Thrush Aircraft is a U.S. aircraft manufacturer based in Albany, Georgia

Albany, Georgia

Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the...

. It currently manufactures the Thrush series

Ayres Thrush

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 of agricultural aircraft.

History

Rockwell International

Rockwell International

Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate in the latter half of the 20th century, involved in aircraft, the space industry, both defense-oriented and commercial electronics, automotive and truck components, printing presses, valves and meters, and industrial automation....

 originally built the facility in 1965 and operated it until it was purchased by Ayres Corporation on 23 November 1977. On 30 June 2003, Thrush purchased the assets of Ayres Corporation.

The manufacturing facilities consists of 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) of land located adjacent to the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport

Southwest Georgia Regional Airport

Southwest Georgia Regional Airport is a public airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Albany, a city in Dougherty County, Georgia, United States...

 with direct access to the airport's two runways.

Production Aircraft

• Thrush 400
  Ayres Thrush
  -See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Aircraft Handbook. London. Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1964.* Simpson, Rod. The General Aviation Handbook. Midland Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-85780-222-5....
  
  
• Thrush 510/550
  Ayres Thrush
  -See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Aircraft Handbook. London. Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1964.* Simpson, Rod. The General Aviation Handbook. Midland Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-85780-222-5....
  
  
• Thrush 660
  Ayres Thrush
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External links

• Thrush Aircraft official website