Bill Text: TX SR367 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Air Tractor, Inc., on the sale of its 4,000th aircraft.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-10 - Reported enrolled [SR367 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR367-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Air Tractor, Inc., of Olney sold its 4,000th | ||
| aircraft on March 26, 2021, representing a significant milestone | ||
| in the history of this successful Texas aircraft manufacturer; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Air Tractor's founder is the legendary aircraft | ||
| engineer Leland Snow, who designed his first crop-duster | ||
| airplane in 1951, at the age of 21; the following year, he | ||
| graduated from Texas A&M University, and he went on to found the | ||
| Snow Aeronautical Company, which he sold to Rockwell-Standard in | ||
| 1965; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1972, Mr. Snow started Air Tractor, and since | ||
| the release of its original model, the AT-301 crop duster, the | ||
| company has become one of the top agricultural aircraft brands in | ||
| the industry, providing aircraft to customers all over the world | ||
| for a wide variety of purposes, from firefighting to the | ||
| eradication of narcotic crops; the company has been employee | ||
| owned since 2008; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Remaining in continuous production for 49 years, | ||
| Air Tractor shipped its 1,100th aircraft in 1993, its 2,000th | ||
| aircraft in 2004, and its 3,000th aircraft in 2013; its 4,000th | ||
| aircraft, an Air Tractor 502XP, has been sold to Moore's Aerial | ||
| Applicators, a crop-dusting firm in North Carolina; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For nearly half a century, Air Tractor, Inc., has | ||
| been one of the most trusted names in agricultural aircraft, and | ||
| the company may indeed take great pride in all that it has | ||
| accomplished; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Air Tractor, Inc., on the sale | ||
| of its 4,000th aircraft and extend to all those associated with | ||
| the company 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 | ||
| from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 10, 2021. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
