PHOTOS: Thrush Aircraft expanding to build new line of planes in Albany

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Alan Mauldin
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An expansion at Thrush Aircraft in Albany will mean more than 125 new jobs over a year as the company ramps up to meet the demand for a new line of products. The company has been manufacturing planes used for agricultural and firefighting applications for more 50 years. Thrush plans to build about 40 planes this year and increase production to about 50 in 2023.

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Alan has been a reporter for 30 years, including at The Moultrie Observer, Thomasville Times-Enterprise and The Albany Herald. His favorite book is “Catch-22,” and he has an Australian shepherd/American bulldog mix named Maxwell.

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