Leland’s First Ag Plane: The S-1

Leland Snow’s ag-flying career began in 1951, while an aeronautical engineering student at Texas A&M University.

“I obtained a commercial license in April of ’51 and embarked on an ag-flying career the following month. I flew a J-3 Cub sprayer on weekends and then full-time when school ended in May. I very quickly became aware of the fact that an airplane designed specifically for agricultural work was badly needed. I began laying lines in my spare time for the design of my first airplane, the Snow S-1. This, as it turned out, would be the forerunner of the S-2/Thrush series of ag-planes in years to come.”