page_title: Schweizer Aircraft
section_title: Ag Cat
hierarchical_section_title: Schweizer Aircraft / History / Ag Cat
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Samolot Grumman G-164 Ag-Cat przystosowany do pokazów lotniczych. Zdjęcie zrobione na pokazach w Góraszce.English: Grumman G-164 Ag-Cat adapted to airshows. Picture taken on an airshow in Góraszka
context_page_description: The Schweizer Aircraft Corporation was an American manufacturer of sailplanes, agricultural aircraft and helicopters located in Horseheads, New York. It was incorporated in 1939 by three Schweizer brothers, who built their first glider in 1930. Previously the oldest privately owned aircraft company in the United States, Schweizer was acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of Stratford, Connecticut in 2004, and became a diversified aerospace company. Schweizer Aircraft ceased operations in 2012. it was sold to Schweizer R.S.G. in 2018 and production lines were opened again. The company produces three models in 2020.
context_section_description: Schweizer produced the Grumman G-164 Ag Cat, a single-engine biplane agricultural aircraft originally developed by Grumman in the 1950s. Under the contract with Grumman the airplane was built almost continuously between 1957 and 1981. During this period of time Schweizer built 2,455 of the airplanes.
  In 1981 Schweizer bought the rights to the design and continued production under the name Schweizer Ag Cat. In 1995 Schweizer sold the rights to the Ag Cat to Ag-Cat Corp. of Malden, Texas. In February 2001 the design was sold to Allied Ag-Cat Productions Inc. of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.  Allied Ag-Cat is not producing new aircraft although a related company operates a large fleet of Ag-Cats.
  The basic airframe incorporates many safety innovations, including a pressurized cockpit to keep pesticides out, air conditioning and a fuselage structure that is designed to progressively collapse in the event of a collision.
caption: Schweizer Ag Cat
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