Snow Aeronautical (original) (raw)

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Aircraft manufacturer

Snow Aeronautical

Industry Aerospace
Founder Leland Snow
Defunct 1965 (1965)
Fate Merged
Successor Aero Commander
Headquarters Olney, Texas, United States

Early Snow S-2A open-cockpit ex-crop sprayer of 1959 at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1997

N9462R Snow S-2C-600 built circa 1961, seen here at a later date after being fitted with enclosed cockpit

Snow Aeronautical was an American aircraft manufacturer established in 1956 in Olney, Texas by Leland Snow to manufacture and market agricultural aircraft of his design.

Leland Snow, a graduate of the aeronautical engineering program at Texas A&M University, had designed and flown his S-1 in 1953.[1] Originally working at Harlingen, Texas, he moved to Olney, Texas in 1958 where production of the S-2 began. [2]

The British aviation company of Britten-Norman acted as distributors for Snow's aircraft and later took a 17% equity stake in the company.[3] In 1965 Snow Aeronautical was purchased by the Aero Commander division of North American Rockwell, who refined and marketed the S-2 design as the Rockwell S2R Thrush Commander.[4][5]

Model name First flight Number built Type
Snow S-1 1953 1 Single engine agricultural monoplane
Snow S-2 1956 414 Single engine agricultural monoplane
  1. ^ Anderson, Mabry. "The Early Days Down South". PT6 Nation. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Air Tractor 50th Anniversary". YouTube. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander". Flight. 24 June 1965. p. 1035. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Aero Buys Another Aircraft Plant". Daily Oklahoman. 16 November 1965. p. 1N.
  5. ^ McConal, Jon (16 November 1965). "Aircraft Plant at Olney Sold for $1 Million". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 3.