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| The Snow S-2A, designed by Leland Snow in 1958, was offered with 220hp Continental (S-2A), 450hp Pratt & Whitney (S-2B), and 600hp Pratt & Whitney (S-2D) radials.
In 1965 Snow sold the manufacturing rights to Aero Commander Inc of Bethany, Oklahoma, who renamed it Ag Commander S-2D. Two years later when Aero Commander became part of North American Rockwell, the design was further developed with a fully-enclosed cockpit, electric flaps and an enlarged 1818-litre chemical hopper and marketed as the S-2R Thrush Commander from a production line at Albany, Georgia.
The Thrush Commander proved popular with crop-dusting and spraying operators, and also for aerial seeding, fertilizing and even water-bombing. Its robust structure was carefully designed to absorb energy on impact and thus protect the pilot from serious injury in a crash, and the ease of access to its corrosion-proofed tubular fuselage structure via quick-release side panels greatly facilitated cleaning chemical deposits from the airframe.
In 1977 Rockwell International disposed of the Thrush Commander type certificate and all production facilities to Frederick Ayres of Ayres Corporation, who continued production at Albany while working on a number of improvements to the basic design. Among these was a trial installation of a 750shp Pratt & Whitney of Canada PT6A turboprop engine which was aimed both at reducing operating costs and solving the increasingly difficult problem of obtaining spares for the radial piston engines powering all previous Snow/ Commander/Thrush models. The PT6-powered Turbo Thrush (known in the business as the 'Hush Thrush' because of its quietness compared to the Radials) is now in full production at Albany alongside the standard S-2R Thrush 600 and 800 which are offered with either Pratt & Whitney or Polish Pezetel 3S 600hp powerplants or an 800hp Wright Cyclone. The Turbo Thrush also incorporates a larger 2273-litre chemical hopper, and for pilot comfort all current production models offer optional air conditioning and even stereo cassette decks. A two-seat Thrush has been developed to enable a mechanic/flagman to be ferried to working sites or to permit dual instruction for trainee Ag pilots. Parts of the cabin and the outer wings of the Thrush were used for the PZL M-18 Dromader.
Bill Gunston "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Commercial Aircraft", 1980
| MODEL | Thrush 600 |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 1 x 600hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp 9-cylinder radial engine |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 3130 kg | 6901 lb |
| Empty weight | 1678 kg | 3699 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 13.51 m | 44 ft 4 in |
| Length | 8.95 m | 29 ft 4 in |
| Height | 2.79 m | 9 ft 2 in |
| Wing area | 30.34 m2 | 326.58 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Cruise speed | 200 km/h | 124 mph |
| Range | 648 km | 403 miles |
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| Mike Stamper, e-mail, 23.03.2015 01:59 I loved the looks and rumble of the radial engines! reply | |
| | John T. Williams, e-mail, 30.11.2014 07:16 I'm A RETIRED AG PILOT AND AG OPERATOR. I FLEW AG FOR 21 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR 21 YEARS. I OWNED AND FLEW THE SNOW S-2A, COMMANDER S-2D, COMMANDER S-2R. I HAVE FLOWN THE BULL THRUSH, THE TURBINE THRUSH, THE 450 H.P. AND 600 H.P. AIR TRACTOR AND MANY OTHER AG PLANES. THE S-2D AND S-2R AND BULL WERE MY FAVORITE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS OF AG FLYING TIME I HAVE BUT IT IS IN EXCESS OF 10000.
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heliandplanes@hotmail.com reply | | oscar santillan, e-mail, 10.06.2014 07:14 I have one Ayres "Thrush" for sale. Contact me for more information. PRICE 22 000 USD. DLLS reply | | Hasabo Ali, e-mail, 11.12.2012 13:34 I hope mail me the Maintenance Manual & Illustrated parts catalog for the THRUSH COMMANDER and PRATT & WHITNEY maintenance , Overhaul Manuals and IPC reply | | Hasabo Ali, e-mail, 11.12.2012 13:27 I hope mail me the Maintenance Manual & Illustrated parts catalog for the THRUSH COMMANDER and PRATT & WHITNEY maintenance , Overhaul Manuals and IPC reply | | Domingo Salazar, e-mail, 05.09.2011 18:40 Saludos ! Tengo 22 aņos volando S2R y tengo un mes de reposo porque se me fue la bomba mecanica de combustible y capotie. reply | | L.George, e-mail, 19.11.2010 21:10 want to buy s2r thrush any cond. reply | | gary woods, e-mail, 11.11.2010 16:59 Ayres Thrush Commander
1968 for sale @ cheaper rate.
do contact me if you are interested. reply | | carlos motta, e-mail, 15.09.2010 18:13 I want to know the operation costs of this ag-plane and the fuel consumption per hour reply | | M.MOVAHED, e-mail, 02.08.2010 12:01 IWANT TO TAKE COPY FROM PUBLICATION OF A /C FOR EXAMPLE AYRES THRUSH COMMANDER S2R-R1340 MAINTENANCE MANUAL,FLIGHT MANUAL, PARTS CATALOG, SEVICE BULLETIN AND AD FROM 2006 UP TO 2010 AND A AM GLAD FOR YOUR HELP AND THANK FOR THAT reply | |
| | M.MOVAHED, e-mail, 15.06.2010 12:21 HELLO
IWANT TO TAKE COPY FROM PUBLICATION OF A /C FOR EXAMPLE AYRES THRUSH COMMANDER S2R-R1340 MAINTENANCE MANUAL,FLIGHT MANUAL, PARTS CATALOG, SEVICE BULLETIN AND AD FROM 2006 UP TO 2010 AND A AM GLAD FOR YOUR HELP AND THANK FOR THAT reply | | Cesar Lapoint, e-mail, 13.05.2010 03:56 Hi i am from Venezuela and Pilot,I fly thrush with R1340 N2 with reductor in front and three blades hidraulic and big,empty weight mor full gas and oil is 5000 Lbs,I effect valenc and weight ,its need 45 pounds for backward, the proprietary say,no need this weight,for mi is weight nose and dont fly good. The owner dont fly,I need explicacion or other explanecion for demotracion,for wath is nesesary the weight and valance .thanks for you attencion, by reply | | Andres Frasser, e-mail, 23.04.2010 00:17 I want to buy a S2R, please Contact me guguifrasser@hotmail.com or guguifrasser@gmail.com send information about your S2R. reply | | Kiril, e-mail, 05.04.2010 00:13 I have Piper (PA-25 & PA-36), Ayres S-2R "Thrush" and Cessna 188 agricultural aircraft for sale. Contact me for more information.
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Hello Sir
Minimum runway length needed for Thrush Commander S2R equiped with R1340 engine is 800 m.
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