| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Founder | Leland Snow |
| Defunct | 1965 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Aero Commander |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Snow Aeronautical was an American aircraft manufacturer established in 1956 in Olney, Texas by Leland Snow to manufacture and market agricultural aircraft of his design.
Leland Snow, a graduate of the aeronautical engineering program at Texas A&M University, had designed and flown his S-1 in 1953. [1] Originally working at Harlingen, Texas, he moved to Olney, Texas in 1958 where production of the S-2 began. [2]
The British aviation company of Britten-Norman acted as distributors for Snow's aircraft and later took a 17% equity stake in the company. [3] In 1965 Snow Aeronautical was purchased by the Aero Commander division of North American Rockwell, who refined and marketed the S-2 design as the Rockwell S2R Thrush Commander. [4] [5]
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow S-1 | 1953 | 1 | Single engine agricultural monoplane |
| Snow S-2 | 1956 | 414 | Single engine agricultural monoplane |
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