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The Ayres Thrush, formerly the '''Snow S-2''', the '''Aero Commander Ag Commander''' and the '''Rockwell Thrush Commander''', is one of the most successful and long-lived Agricultural Aircraft in the world. Nearly 2,000 have been sold since the first example flew almost fifty years ago. Typical of agricultural aircraft, it is a single-seat low-wing monoplane of conventional taildragger configuration. Originally powered by a radial piston engine, most examples produced since the 1980s have been Turboprop -powered. The Thrush was designed by Leland Snow and first flew in 1956 , and before long was being produced in series as the S-2 by the company he founded, Snow Aeronautical . In 1965 , the corporation and all its assets were purchased by the Aero Commander division of Rockwell , which put it into production alongside the CallAir A-9 that it had also acquired, branding both unrelated (though similar) machines as "Ag Commanders". When Rockwell dropped the Aero Commander brand, the S-2 was renamed the "Thrush Commander". In 1977 , Rockwell sold off the production rights to the aircraft and the production facility at Albany, Georgia , which were purchased by Ayres Corporation, a firm which had been built on retro-fitting turboprop engines to Thrush Commanders. On June 30 , 2003 , Ayres' assets were purchased by Thrush Aircraft , the current producer of the aircraft. Ayres also attempted to market a militarised version as the Ayres Vigilante, intended for the Close Support role, but this failed to attract customers. VARIANTS Snow Aeronautical
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SPECIFICATIONS (THRUSH COMMANDER 600) General characteristics
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RELATED CONTENT Related development: Snow S-1 Comparable aircraft: PAC Cresco PAC Fletcher Designation sequence: S-1 - S-2 |
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