Air Tractor: Producing High Quality Airborne Tractors

Air Tractor, Inc. is an American aircraft manufacturer. It was founded by Leland Snow in 1978. Originally, it was established to develop a new agricultural aircraft derived from the S-2B aircraft, which was designed by Snow Aeronautical. Snow’s own aircraft, the AT-300 Air Tractor, first flew in 1973. By the year 2004, the company’s 2000th Air Tractor was introduced and delivered.

Leland Snow began designing his first airplane in 1951. The plane, called the S-1, completed test flights in 1953. It was used for dusting and spraying jobs in the Texas Rio Grande Valley as well as in Nicaragua until the year 1957. Snow then created S-2A and S-2B, which were built when the founder moved to the production facilities in Olney, Texas in 1958.

In 1965, Snow’s company was purchased by Rockwell-Standard. Snow was appointed as Vice President of the Aero Commander division. The company continued to develop air tractors that offered both quality and functionality.