[1][additional citation(s) needed] In 1965, Leland Snow sold his company to Rockwell-Standard and was appointed a vice president of the Aero Commander division.

[4][additional citation(s) needed] On July 1, 2008 Air Tractor, Inc. became an employee-owned company with the establishment of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Snow is remembered as a quiet, generous, and kind-natured family man whose focus and determination built one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturing companies.

Yet, for all his many accomplishments and busy schedule, Leland Snow always made time to visit with ag pilots who dropped by his office or National Agricultural Aviation Association meetings.

His commitment to pilot safety and drift minimization programs helped improve the public image of our industry.