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A Legacy in Arkansas

Often times, an ag-operator will start his ag-flying career at a young age and during the course of his career, raise a family. Many of these young pilots hope all along the boys (and sometimes the girls) will follow in their footsteps to become an ag-pilot, eventually taking over the business. There are several three-generation operations (and maybe even a fourth) to be found throughout the country. Undoubtedly, each succeeding generation sees the past generation as a mentor, offering guidance and wisdom from past experiences. Such is the case at Johnson Flying Service in Weiner, Arkansas. Wilburn Johnson left his legacy for sons Cory and Trampas to follow.

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Videos from the 2011 NAAA Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas Nevada

Crop Duster vs. Aerial Applicator

by Gavin Morse
I was surprised to see in response to your November e-poll question, “How do you like to be referred to?” 22% answered “Crop Duster” and only 15% answered “Aerial Applicator"! The people involved in representing our industry, whether it is on a state or national level, work tirelessly to show the public we are NOT the “Crop Dusters” of yester year everyone has heard of, but highly trained professional Aerial Applicators providing a valuable and necessary service. Even more shocking was the justification given for referring to yourself as a “Crop Duster”;
“People know what you mean when you say you’re a crop duster and just look at you blankly when you say Aerial Applicator”.

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Super Air closes on 1,500 lost time injury-free days

Aerial fertiliser spreading company Super Air marks a key milestone of more than four years with no lost time due to injuries (LTIs) this month. On December 16, Super Air will celebrate 1,500 LTI-free days, the result of a focussed commitment to health and safety which commenced in 2007. About 50 pilots, loader drivers, engineers and other support staff work for the Ballance Agri-Nutrients-owned aviation company.

Hal Tacker, painter, from ag aviation background

Hal Tacker wakes up at 2 a.m. and starts painting. Not every day, just lately and with a kind of renewed passion for art that had been dormant, if not truly missing. It has never really been missing, even before Tacker realized it was art. "I could be drawing an airplane right there," chuckles Tacker, showing off a baby picture with him sitting on the ground next to his father's ag plane while holding a piece of paper.

Concerns of BLM aerial applications of seed in Colorado

Aerial topdressing with Fletcher video, a few seconds long

Why your breakfast banana may become an endangered species

If you sliced a banana over your cereal this morning, or whipped one up in a smoothie, you most likely ate a Cavendish. Though more than 1,000 types of bananas exist worldwide, the Cavendish is the pick of producers its a fragile but extremely productive and cheap fruit that can be shipped long distances to satisfy global demand.

Enviro-wackos think glyphosate kills 11-year old

Bangkok establishes rainmaking ag aviation department

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Mystery dusting video - Who and where, please

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Helicopter makes truck top landing for loading / 21 sec video

Australia's Kevin Patchett sows rice over the Riverina, news article and video

Five agricultural aviation companies that serve the agricultural industry in Louisiana got their equipment tested recently at the Jennings airport with the help of the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

Jennings, Louisiana operators test equipment

Kevin Patchett approaches the end of the paddock a little after sunrise. He eases back on the power and steers his ''tractor'' to the left in a tight and noisy U-turn. Dust shoots out from underneath and sprays the side of a truck, the farmers looking on, and a once-white ute. Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/back-on-the-farm-innovation-flies-high-20111021-1mca2.html#ixzz1cNDv4Vsd

AN-2 spraying cotton in South Sudan with rotary atomizers / 2 min video

ID farmer stands up to power companies for trespassing power lines

A local group of farmers and concerned people is working to keep power lines out of the fields where they work. The Power County Gateway Citizens Task Force is worried that more power lines cropping up in their fields will cost them more than just money.

SEATs used to help apply 60,000 gallons of retardant in Texas

Steir family featured in Iowa aviation

When Morris Maurie Steier got his pilot's wings 65 years ago, he had no idea that he was starting a family tradition one where the sky's the limit. Steier enjoyed an early celebration of his 91st birthday Sunday the actual day is Nov. 11 surrounded by family members and their eight Beechcraft Bonanza airplanes at the North Omaha Airport. The family patriarch was the first to land, setting down his 1955 Bonanza as easily as if he were parking a car outside church.

Ag pilot Jon Bodie of Canada has sonin NHL

RC Pawnee flies

Yahoo Answers about crop dusting needs posts

Marc Mullis, AAU's AirFire & Forestry editor makes a drop that saves house in Texas / cockpit video

Where does she get her data, crop dusters more prone to cancers... tweet her

AT-802 Fire Boss scoops and drops in Portugal / wing view video

Aerial firefighters based in Austin

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will be home to five firefighting aircraft, including one of the largest tanker planes in the world, in case more wildfires break out in the state, an Austin congressman announced Monday.

Lane Aviation donates help on wild fire in Fort Bend County, Texas

A fire in southeast Fort Bend County Wednesday afternoon destroyed between 300 and 700 acres, officials said. The fire between the towns of Beasley and Needville started in a pasture about 3:20 p.m., said Fort Bend County public information officer Bob Haenel.

IA ag-operators help farmers

The risks are great. The job is seasonal, with this year's work basically finished. But crop-dusters --- "aerial applicators" in the modern parlance --- will say there's a real "high" involved in doing what they do every summer. "I like dealing with the farming community," said Glenn Speas, owner of Speas Aviation near Belle Plaine, which operates 12 planes and 12 helicopters. "I've flown as an airline captain for about 10 years, flying commercial 727s, 737s, before I got out in 2000. With the way things are going, I'm glad I'm not with the airline industry anymore." Read more: http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_f9ae7d44-d704-11e0-be68-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1XU1Z5UK6

Canadian arrested for pointing gun at "crop duster" / guns seized



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