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The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 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 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 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 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], most examples produced since the 1980s have been [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-powered.
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The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 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 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 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 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], most examples produced since the 1980s have been [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-powered.
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Design and development
The Thrush was designed by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and first flew in 1956, and before long was being produced in series as the S-2 by the company he founded, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. In 1965, the corporation and all its assets were purchased by the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] division of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], which put it into production alongside the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 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".
The Thrush was designed by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and first flew in 1956, and before long was being produced in series as the S-2 by the company he founded, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. In 1965, the corporation and all its assets were purchased by the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] division of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], which put it into production alongside the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 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".
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In 1977, Rockwell sold off the production rights to the aircraft and the production facility at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], 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 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], the current producer of the aircraft.
On June 30, 2003, Ayres' assets were purchased by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], the current producer of the aircraft.
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Ayres developed a special anti-narcotics crop-spraying version of the Turbo-Thrush for the US State Department.
This version, known as the Narcotics Eradication Delivery Stystem (NEDS) featured an armoured cockpit and engine to protect against hostile ground fire.
Nine were sold to the State Department in 1983-85.
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Ayres also attempted to market a militarised version as the Ayres Vigilante, intended for the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] role, but this failed to attract customers.[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]
This version, known as the Narcotics Eradication Delivery Stystem (NEDS) featured an armoured cockpit and engine to protect against hostile ground fire.
Nine were sold to the State Department in 1983-85.
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Ayres also attempted to market a militarised version as the Ayres Vigilante, intended for the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] role, but this failed to attract customers.[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]
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Variants
Snow Aeronautical
(per Simpson, 2005, p. 39)
Snow Aeronautical
(per Simpson, 2005, p. 39)
- S-1 - initial prototype with open cockpit
- S-2 - pre-production version of S-1, three built
- S-2A - initial production version, powered by Continental engine - 73 built
- S-2B - S-2 powered by 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R-985 - 19 built
- S-2C - refined production version - 214 built
- S-2C-600 - S-2C re-engined with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-AN1
- S-2D - 6,000 lb take-off weight - 105 built
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