| Thrush | |
|---|---|
 The radial engine powered Ayres S-2R Thrush | |
| General information | |
| Type | Aerial application aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Ayres Corporation Thrush Aircraft |
| Designer | |
| Status | In production |
| Number built | less than 2,000 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1956-present |
| First flight | 1956 |
The Ayres Thrush, formerly the Snow S-2,[1] Aero Commander Ag Commander, and Rockwell Thrush Commander, is an American agricultural aircraft produced by Ayres Corporation and more recently by Thrush Aircraft. It is one of the most successful and long-lived agricultural application aircraft types in the world, with almost 2,000 sold since the first example flew 68 years ago. Typical of agricultural aircraft, it is a single-seat monoplane of conventional taildragger configuration. Originally powered by a radial piston engine, most examples produced since the 1980s have been turboprop-powered.
- ^ Macdonald, 1964. p.138.