edge technology.

Our mission is to provide growers and applicators with the best solution to their ever changing needs, coupling that with the highest level of customer support.

CapstanAG’s recently released innovation for the Aerial market is SwathPRO™.

SwathPRO utilizes PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) technology to solve complex Aerial application issues. SwathPRO has generated incredible feedback from pilots and growers that have been field testing this product over the past year and a half.

We are in the process of looking for the right person to fill a Product Specialist role who will work closely with Engineering, Sales and other team members to make SwathPRO as successful in the market as our other products. The perfect candidate will have a minimum of 2-5 years of Sales/ Marketing experience, and experience within the aerial application industry.

A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is preferred. The candidate must have excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to travel up to 50% or more. The right candidate will be able to manage this position anywhere in the US. If you would like to be a part of our team and feel like you have what we are looking for, please forward your resume to our HR Department, bchildress@capstanag.com.

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2013 AT-802A-0522 N335QF PTA-67AG 3365 Hrs. T.T. A & E., 588 Hrs. since H.S.I. & new CT blades, A/C, heat, hyd. gate, Wingman, Satloc G4, single point fuel, smoker, Lane brake, audio panel and more.........................................................................................................................................$850,000 2011 AT-802A-0415 N802TR -67 AG 3741 Hrs. T.T. A & E, 998 Hrs. since light OH, 0 Hrs. H.S.I. and prop reseal. Satloc Bantam, Fast Start, comm radio, transponder .........................$850,000 2009 AT502B-2691 N769PB PT6A-34AG 3037.1 Hrs. T.T. A & E 0 Hrs. H.S.I. & starter gen. New 4 blade prop, all new landing gear. Satloc G4 with flow control, single point fuel. VG’s, radio pkg, many other extras. ......................................................................................................................................$625,000

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402 Ag Pilot Wanted - Pilot needed from now through November in Louisiana.

Please contact Jace at 985-637-0747 or email at jacegarner1@yahoo.com Seeking 2 experienced pilots for 2018 season and beyond. We are looking for 2 pilots who can step into the plane and go to work while being efficient. Work is in multiple states(OK, KS, ND, OR) off multiple locations. Herbicide is a fair portion of our work, this means you must be able to tell the difference between corn and soybeans. Seat would be from now until mid-Oct. (Looking for permanent pilots; recurring season starts in mid march.) Planes are a 602 with a -65 and a 510 with a -41. Short, rough strips are fairly common. Requirements: 2,000 turbine AG minimum, Time in type highly preferred, Herbicide experience required, Must be able to pass license tests in the states listed. If interested please send a resume to adaaspraying@gmail.com. call 580-5324483. Thanks, The Deterdings at ADAA. AT-502 pilot needed at Texas Bailey Flying Service in Plainview Texas. Call Rick at 806-494-2248 or 806-889-3400 Immediate Full Time Position open for Pilot. Must be current in AT-502 or similar.

Year round work located in Palm Beach County, FL. Contact Bart Perryman at 561-261-9740 or send resume to Deena@ aerialcropprotection.com We are looking for an experienced pilot to fly our 510 Thrush (Pt-6) or Turbine Cat for the 2018 season. Please send resumes’ to Hendricksonflyingservice@gmail.com Looking for banner pilot and loader for spray operation. Possible advancement to our spray operation. Housing provided.

Call Bob at 410-251-6224 Looking to employee experienced pilots on Air Tractor 802 or turbine Thrush 550P for a minimum 3 consecutive fire fighting seasons in the Mediterranean region.

Each fire season is 6 months. We offer competitive salary, house and car. Please submit your CV to aviators@hotmail.gr Attention: Mr. Paphitis Aero Tech Inc. is in search of a qualified AT-802 pilot for the 2018 season, JulySept. Employment will open opportunities to next years fire season if your interested in flying a SEAT. Standard pay with g uar ante e s . Em ail ap p l i c ati o ns to cameron@aerotechteam.com South Florida Air Tractor dealer looking for experienced A&P mechanic to work on agricultural aircraft. PT6 turbine experience preferred. Competitive salary, paid health care and paid retirement. Call Rick 800-441-2964 IA and A&P mechanics needed. Call 870 -295- 6213 Salary depending on qualifications and experience.

AG AIR AIRCRAFT, INC. located at the Corning Municipal Airport in Corning, AR is looking for A&P and A&P IA Mechanics.

Must have the following: Air Tractor experience, PT6A experience and 3 references. Contact Aaron Keahey at 870-857-3755. Email resumes to aaronagairaircraft@outlook.com

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Help Wanted - Full time A&P mechanic ne e de d in man u f ac tur in g s e t tin g .

Experience with turbine engines a plus.

We offer competitive wages & benefits. If you are an independent, self starter, with attention to detail person, please send your resume to Turbine Conversions, Ltd at amgrahek@yahoo.com

IA plus A&P mechanic opportunity. Willing to relocate for year round work. Salary and benefits upon qualifications. Please send resume and references to blindads@ agairupdate.com Subject: ID#1528 or fax to 478-352-0025

INSURANCE THE COLE AGENCY, INC.Specializing In: Aerial Applicators, Helicopter Operations, Pleasure & Business, Commercial Aviation, Airpor t s, Life Insur ance for Aerial Applicators & Pilots, Health Insurance for Aerial Applicators & Pilots. When it comes to placing aviation insurance, you need to work with an insurance agent who specializes in that field. At the Cole Agency we make sure you receive the best aviation insurance packages, at the most competitive price. At the Cole Agency we don’t just talk aviation, we are pilots as well. When insuring aircraft, picking the right aviation specialist first is important.

The limited number of aviation insurance companies will only deal with one agent at a time during the year. You want to make sure that you have a reputable aviation insurance specialist who works with these companies and underwriters every day to represent you, your aircraft and business. Give us a call. Cole Agency Inc. 319 Walnut Street Montezuma, Ga 31063 478- 472-2010 478- 472-8694 fax kevin@thecoleagency.com www. thecoleagency.com INSURANCE from the Leading Ag Aviation Brokers. 64 Years Risk Management, Low-time Pilot Coverage. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www. midcont.net.

HARDY AVIATION INSURANCE, INC. “Insurance from a name you can trust, at a price you can afford.”-Randy Hardy.

Centrally Located in Wichita Kansas since 1995, Hardy Aviation Insurance ha s a s tron g his tor y in the ae r ial application industry by tailoring the best comprehensive plans to fit their client’s specific needs. Prompt, courteous service from a dedicated and knowledgeable staff whom have years of experience servicing the aerial application industry.

Hardy Aviation Insurance has expanded coverages beyond aviation insurance to include: Homeowners, Auto, Marine, Life, Farm & Ranch, Long-Term Care and Business Insurance. Call 1 800 7216733 or fax us at 316-945-2330. Get an online quote from our web site at www. hardyaviationins.com or e-mail us at hardy@hardyaviationins.com DAVIDSON SOLID ROCK INSURANCE DOUG DAVIDSON, aircraft owner and commercial pilot, has served the unique insurance needs of the agricultural aviation community since 1982. He founded Davidson Solid Rock Ins. in 1995 on Christian principles, honesty, integrity, and the commitment to provide insurance products as solid as our name! One call is all it takes to shop all available markets for your specialized aviation insurance needs.

We welcome the opportunity to talk with you at 800-358-8079. Or visit our website at www.dsrockin.com

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Aerocreeper - Adjustable Height Creeper - Work on your plane or equipment with more comfort and ease! Easy to operate, 10 quick adjustments, Height range 4.5” to 20”, Heavy duty design, Low maintenance and Made in USA! Great customer service! Use promo-code AA18 for $20 discount. 435-744-1019 www. aerocreeper.com Reduce Drift, Increase Deposition and Retention use Control™ FREE SAMPLE http://www.GARRCO.com/freesample 765-395-3441, mrfoam1@garrco.com Toy plastic model Air Tractor. 12” wingspan, removable stand. Great toy for the kids or desktop model. $15 + s/h order online at www.takeofftoys.com or e-mail trevoredwards@sw.rr.com Fight rodent infestation with Cascade’s i n n ov at i ve a n d e x t re m e l y s i m p l e solution, Mouse Pants! Hand crafted from the highest quality 2024-T3 aircraft aluminum (lighter and not as likely to carve up an operator like galvanized steel). Quick action Wing nut CAMLOC aircraft grade fasteners. Rubber trimmed to protect your aircraft’s finish and the flooring surface. Order your set of three for only $599.00 plus shipping and handling. Please contact Cascade Aircraft Conversions at 509-635-1212 or tom@ cascadeaircraftconversions.com HOTSTUFF AG AIRCRAFT CLEANER Call to order the # 1 Ag Aircraft cleaner in the country, Used by over 400 operators Coast to Coast. Blue Stripe Distributing 877-924-5025 SUPERBUGS A safe and economical way to speed up Mother nature! Dispose of hazardous waste in loading and spill areas, ponds and ditches. SUPERBUGS disposes of insecticides, Fungicides, herbicides, and petroleum products such as waste oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, solvent or anything of organic nature. Blue Stripe Distributing Toll Free 877-924-5025 Crop Duster Video - “The Crop Dusters - The Early Years 1921-1955”; the era of Stearmans and Cubs flying the fields will never be seen again. Available in VHS or DVD. Only $20.00, plus S&H. MC and Visa accepted. Call 478-987-2250 Historical Video Productions.

Keep your drink hot or cold in this insulated 16oz Air Tractor Tervis Tumbler. $14.99 plus S&H Made in the USA, Makes a great gift. For more information call 478-987-2250 or visit our Market Place at www.agairupdatemarketplace.com D e Sp ain Co ll e c tio n Cus to miz ab l e Note Cards featuring your favorite Pen and Ink drawing. $19.99 plus S&H For more information call 478-9872250 or visit our Market Place at www. agairupdatemarketplace.com

OPERATIONS FOR SALE OR WANTED Business Operation For Sale - 60X60 Hangar used as Maintenance and Aerial Application Business. Includes 18ft by 19ft office with restroom. 55ft by 12ft Bifold door. 14ft sidewalls. Insulated Radiant heat. Attached 16ft X 60ft cold storage also includes Octa Flex Containment for Spraying Business. Good side fields with very good price structure. Upper Midwest corn-soybeans-small grain. Good Opportunity for someone willing to work. $117,500 605-448-8372 Redfield, SD

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Business Opportunity - Recently Built 80ft Wide X 60ft deep Hangar, 62ft X 16ft Hydroswing door 18ft side walls Located on Municipal Airport. Great Opportunity for someone wanting to work and build an Aerial Application Business $150K - Sold my planes and need to sell facilities. 605448-8372 Faulkton South Dakota Ever wanted to star t your own AG OPERATION (Under Part 137)? As Ag Aviation Consultants we can help you find an airplane and train you. We can help you get your Operating Certificate-Part 137, Private or Commercial. Call Eagle Vistas LLC 772-285-5506

PARTS - AIRFRAME Avenger 40,000 hour Stainless Spar Caps.

Available now. $30,000 Call Darryl Riddell 479-935-4891 Thrush Wings with 40,000 hr. Avenger Spar Caps and heavy duty leading edges.

Large fuel and fresh spar caps. $75,000 Call Darryl Riddell at 479-935-4891 Rudder and Elevator off of an AT-301 for sale. $1,000 Call Mike for details at 352494-3978.

Front seat for a Citabria 7 series and a Maule tail wheel, tire size 8x3.00x4 single arm in fair condition with good bearings and race. Both for $175 Call Don at 402841-5144 or email flyagrp@cableone.net Smokers/Driftfinders - Minimize your off target drift risk. FAA/PMA’d and STC’d for installation on most Agricultural aircraft.

44 years in business and over 6,200 units in service. For more information Please call Compro Aviation, Inc. 785899-2294 or visit us on the web at www. comproaviation.com AgCat Frameworks Sale! Installation ready...out of factory fixtures. Also, up-grades...long fuel, hoppers, wires, mounts, Empennage, struts, ailerons, canopies, wingtips, special hardware, dispersal equipment. AgCat Sales & Service since 1971. AmAg: 870-8862418/2489 Fax, or email frank.kelley@ ag-cat.com Fresh refurbished AT-402 hopper with lid. $7,500 Call 620-285-5609 AT-502B wings with new spar. For more information call 309-759-4646 or email farmair@farmairinc.com PMA Piper Brave and Weatherly tailsprings in stock. Contact Storm Aeronautics at 402-367-3213 FAA approved STC’d wire cutters for Air Tractors. Storm Cutters are the newest advancement in wire cutter technology (Patent Pending). These cutters mount to the landing gear and have adel clamps positioned along the trailing edge of the gear to secure the brake lines which do away with the standard black zip ties currently used.

We now have Storm Cutters in stock and available for Air Tractor models 301-802.

Contact Storm Aeronautics at 402-3673213 to order your set, or check us out at www.stormaeronautics.com Piper airframe parts, Continental and Lycoming engine parts and a few spray system parts, new surplus, big discounts!

Please have part numbers when contacting us. Preferred Airparts, 800-433-0814 US/ Canada; 330-698-0280. Check stock at www.preferredairparts.com

Cessna airframe parts, Continental and Lycoming engine parts, and a few spray system parts, new surplus, big discounts!

Please have part numbers when contacting us. Preferred Airparts, 800-433-0814 US/ Canada; 330-698-0280. Check stock at www.preferredairparts.com Retrofit Hopper Door for AT-502 and AT-602. Now available for fall and winter installation Professional Fibreglass Repair.

530-735-6264 We have all fibreglass parts for Weatherly and Ag-Cat (A, B and Super B). Call for prices. Professional Fibreglass Repair.

530-735-6264 Replacement parts. New and used for all Ag Cat models. Also carry New Piper and Weatherly tailwheel springs and Transland Dealer. Call Storm Aeronautics 402-367-3213 Pressure Cowls for all PT6 Air Tractors and Thrush Aircraft. Balanced Mount/Pressure Cowls for Thrush. Reduce ITT 35 to 70 degrees. Reduce fuel consumption. Save on Hot Section Inspections. Easy access to service fuel nozzles & air filter. Reduce NG 1 to 3%. Make your -15 perform like a -34. ELIMINATE ONGOING AIR FILTER PURCHASES! Please contact Cascade Aircraft Conversions at 509-635-1212 or tom@cascadeaircraftconversions.com.

Air Tractor auxiliary hydraulic system.

20lbs/hr LESS fuel burn, improved spray pattern, reduced maintenance cost, cockpit adjustable flow controls. Inquires call 541-385-5051 or www.kawakaviation. com REBUILT 29” THRUSH LANDING GEAR IN STOCK & we can REPAIR / REBUILD yours to LIKE NEW STATUS. Johnston Aircraft Service, INC. 559-686-1794 / Email parts@johnstonaircraft.com / www.johnstonaircraft.com BRAVE and PAWNEE PARTS-Engines, Props, Spar kits, Fuel cells, Foam kits, Wings, Turbine and 400 CONVERSIONS, and much more. Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr. Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559686-9360, e-mail: info@johnstonaircraft. com /web site: www.johnstonaircraft. com LOAD HAWG-The modern, efficient, safe, perfect way to improve your solids application. Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp.

Hayti, MO 800-325-0885 Cessna Authorized Parts Center: Prompt, World-Wide Par ts Service, Engines, Bonaire 550 Conversions, Wings.MidContinent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-3250885 www.midcont.net.

Agrinautics, Automatic Flagman, Arrow prop, Air Tractor (Associate dealer Queen Bee Air Specialties) CP Nozzles, Compro Smoker, Crophawk, Covington Aircraft Engine, Collins Air Conditioner, Cleveland, Chip Detector, Satloc GPS, Hot Stuff, Nieto Products, New and used aircraft, (large) Parts Inventory, ServAero, Spraying Systems, Co., Superbugs, SPH-4 Helmet, Simplex, Tires, Transland, WeathAero.

Sky Tractor LLC 800-437-5319, www. skytractor.com, email@skytractor.com, 701-636-5881 (fax) Lockable full swivel tail wheels for Thrush or Ag Cat, 500-5 or 600-6 wheel available all STC approved Call Turbine Conversions 616-837-9428 to order.

Cessna Ag Parts. Air Repair, Inc. Phone.

662-846-0228 Fax. 662-843-0811 sales@ airrepairinc.com

Tools for reaming attach bolts Wing Main (Centerwing to Outboard wing) attachment joints for Dromader M-18 per repair service bulletin #e/02.170/2000 Available for rent. Contact Nancy at Turbine Conversions - 616-837-9428 Large inventory of Air Tractor parts surplus to our needs. Call for list. Air Repair, Inc. Phone. 662-846-0228 Fax. 662-843-0811 sales@airrepairinc.com Large inventory of Thrush parts surplus to our needs. Call for list. Air Repair, Inc. Phone. 662-846-0228 Fax. 662-843-0811 sales@airrepairinc.com Cessna Parts - Engines, propellers, and MUCH MORE-AUTHORIZED SERVICE AND PARTS CENTER. Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr. Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, parts@johnstonaircraft. com johnstonaircraft.com Prop Tether Kits in stock, ships today.

Sky Tractor LLC 800-437-5319, www. skytractor.com, email@skytractor.com, Fax 701-636-5881 Thrush parts - Wings, props, tail feathers, batteries, tires - we have the inventory.

Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr.

Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: info@johnstonaircraft.com web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com.

PARTS - ENGINE PTG Starter-Gen #23046-28, OHC S&T, $4500 or trade for 23046-007. AmAg: 870-886-2418/2489 Fax, or email frank. kelley@ag-cat.com 10,000 P/N of Continental & Lycoming parts, 50% discount on most new! Please have part numbers when contacting us.

Preferred Airparts, 800-433-0814 US/ Canada; 330-698-0280. Check stock at www.preferredairparts.com S & T Aircraft Accessories, Inc. specializes in the overhaul of Radial and Turbine engine accessories. We have most items in stock ready to ship for exchange. Give us a call @ 830-625-7923 or fax 830625-4138.

Air Repair Inc. is the source for the Fast Start Kit. To get yours today, call Air Repair, Inc. Phone. 662-846-0228 Fax. 662-843-0811 sales@airrepairinc.com

PARTS - OTHER Amtech Hopper quantity system 802 AT - I have 2 systems available for sale.

Still operational. $1500 Call Michael at 317-403-1470 TPE331 AgriJet SB+ & SC+ Conversions in stock & On Sale. Installed or FWF Kits.

H.D. Mounts. Prices will never be lower!

Call 870-886-2418 or email frank.kelley@ ag-cat.com Miscellaneous parts for 802 and others, most brand new: engine mounts, landing gears, 118” propellers, spr ay kit s, Micronair AU5000, pilot and mechanic complete training courses, FTD Level II simulator for AT-802. Call or email: +34667102184, sales@airtractoreurope. com PARTS, PARTS, PARTS. For all your ag aviation needs, please call Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service 800-441-2964 Air Tractor Dealer

Accessories & Parts! 100’s of new and OHC accessories, parts for just about everything. Big discounts! Please have par t numbers when contacting us.

Preferred Airparts, 800-433-0814 US/ Canada; 330-698-0280. Check stock at www.preferredairparts.com 11 Million new surplus parts for Cessna, Piper and other aircraft; Continental and Lycoming engines; and a few spray system parts, big discounts. Please have part numbers when contacting us. Preferred Airparts, 800 -433- 0814 US/Canada; 330-698-0280. Check stock at www. preferredairparts.com Cockpit adjustable flow control kit.

Manual control or GPS variable rate ready.

Integrates into existing hydraulic systems.

More info at Kawak Aviation Technologies 541-385-5051 www.kawakaviation.com Thrush S2R STC battery retrofit kit. 300% longer battery service life. 200% faster starts. Battery replacement cost 25% of original. For more information call Kawak Aviation Technologies at 541-385-5051 or visit www.kawakaviation.com H U G E I N V E N T O RY O F B U C K E Y E EQUIPMENT AND PARTS. WE SELL NEW COUPLERS AND ADAPTERS PLUS PARTS, and WE REBUILD YOUR COUPLERS/ ADAPTERS FOR ABOUT 1/2 OF NEW! Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr.

Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: info@johnstonaircraft.com /web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com

PROPELLERS NEW HARTZELL PROPELLER/ INSTALLATION SERVICES AVAILABLE– Call 208-697-2759 Fax: 208-459-8550 Used 5 Blade Hartzell HC-B5MP-3C, 572 hrs since overhaul $25,000 Call Chad Stuart, Airplane Services, Inc. 850-3806091 New and used 3 and 5 blade PT6A propellers. For more information call 309759-4646 or email farmair@farmairinc. com HARTZELL 3 BLADE AND 5 BLADED PROPS – NEW AND USED $CALL$ Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE / 281-342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401 Hamilton Standard, 22D40 Hydromatic Propeller 6533A Blades overhauled complete with distributor valve and prop, Governor. Call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-429-6805 3D40 6101 Blades Ham Standard 3 bladed.

Overhauled. For more information call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-4296805 12D40-6101-12 Overhauled with 8130 Form. For more information call Chester Roberts Supply Co. at 903-429-6805 For Outright Sale: Overhauled 5-Blade Prop. Hartzell HC-B5MP-3C. Fits AT-502A, AT-503, AT-602, AT-802, Thrush S-2R-T65 & S-2RHG-T65.’06 Hartzell Overhaul.

TSN: 1379.5 (TSO:0). Call Steve or Gary at 210-924-5561 or email sales@dixieair. com

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The mid-west Air tractor dealer, Farm Air Inc. has expanded its parts department.

For all your Air Tractor parts needs call 877-715-8476, email farmair@farmairinc. com or visit our website www.farmairinc. com

Q UA L I T Y P RO P E L L E R S FO R S A L E 23D40-6601A19 OHC ............. $28,500 22D40-6533A12 OHC................ 25,500 12D40-6101A12 OHC ............... 22,500 2D30AG100-2 OHC .................. 22,500 12D40AG100-4S 375-SOH ....... 18,500 12D40AG100-2 828-SOH ......... 18,500 HC-B3TN-5M/T1o282N+4 NEW CALL AmAg 870-886-2418/2489 Fax AgCat Sales/Service since 1971 email frank. kelley@ag-cat.com

REAL ESTATE Lot for sale: One-acre-square house lot for sale in new Plane Living Sky Park neighborhood with 2,000 s.f., all brick, covenants. Lot is one of 13 directly on new sod runway. Taxi out of your hangar, directly onto the runway. Located in Peach County, Georgia. Public water, septic sewer, paved streets, curb and gutter, street lights. Less than five miles west of I-75, Exit 142, approximately five miles to Fort Valley, GA and approximately 10 miles to Warner Robins, GA. Google It! South side of Hwy 96 at 50 Lane Rd., Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 (Google photo before development). Save thousands and buy from owner. $25,000 OBO. 478.987.2250

SEAT WANTED Experienced pilot looking for 2018 seat and beyond. 4500 hours TT, experience in both herbicide & dry fertilizer. Aircraft flown: AT-301, 402, 502-A -60, 802, Garret -6 S2R Turbo Thrush, Cessna 188 Ag Wagon and Grumman Ag Cat. Resume and references available upon request.

Email blindads@agairupdate.com Subject: ID#1825 or fax to 478-352-0025.

Currently flying Thrush 510, Robinson 44, Robinson 66 and King Air C90. Experience in liquid application, aerial seeding and aerial fertilization. I am also URT (Upset Recovery Training) and aerobatics flight instructor giving instruction for more than 80 pilots already including AG pilots on how to recover airplanes form upset attitudes. Pilot Licenses: ATP, IFR Helicopter, CFI, TT Rotary Wing 1,500 hours. Helicopter Flight Instructor: Robinson 44: 1,300 Hrs. (Piston), Robinson 66: 500 Hrs. (Turbine), Period: 2010 to now. Fixed Wing Commercial Pilot 2.500 hrs, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IFR, Ready for ATP license, Turboprop: 850 hours King Air C90, IFR: 410 hrs., Night Flight: 175 hrs, Flight Instruction: 200 hrs., Glider Flight Instructor: 420 hrs., Period: 2010 to now. Resume and references available upon request. Please email blindads@ agairupdate.com Subject: ID#1787 or fax to 478-352-0025 I’m an American living in the Dominican Republic. I’ve been cropdusting/spraying for 23 straight years, more than 18,000 hrs in Cessna 188’s. Still active and flying everyday. I also fly a Pitts S2C, have Sky writing and some Airshow experience. Looking to relocating to USA to a permanent job. I am 53 years old, recently remarried and still have 15 or more years to give to this job that I love so much! Go to http://classifieds. agairupdate.com/details.php?id=1627 to view resume or Email octaviocarlo@ gmail.com Seat Wanted - 1200 hours of turbine time and 1000 hours of radial engine time. Willing to relocate. Current Kanas commercial applicator license. References and resume available upon request. Call Gary at 806-685-3463

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Jeffries Airworks Dynamic Propeller Balancing with Chadwick Helmuth engine printout equipment.

Jeffries Airworks, Dynamic Balancing, Vibration Analysis.

Much more than just a balance.

Call Jim Jeffries, A&P/IA, 985-507-9981, Nationwide service on your location.

We build loader trucks to your specifications. Stainless Steel Straight and Fold Up. Mild Steel Straight and Fold Up. Mild Steel Hopper w/Stainless Steel Tube.

Been in loader truck business since 1980.

Call Pat Ballard Office:870-697-2004 Fax:870-697-3568 185 Hwy. 42 West , Hickory Ridge, AR.

Entry level Ag pilot seeking an opportunity.

Licensed in CA, A&P with 16 + years GA experience including lots of dope and fabric work. Been working in aviation and or agriculture at some level most of my life. Farming experience 15 + years. My life’s experiences have taught me how to solve problems and get things done!

2500 TT, 474 Turbine, 150 TW, 25 Ag, 295 multi eng. Contact Edward at ed@ packlinesolutions.com or call 559-3939127 Level 1 SEAT pilot. Resume and references available upon request. Please email blindads@agairupdate.com Subject: ID#1688 or fax to 478-352-0025 Eagle Vista Graduate looking for an Ag seat. I’ve loaded in SE Arkansas for the past 3 years and are willing to relocate anywhere. Call Alex at 501-993-9833 for resume and references Experienced Turbine Air Tractor Pilot Available For Short Term. I am available June, July, and August to help in a pinch or during a busy run. Former owner/ operator with about 7000 ag hours and zero accidents. 4500 in AT-402, 502, 602.

Not looking to sit around and watch the wind blow or practice flying. 701-5410102 References from around U.S. Looking for 2018 Seat, 9304 TT, 7680 Ag Time, 136 Turbine Time. Round, Flat or Turbine. Resume available upon request.

Call Cory at 507- 456 - 6906 or email coryb70@hotmail.com Ag Pilot available immediately. 1093 TT, 759 AG, 80 Turbine. Herbicide Experience. PAASS attendance. Extensive Farm Background. A&P with Ag Aircraft Maintenance Experience. Resume with References Available. Plea se Email javiation@icloud.com

SERVICE CD Av iati o n S e r v i ce s p rov i d e s maintenance for the TPE331. Contact us for a full list of our services. 417-206-2327 or sales@cdaviationservices.com Southeastern Aircraft Sales and Service.

Late model aircraft sold by Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service will have a New Annual Inspection, Fresh Hot Section Inspection and a 100 HOUR OR 90 DAY WARRANTY. Now That’s Peace Of Mind!

Call Now 1-800-441-2964 AgCat parts and service center. World wide parts and service for any model of AgCat. Call Storm Aeronautics at 402367-3213

Let us sell your Ag plane! Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp. 1601 Hwy 84 East Hayti, MO 63851 800-325-0885 FAA repair station for all ag equipment.

Thrush spar replacement, annuals. MidContinent Aircraft Corp. Hayti, MO 800325-0885 Cascade Conversion for Thrush and Air Tractor. Fuel Saving, Cooler running, more power available. Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp. Hayti, MO 800-325-0885 Jeffries Airworks Dynamic Propeller B alancing with Chadwick Helmuth engine printout equipment. Jeffries Airworks, Dynamic Balancing, Vibration Analysis. Much more than just a balance. Call Jim Jeffries, A&P/ IA, 985-507-9981, Nationwide service on your location.

TRAINING Riggin Flight Ser vice, flight school offering private, commercial, instrument, Ag, multi-engine, tailwheel, etc. We tailor our courses to meet your needs. www.RigginFlightService.com (605)256-9774.

Training Center Certified For Mechanics & Pilots. Certified Simulator FTD Level 2, Fire Fighting Training, Turbine Transition Courses, Emergency Training. EASA 147 training center for mechanics, 96 hours theory and practice. Flight school with FTD level 2 (EASA) simulator.

Simulation for fire OPS. Call or email: +34667102184, sales@airtractoreurope. com

Explore the History of Agricultural Aviation National Agricultural Aviation Museum

Start to finish AG PILOT TRAINING utilizing AgCat Gr164A Dual, Pawnee PA-25/260 CS Dual Cockpit & PA-25 Single for Solo/Dump/Spray. Citabria for Private all in Tailwheel, Tailwheel Proficiency, and UpSet/Spin Recovery and Ag Biennial. Satloc and TracMap GPS. Ag Aviation Consultants for Ag Operating Certificate Part 137. See videos at: www. eaglevistas.com. EAGLE VISTAS LLC 772-285-5506

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1977 Beall Tanker Pup Trailer, 4 axle 6500 gal with 3 compartments (2000, 1500, 3000), bottom load/discharge both sides, used for avgas, good tires. $12,500 Darrin Pluhar, Plu’s Flying Service, Ekalaka, MT 406-853-0039

We rebuild and refinish any fibreglass part for Weatherly, Cessna, Piper and Ag-Cat (A, B and Super B,C and D). Call for prices. Professional Fibreglass Repair.

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Down payment of $1000 to Paypal with balance due by wire transfer to seller’s account or cashier’s check. Buyer pick up item after sale. Contact Carl at 979 219-9351

We b u i l d l o a d e r t r u c k s t o y o u r specifications. Stainless Steel Straight and Fold Up. Mild Steel Straight and Fold Up. Mild Steel Hopper w/Stainless Steel Tube.

Been in loader truck business since 1980.

Call Pat Ballard Office:870-697-2004 Fax:870-697-3568 185 Hwy. 42 West, Hickory Ridge, AR Auger Trucks For Sale (Trade-Ins) Also list of customer trucks. Call Auger Dan Office: 870-578-6133, Cell: 870-919-2317 or visit http://www.augerdanllc.com

WANTED TO BUY Wanted for purchase or lease urgently required one of the following serviceable propellers for a Walter 601 E11 engine whilst our prop is in for overhaul. 1. Avia Propeller V508E-AG106A, 2. Avia Propeller V508E-Ag99A, 3. Avia-Hamilton Standard VJ8.510AG or VG8.510. Contact Alison Griffin at griffair@inspire.net.nz A .E.R .O. Turbine Par t s: PT6A Core Engines and/or PT6A Excess Inventory Wanted for Purchase. Contact sales@ aeroturbineparts.com or call (877) 8425640 Ext. 381 Ag Aircraft Wanted: Immediate cash for Ag planes - All considered - Contact Darryl or Bill at South Delta Aviation 870-572-9011 or 479-935-4891 EXHAUST Wanted: R-1340 and R-985 Exhaust Send Old Exhaust segments for exchange or Sell them! Call Daryl @ 940902-0797 or evans.daryl@sbcglobal.net

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