Editing Snow Aeronautical

{{Short description|Aircraft manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Snow Aeronautical
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| founder = [[Leland Snow]]
| defunct = {{End date|1965}}
| hq_location_city = [[Olney, Texas]]
| hq_location_country = United States
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[[File:Snow S-2A N4983C Santa Fe NM 19.06.97R.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Early Snow S-2A open-cockpit ex-crop sprayer of 1959 at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1997]]
[[File:Snow S-2C (4706084105).jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|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.

==History==
Leland Snow, a graduate of the aeronautical engineering program at [[Texas A&M University]], had designed and flown his S-1 in 1953.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Mabry |title=The Early Days Down South |url=http://www.pt6nation.com/en/articles/article/experience-the-difference-the-early-days-down-south |website=PT6 Nation |accessdate=26 October 2020}}</ref> Originally working at [[Harlingen, Texas]], he moved to [[Olney, Texas]] in 1958 where production of the S-2 began. <ref>{{cite web |title=Air Tractor 50th Anniversary |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev0JPb4rWUI  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Ev0JPb4rWUI| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=YouTube |accessdate=26 October 2020 |date=8 April 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The British aviation company of [[Britten-Norman]] acted as distributors for Snow's aircraft and later took a 17% equity stake in the company.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=24 June 1965 |title=Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%201951.html |magazine= Flight |page=1035 |access-date=23 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130013831/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%201951.html |archivedate=30 January 2018}}</ref> In 1965 Snow Aeronautical was purchased by the [[Aero Commander (aircraft manufacturer)|Aero Commander]] division of [[North American Rockwell]], who refined and marketed the S-2 design as the '''Rockwell S2R Thrush Commander'''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aero Buys Another Aircraft Plant |work=Daily Oklahoman |date=16 November 1965 |page=1N}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McConal |first1=Jon |title=Aircraft Plant at Olney Sold for $1 Million |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=16 November 1965 |page=3}}</ref>

==Aircraft==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Model name
! First flight
! Number built
! Type

|-
|align=left| Snow S-1
|align=center| 1953
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Single engine agricultural monoplane
|-
|align=left| [[Snow S-2]]
|align=center| 1956
|align=center| 414
|align=left| Single engine agricultural monoplane
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Air Tractor]]
* [[Ayres Corporation]]
* [[Call Aircraft Company]]
* [[Thrush Aircraft]]

== References ==
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=== Notes ===
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=== Bibliography ===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=E. D. |title=Olney Moved Fast to Establish New Industry |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=7 August 1960 |page=7}}
* {{cite news |last1=Dromgoole |first1=Glenn |title=Olney Gambles and Wins |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=15 January 1967 |page=8-C}}
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[[Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States]]


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