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Since 1949, Mid-Continent Aircraft has been the leader in Agricultural Aviation by providing a variety of services that exceed our customers’ expectations. As we move into each day, we will continue to grow with your business and provide the tools you need to be a success.

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AG-Aviation's most complete inventory of new and used aircraft, ground support systems with parts and maintenance service - backed by 60 years of experience and integrity.

Ag Cat

1977 Maxi Cat -1208 SMOH, 10,500 Total, smoker, sprayer, tall tail.

2 King Cats – 600 gallon hopper, 114 fuel, super clean, overseas location. Call for information and special price. New Cover

1968 Ag Cat with B upgrade – 450HP, 80 fuel, frakes aileron servo, extended wings weathaero, smoker, super boom sprayer. New Annual.

1977Ag Cat PT6-20, 100 HSI, Air, 80 fuel, 330 gallon, Special low price.

1962 Ag Cat 450 – Sprayer, needs overhaul. A rebuilder, now disassemble. $21,000.00

DROMADER

1999 M18B - Total time 1430, 310 SMOH, VGs, Servos, Air condition, auto flagger, 60CP sprayer, Satloc, NDH.

Air Tractor

1980 Air Tractor 301 – 7700TT, 995 SMOH, Sprayer, 38 inch gate, air condition, crop Hawk 7, completely refurbished including wing spar AD compliance, clean.

Air Tractor -Just available - AT 502A PT6-45R- 7600TT, 700 SOH, refurbished spring 2006. 9800 hr wing, good wheel times, M3, Intelliflow, new gear, 66 CP’s dropped boom, Vortex generator, quick start, air.

1999 Air Tractor 502B, 4850TT,VGs, air heat, shadin, M3, CP dropped boom, fresh eddy current, super clean, NDH.

NDT WING INSPECTION AVAILABLE THRUSH -AIR TRACTOR.

Insurance

Phone: 800-325-0885 * Fax: 573-359-0384 * E-Mail: acinsurance@midcont.com *Sharon Watkins – Ins. Mgr/Producer, Laura Terrett – Producer, Kristin Pullam – Producer, Josh Rittenberry – Producer, Heather Riggs – Claims/Producer, Jennifer Bullington – CSR

Thrush

2009 Now available – In production 510-34 New 660’s too.

2009 New dual cockpit, 550-60, New 510-34.

Special price savings. Equipped as sprayers.

1997 Thrush PT6-45- 250 SHSI, M3, Air, dropped stainless spray, 66 CP’s, Strobes.

1995 Thrush G6 - 510 gallon, 4000 Total, 1265 since CAM, Air condition, crop hawk, airstar with updates, March annual with Eddy current, Stainless booms.

1997 Thrush G6 – 5800 total, 1565 SCAM, 100 SOH prop, 510 gallon, air, GPS, stainless dropped boom sprayer.

2005 Thrush 510 Garrett-10, 950 TT, 720 SCAM, air, CP sprayer, Smoker, 228 fuel, Satloc M3, flow control.

1992 Thrush 510 – 7600TT, 1580TT Walters engine, Big butterfly, Eddy current done, satloc, air condition, $299,000.00.

1992 Thrush 510 PT6-41 DC– M3, CP, Sprayer, 50 SOH prop, 200 SHSI, 620 on new CT disk, 50 on gear box.

2004 Thrush 660 PT6-67 – 750 airframe, 2200 TT, engine, sprayer, fire door, In Europe.

Thrush Exclusive Dealer U.S., Canada, Mexico

1996 Thrush T45, 7300TT, 650 SHSI, 510 gallon, Satloc, hopper rinse, 1800 since spar cap, NDH, Sprayer, air condition.

1999 Thrush, 400 gallon, PT6-15AG, 5680TT, “0” SHIS, Satloc, Raven flow control, air condition, Shadin, Vortex generator, stainless sprayer with CPS, Eddy current CW.

Taking orders for 660 Thrush with -65. Need 3 orders to build. Rugged construction proven productive.

PIPER

1975 Pawnee D PA25 - 260HP - 2800TT, 370 SMOH, fixed pitch, new cover, Weathaero, aircare exhaust, flagger, Satloc light, permanent spar fin, sprayer. Mint condition, In Canada

General Aviation

NOTICE: Take advantage of the New Stimulus Program…We have customers looking for lease back Cessna’s

New 2009 Cessna 182- Call for information

NEW 2009 Cessna T206H – Ferry time only -Call for information

Cessna 162 LSA “Skycatcher” Now Taking Orders.

New 2009 172S, Garmin 1000.

We are a General Aviation Cessna Single Engine Distributor. Call us for New Aircraft and All Cessna Parts

TRUCKS

Several load trucks fold over boom, water also. From $6,950.00 and up!

PARTS

Worlds largest dealer CP Nozzles.

Cool Start kit for Turbines.

New Swathmasters for Piper Brave, Pawnee, Air Tractor, Thrush, AG Cat.

All Types Spreaders New & Used 25", 38", 41" Transland, Breckenridge.

!!!!!SALE!!!!! New Captain Crunch Can Opener – Rinser List Price - $2,100.00 *Special Price* $1,250.00

Top of the line Hand Held Garmins GPSMAP 496 or GPSMAP 396 Also other models for fishing and hunting.

Thrush Spar Caps now available

Free-Pilot Placement.

Superior experienced, quality, no corners cut, FAA certified repair station: Spar cap replacement.

Paint

Expanded Dealer Randolph Paints and STITS covering available. Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp. – Mid-South / Mid-West 1-800-325-0885, Landry Aero – South/Southwest 1-800-280-2884 Need special colors?

IF IT’S A MID-CONTINENT ANNUAL, IT’S THE BEST. WE ARE FAA REPAIR STATION

Mid-Continent E-Mail Directory

A/C Sales - sales@midcont.com * A/C Parts - parts@midcont.com * A/C Insurance - acinsurance@midcont.com * GPS Sales/Serv - cpatterson@midcont.com * Satloc Level III Service Center Del Norte Systems Full in house repair new or used. WAAS Updates.

Plane Talk

Plane News -ABOVE & BEYOND
By: Roy Brown –

P-38 Association Reprint.

Conclusion…

On another day, while returning from a trip to the Philippines in the usual bad weather, Pag neared what he thought was Hong Kong. He had been on top of heavy clouds for hours with strong, uncertain winds and decided to let down at sea before heading inland for Kweilin. When he finally broke out of the weather at very low altitude, he found to his surprise that he was over land and near a big river. Unable to locate his position, he decided to land on a long sandbar in the river and get oriented before wasting his remaining fuel.

A crowd of Chinese greeted him, and he asked if anyone there spoke English. A bright young kid said he attended mission school and spoke English. Pag handed him his map and asked the kid if he could show him where they were. The kid unhesitatingly put his finger on a spot and said, “Right here.”

Pag looked at the map and said, “No, I don’t think so. Are you sure you know how to read a map?” The lad said firmly, “We had maps in school and that’s where we are,

right here.” His finger was planted right on the city of Canton!

“Great God Almighty, are you sure about that?!” The boy replied, “The Japs have a big airfield just across the river. If the rain wasn’t so heavy, you could see them, and if the people here would be quiet, you could hear their engines.” Quickly quieting the crowd, Pag listened, and sure enough, he could hear aircraft engines running up not far away across the river. Now realizing that he had landed just off White Cloud and the big Jap base there, Pag hastily cranked up his engines and blasted off into the now welcome overcast. He landed at Kweilin a little over an hour later, with fuel tanks dry again.

Later that evening Pag said over a drink, “I could have been really lucky and broken out right over White Cloud, but then my navigation is seldom right on the mark!”

Plane Talk

Real or?

We’ve been fascinated from the beginning by stories and programs on UFO’s. From Von Dannikers’ Chariot of the Gods to the latest Dulce mesa information and the history channel UFO programs.

Now we’ve never seen a UFO, but the irrefutable facts that each cave drawing with over sized people depicted along with normal sized people and animals (which I have seen,) makes one wonder.

Since we have a large aviation readership, we would like to hear from you about any observation or experience you may have encountered during your years of flying. Several operators have experienced during night flying where unexplainable light appeared.

We have read news reports where airline pilots and a astronauts have witnessed UFO’s but remain quit in fear of losing their job or at least thought of as eccentric or crazy. Your letters will remain private unless you don’t care and want our readers to share your experience.

You know, it’s hard to refute UFO sightings. The only actual things I have seen are the glyphs and pictures on the canyon walls in Arizona. Seen while we were prospecting. In the museum at Mexico City I saw a stone curving of a man sitting on sort of a drum, with rockets or jets coming out of the bottom section, wearing a space suit of sort with wrist gauntlets exactly like today’s astronauts wear! absolutely uncanny!

Again we can only speculate on what we see, but it’s hard not to correlate reality with speculation. How did the Egyptians calculate the earth’s wobble on its axis to the 10th decimal point, an exercise with results that today’s computers just measured?

All great questions. Your ideas will be welcome. Maybe something good will come out of any answers we may get.