Leland Snow

Leland Snow (May 31, 1930 – February 20, 2011) was an American aeronautical engineer known for designing and developing agricultural aircraft. He was the founder and president of both Snow Aeronautical (in 1956), and Air Tractor.

Snow began designing the Snow S-1 crop duster aircraft in 1951 when he was 21 years old. By 1953 the aircraft was completed and test flown, and Snow began dusting and spraying both in Texas and elsewhere. After four years of field trials, Snow founded the Snow Aeronautical Company and started production of the Snow S-2 at Olney, Texas. Snow sold the company to Rockwell-Standard in 1965, and as part of the deal became vice president of its Aero Commander division, manufacturers of a whole range of general aviation aircraft.