TAAA 2024 President

Mike Cobb, Spray Plains Inc., Lubbock, Texas

​Hello TAAA Members and Friends!

Thank you for the opportunity to serve you as President for the next two years. We have a lot to do, and with the leadership of this board I think we can get many important
things done.

First, I want to extend my condolences to the 11 pilots who lost their lives this past season all across the United States. My number one priority is the safety for all our pilots. I want to challenge all of you to put your phones away. You can communicate between loads or talk thru your Bluetooth headsets. No texting! Distractions from the tasks before us are only a split second away from disaster!

With that being said I pray you all have a safe and prosperous season and look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting.

Blue sky and tail winds!

Thank You,
Mike Cobb


"TEXAS WILL AGAIN LIFT ITS HEAD AND STAND AMONG THE NATIONS." - Sam Houston.

Biography

Mike graduated from high school in Sunray, Texas, and learned to fly from his father who was a flight instructor in the Air Force.  He soloed at 15 years old, and attended Amarillo College where he studied Aviation Management.  He started his ag flying career in Sunray in 1979 working for his dad Joe Cobb at Joe’s Flying Service. 

He subsequently moved to the South Plains and worked for his uncle Jack Cobb at Two J’s flying service in Plains, Texas.  Mike bought that business from his uncle in 1998 and started Spray Plains, Inc.  He has sprayed all over the South Plains and the Panhandle, and today flies mostly in Idaho. 

Mike now has more than 40 years of ag flying experience and has served on the TAAA board in a variety of positions for more than a decade.   We seldom see Mike without his lovely wife Loya to whom he has been married since 1997. 


My love for flying is still in my blood and have no plans to retire anytime soon.

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