Thrush Aircraft
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| Private Company | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Albany, Georgia, United States |
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Area served
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United States/Internationally |
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Key people
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Payne Hughes - President |
| Products | Agricultural aircraft |
| Website | www.thrushaircraft.com |
Thrush Aircraft is a U.S. aircraft manufacturer based in Albany, Georgia. It currently manufactures the Thrush series of agricultural aircraft.
Rockwell International originally built the facility in 1965 and operated it until it was purchased by Ayres Corporation on 23 November 1977. In July 2001 Ayres filed for bankruptcy and the rights to the S-2 aircraft were passed to Quality Aerospace. On 30 July 2003 Quality Aerospace transferred the type certificates of the S-2 to Thrush Aircraft.
The manufacturing facilities consists of 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land located adjacent to the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport with direct access to the airport's two runways.
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