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New Ownership at Thrush Aircraft Promises a Bright Future

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Key Takeaways:

  • Thrush Aircraft, a manufacturer of agriculture, forestry, and firefighting planes, has completed an asset purchase agreement by a new ownership group following a Chapter 11 filing.
  • Industry veteran Mark McDonald is the new CEO, leading a reorganization effort focused on increasing company capabilities and capacity for renewed stability and growth.
  • The new leadership assures customers of ongoing and improved sales, deliveries, training, and support, with further announcements expected at the 2019 Ag Aviation Expo.
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Albany, Georgia-based Thrush Aircraft announced recently that a new ownership group closed on an asset purchase agreement September 5th after a Chapter 11 filing that will allow new leadership to conduct a reorganization of the company, known worldwide for making a popular line of agriculture, forestry and firefighting aircraft.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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