|
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
WHEREAS, Air Tractor, Inc., of Olney is celebrating the |
|
delivery of its 3,000th Air Tractor agricultural aircraft on August |
|
7, 2013, and this occasion provides a fitting opportunity to |
|
celebrate the history and achievements of this innovative company |
|
and its signature product; and |
|
WHEREAS, Air Tractor founder Leland Snow began designing his |
|
first crop-duster airplane at the age of 21, the year before his |
|
1952 graduation from Texas A&M University; he went on to found the |
|
Snow Aeronautical Company, which in 1965 was sold to |
|
Rockwell-Standard; Mr. Snow served as a vice president with the |
|
latter firm until starting Air Tractor, Inc., in 1972; and |
|
WHEREAS, The firm's first model was the AT-301 crop duster, |
|
and over the years that plane and subsequent designs have made Air |
|
Tractor one of the top agricultural aircraft brands in the world; |
|
the company's planes have also been adapted for use in firefighting |
|
and the eradication of narcotic crops and have served as light |
|
gunships in military applications; through the years, Air Tractors |
|
have been flown by appreciative pilots in Canada, Mexico, Central |
|
and South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, |
|
Eastern Europe, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea; and |
|
WHEREAS, The company shipped its 1,100th Air Tractor in 1993 |
|
and its 2,000th aircraft in 2004; since its first test flight in |
|
1990, the company's latest model, the AT-802, has been delivered to |
|
500 satisfied customers, and in 2013 the company is celebrating the |
|
shipment of its 3,000th aircraft; and |
|
WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Air Tractor, Inc., has |
|
been a leading producer of safe, reliable, and effective |
|
agricultural aircraft, and this Texas-based enterprise is indeed |
|
deserving of recognition as it marks this impressive production |
|
milestone; now, therefore, be it |
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
|
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Air Tractor, |
|
Inc., of Olney on the shipment of its 3,000th aircraft and extend to |
|
the company's officers and employees sincere best wishes for |
|
continued success; and, be it further |
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
prepared for Air Tractor, Inc., as an expression of high regard by |
|
the Texas House of Representatives. |
|
|
Springer |
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
Speaker of the House |
|
|
I certify that H.R. No. 141 was adopted by the House on July |
|
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
|