verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message thrush aircraft inc. type private company industry aerospace founded 2003 headquarters albany georgia united states area served united states internationally key people payne hughes president 1 products agricultural aircraft website www.thrushaircraft.com ayres s 2r thrush thrush aircraft is a u.s. aircraft manufacturer based in albany georgia . it currently manufactures the thrush series of agricultural aircraft . contents 1 history 2 aircraft produced 3 see also 4 references 4.1 notes 4.2 bibliography 5 external links history edit rockwell international 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 . citation needed the manufacturing facilities consists of 160 acres 0.65 km2 of land located adjacent to the southwest georgia regional airport with direct access to the airport s two runways . citation needed aircraft produced edit ayres thrush see also edit list of aircraft manufacturers references edit notes edit management . thrush aircraft . retrieved 2012 08 21 . bibliography edit lavender bill . industry workhorse returns . agair magazine volume 26 number 3 march 2008 . retrieved 11 may 2008 . archived from the original faa airworthiness directive australia civil aviation airworthiness directives external links edit thrush aircraft official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thrush aircraft & oldid 737665258 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesdougherty county georgiahidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 september 2016 at 08 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view