Leland Snow
Leland Snow was an American aeronautical engineer known for designing and developing agricultural aircraft.[1][2][3] He was the founder and president of Air Tractor.[4]
Snow began designing his first aerial application aircraft, the S-1, in 1951 when he was 21 years old. That airplane remained in production until 1957, after which Snow introduced the S-2A and S-2B models and built a factory in Olney, Texas, which opened in 1958. Snow sold his company, Snow Aeronautical, to Rockwell-Standard in 1965 and started working as the vice president of its Aero Commander division.
Snow founded Air Tractor in 1972 after resigning from Rockwell. The construction of AT-300 began in late 1972, which later became the AT-301. Air Tractor's first turbine model, the AT-302, was introduced in 1977.
Snow died on February 20, 2011, in Wichita Falls, Texas.[5]
References
- ^ Snow, Leland (2008). Putting dreams to flight (1st ed.). Midwestern State University Press. ISBN 9780915323173.
- ^ "Leland Snow, Air Tractor Founder, Dies at 80". Flying. February 24, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- ^ "Great Planes". Texas Monthly. November 12, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- ^ "Gone West: Air Tractor Founder Leland Snow | Aero-News Network". www.aero-news.net. February 22, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- ^ "Air Tractor founder dies". www.aopa.org. February 22, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
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