Marsh Aviation is an aircraft engineering, design, maintenance and re-manufacturing company, situated on East Falcon Drive, at Falcon Field in

Mesa, Arizona Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Arizona, third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, T ...

. The company often works as a sub-contractor to well-known brand-name aerospace companies, discreetly designing and manufacturing components and sub-systems for high-profile programs. The company has also worked on a variety of aircraft programs for governments all over the world. Founded in December 1961 to convert piston-powered aircraft to turboprop power, the company's first projects involved fitting

Rockwell Thrush Commander The Ayres Thrush, formerly the Snow S-2,Macdonald, 1964. p.138. 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 ...

agricultural aircraft with

Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 The Honeywell TPE331 (military designation: T76) is a turboprop engine. It was designed in the 1950s by Garrett AiResearch, and produced since 1999 by successor Honeywell Aerospace. The engine's power output ranges from . Design and developme ...

engines. Later, the firm also re-engined Gulfstream Turbo Cats, Beech Turbo Mentors and

Grumman S-2 Tracker The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) is the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventional ...

s with Garrett engines. The company filed for

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in September 2009. Some of Marsh Aviation's aircraft engineering modification programs include: * Grumman S-2F3AT Turbo Tracker, a re-engined

, with Garrett TPE331 engines. Six converted for Argentine Navy.Michell 1994, p. 342. * Rockwell/Ayres S2R-T Turbo Thrush airplane, a turboprop conversion of the

, using a

Garrett TPE331 The Honeywell TPE331 (military designation: T76) is a turboprop engine. It was designed in the 1950s by Garrett AiResearch, and produced since 1999 by successor Honeywell Aerospace. The engine's power output ranges from . Design and developm ...

-1-101 engine. Deliveries started in 1976.Taylor 1982, pp. 411–412. 75 conversions were completed by 1985.Taylor 1988, p. 422. * Grumman G164C Turbo Cat airplane, a turboprop conversion of the Grumman Super Ag Cat C/600. Six converted.

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