Air Tractor AT-300 » AT-301 Production Begins

The first Air Tractor AT-300 was delivered in April 1974, with a 300-gallon hopper and powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-895 engine with 450 hp. Serial number 0002 took on the traditional Air Tractor yellow and blue paint scheme. Leland Snow test flew that airplane on his birthday, May 31, 1974.

In December 1974, the AT-301 was equipped with the 600 hp. Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engine. In production until 1988, 587 aircraft in the 300 series were built and sold.

The aircraft pictured here were owned by Grouleff Aviation, San Joaquin, California.