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Leland Snow founder of Air Tractor Passed Away

PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:01 am
by vancedylan
Leland Snow, founder and President of Air Tractor, Inc., and the inventor of modern aerial spray aircraft, died Sunday morning, February 20, 2011 while jogging near his home. He was 80 years old.

Snow leaves behind a 53-year legacy of aircraft design and innovations that ushered in the era of the modern aerial spray plane. Air Tractor, the company he founded in 1972, produces the world

Re: Leland Snow founder of Air Tractor Passed Away

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:04 am
by BigTruck
He was 80 years old...and jogging.  I assume he was jogging voluntarily.  That says a lot for a man.  I'm 29 years old and you need to have gun pointed at me to even get me to tie my running shoes.   ::)