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I was working out in my garden last summer when a bright yellow airplane started flying overhead. My subdivision, which used to be a strawberry patch, is surrounded by corn and soybean fields. I watched as the plane would sweep across the nearby field, precisely spraying the corn crop before turning...

by Juliana Ap. Torchetti Coppick Delivering an aircraft, whether new or used, is always a rewarding task. It’s like being the emissary of good news. That aircraft is part of someone’s projects, whether to compose an existing fleet or perhaps to be the aircraft that will initiate the projects of...

In the Southern Red River Valley, early morning near the summer solstice spells bright blue skies, wispy clouds and a prickly breeze. Fields of soybeans, corn and sugar beets carpet the landscape, while groves of trees pop up like islands in an emerald sea. Alfalfa and wheat are beginning to...

The lubricant in aircraft piston engines has several complex functions within the engine. One of the main characteristics is lubricating the moving parts to reduce friction and wear. Friction occurs between two pieces that move relative to each other, even though they have polished metal surfaces. Since there are microscopic...

by Mike Feeney From my recollections, the Call Aircraft Company (CallAir) was established in 1939 by Reuel Call at Afton, Wyoming, to build a touring aircraft that he had designed. WWII intervened and they carried out repair contracts for the duration. After the war they did produce several hundred of...

JONESBORO — The Tuesday fatal crash of a cropduster in Greene County highlights the risks of agricultural aviation. Northeast Arkansas, with its large number of rice fields, is the home to many agricultural aviation companies. And while it’s a lucrative business, it does have its risks. Hunter Drope, 28, died...

In rural areas of Africa where U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) says it’s looking for an armed ISR airplane to replace the Pilatus PC-12-based UC-28 Dracos it currently flies, the Sky Warden wouldn’t look out of place. It’s based on Air Tractor’s familiar AT-802 agricultural application airplane. About 36 of...

AgAir Update sits down with Thrush Aircraft’s President Mark McDonald on what’s the latest news since the ownership change of the company. How long have you had the reins of Thrush Aircraft? We acquired the assets of Thrush in early November, 2019, so just over a year and a half....

All efforts by Grain SA to obtain a label extension for the use of glyphosate-containing products as a pre-harvest aerial applicable herbicide in the current maize production season has so far came to naught. This was according to Corné Louw, Grain SA senior economist, who said the application for registration...

by Harry E. Williams Assistant Entomologist University of Tennessee Extension Circa January 1971 Insects are first-class travelers, and many of them are ‘’one way tourists.” These small creatures are among the most successful immigrants in the world. How many of us could travel alone to a strange country without bags...