NAAA is saddened to report that longtime member Ronnie Taylor passed away Monday, Feb. 3, at the age of 73. Taylor (pictured foreground) was a well-known operator and ag pilot from Jennings, Louisiana, a former PAASS presenter and served as president of NAAREF in 2006. Read More

This week, NAAA submitted comments to the FAA regarding exemption requests from two UAS operators that intend to use UAS for ag spraying. Pyka Inc. submitted exemption requests for its P-400b Egret, a fixed-wing UAS with a maximum takeoff weight of 600 pounds. The P-400b Egret has a wingspan of 34 feet and a 450-pound payload capacity. The other exemption request was from Moose Aye Bye LLC for its hexacopter HyLio AG-116. Read More

This week NAAA sent a letter the members of the Oregon House Committee on Healthcare in strong opposition to HB 4109, a bill that would immediately ban the aerial application of Chlorpyrifos and end all chlorpyrifos uses in the state by 2022. The bill would also prohibit farm workers from entering an area in which chlorpyrifos was applied within the eight preceding calendar days and add 300-foot buffer zones around any campus or school for all forms of aerial application. Read More

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We look forward to seeing you Feb. 13‒15 at the NAAA and NAAREF Board Meetings. All meetings are open to NAAA members. The Westin Alexandria will host our February board meetings. The Westin Alexandria is a three-block walk from the King Street Metro stop (take either Blue or Yellow Line), which is the second stop south of Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA). Read More

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NAAA is pleased to announce that its Aerial Application: Above All Other Forms of Crop Care” advertisement series that were placed in trade publications in 2019 has received a Best of NAMA Merit Award in the Print Advertising category for Region Five, which includes Southeastern and Midsouth states. Read More

The National Agricultural Aviation Hall of Fame (NAAHOF) Nomination Board has changed its procedure for evaluating candidates for induction into the NAA Hall of Fame. Under the policy change, the Nominations Board will consider individuals one year before their induction to allow more time to deliberate on NAAHOF nominees’ credentials. NAAHOF has updated its nomination form accordingly and is accepting nominations for people who would be inducted in 2021. Nominations to be considered for induction into NAAHOF in 2021 are by due Sept. 1, 2020. Read More

In January 2019, three Colorado aerial applicators made the bold decision to fight alleged drift cases brought against them, knowing the claims had no basis in fact or science. After over a year of litigation, a final court order was issued Wednesday clearing the applicators of all wrongdoing.  Read More

In January NAAA submitted a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. The purpose of the letter was to urge the EPA to promptly evaluate UAS’ ability to make safe and precise and efficacious applications of pesticides, similarly to how other forms of application—ground, air-blast and single rotor and single propellered manned aircraft—were evaluated and tested in each pesticide active ingredient evaluation. UAS, in some instances, are now being used for making small-scale aerial applications, yet without being tested and modeled to determine drift potential. Read More

In addition to the normal committee meetings and planning sessions that take place at NAAA Board of Directors Meetings, the spring board meeting is held every year in the Washington, D.C., area, giving attendees an opportunity to speak directly with their legislators and national policymakers. Additionally, NAAA hosts an annual fundraising breakfast for the NAAA AgAv PAC. Get the most of out of your visit to Washington by taking advantage of both these opportunities! Read More

The 2019‒2020 PAAAS Program is ready to help you and the agricultural aviation industry improve safety, application accuracy and professionalism. Four modules are being given at state and regional agricultural aviation association meetings this winter. Check the NAAA calendar and make sure you plan on attending. Read More