The AgCat is a purpose designed agricultural aircraft and has
been in almost continuous production since 1959.
The prototype Grumman G-164 AgCat first flew in 1957 with
production beginning in 1959. Until 1995 Schweitzer built all AgCats,
first under contract for Grumman then on its own after purchasing the
design and production rights in 1981.
In 1995 Schweitzer sold the AgCat's production rights to AgCat Corp of
Missouri.
