Cream of the Crop Dusting
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Pilot Killed In Gender Reveal Stunt
This is the second fatal gender reveal crash in as many years in Mexico.
Pilot Runs a Crop-Dusting Business
What does it take to run a crop-dusting business? This pilot and aerial-applicator business owner shares her story with FLYING.
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History of Agricultural Aviation Reveals a Series of Turning Points
Industry’s growth has been marked by interesting watershed moments.
Recon Crop Duster: Special Ops Selects Modified AT-802U Platform for Armed Overwatch
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected Sky Warden, a heavily modified crop duster platform purpose-built by L3Harris Technologies in collaboration with Air Tractor, for its Armed Overwatch program, it announced.
Leland Snow, Air Tractor Founder, Dies at 80
The man who invented the aerial spray airplane — and in doing so gave birth to the agricultural aviation industry — has passed. Leland Snow, founder and president of Air Tractor, died on Sunday while jogging near his home in Wichita Falls, Texas. He was 80. Snow designed his first aerial spray airplane, the S-1, […]
Air Tractor Offers Working Trainer
The new Air Tractor AT-504 ag aircraft is a side-by-side trainer that has full capability for aerial application. The ranks of experienced ag pilots are being thinned by age so it is essential that new, younger pilots be trained in the demanding flying of aerial application. But the high-performance agplanes from Air Tractor and others […]
