In an event that was bound to happen, a UAV has collided with an agricultural aircraft. The event occurred in Israel on Aug. 14. At 11 a.m. local time, a Robinson R44 was conducting an agricultural operation in an orange field near the city of Petah Tiqwa when a Phantom 4 drone collided with it. Read More

On August 16, 2018, a federal district court judge in South Carolina issues a decision in litigation over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps’) addition of a future applicability date for the 2015 “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule, referred to in the court’s decision as the “Suspension Rule." Read More

The NAAA joined several grower and commodity groups in a letter sent to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees expressing support for the inclusion of pesticide related regulatory reforms included in horticulture title of the House version of the 2018 Farm Bill.  Read More

A Montana ag pilot made the unsettling discovery last month that a bullet had pierced one of the wings of his ag plane for the second time in the past 12 months. The pilot, Rob Nicholson of Headwaters Flying Service in Three Forks, Mont., isn’t sure when the gunshot happened, noting it could have been anytime during the previous three months, but based on the location of the bullet hole it’s clear he narrowly averted a potentially catastrophic outcome. Read More

On Aug. 18, the agricultural aviation industry suffered its seventh fatality of the 2018 season when Phillip Ching was fatally injured. NAAA members and staff are deeply saddened by the loss and extend their sympathies and condolences to his friends and family.  Read More

Thank you for your 2018 NAAA membership; we appreciate your continued support. You will soon receive your membership renewal information in the mail; however, there is no need to wait!  You can renew your membership online by logging into your account in the upper right-hand corner. Once you’ve logged in, click Membership Renewal on the left-hand toolbar. Read More

We look forward to seeing you at the 2018 NAAA Ag Aviation Expo in Reno, Nev., Dec. 3–6! You can now register online for the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo. Attendee registration is now open!  If you’re an ag pilot with less than five years of experience or you’re interested in becoming an ag pilot, we are offering a special price to attend the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo for pilots with less than five years of experience.  Read More

We look forward to seeing you in Palm Springs, Calif., for our October NAAA and NAAREF committee and board meetings. Most meetings take place Oct. 5–6 with a couple of meetings beginning on Oct. 4. PAASS Train the Trainer will take place Oct. 3–4. All meetings are open to NAAA members. Read More

Help us raise money for NAAREF and PAASS at King Pins, a fundraiser for the ag aviation industry’s premier educational safety program. This fundraising bowling event will take place on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV. Read More

The 2018 FAA International Rotorcraft Safety Conference will be held Oct. 23–25 at the Hurst Conference Center near Fort Worth, Texas, in an effort to reduce helicopter accident rates. The FAA Rotorcraft Standards Branch is hosting the free safety conference for the third time, after hosting previous safety symposiums in 2015 and ’16. Read More