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N9486Q Ayres S-2R-T331 Turbo Thrush c/n T331-2504R at Lelystad Airport in Holland on 24 May 1991

Leland Snow constructed his first crop-duster Model S-1 in 1953 before graduation from Texas A&M University. The Texas A&M College Aircraft Research Center is known from the AG-1 Agricultural plane that was designed in 1950 by Fred Weick. The AG-1 might be considered as the mother of all modern crop-sprayers in the world. The prototype Model S-1 (N5385N c/n 1001) was extensively tested in South America before the improved Model S-2 reached production. The pre-production prototype Model S-2, was first flown in 1956. Production of the S-2B by Snow Aeronautical Company started in 1958. North American Rockwell acquired the design and production-rights of the S-2 series in November 1965. The S-2R was marketed by the growing Aero Commander Division of Rockwell. Ayres Corporation took over the rights in 1977.

The 1978-built Ayres S-2R-T331 Turbo Thrush N9486Q of Tom van der Meulen / Aero Service was photographed 1991 at Lelystad airport in the Netherlands on 24 May 1991.