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Here's some old footage of the infamous "Ag-Pilot Championship" held in Americus, GA in the mid-1980s. How times have changed! Eagle Aircraft furnished the Eagle for demonstrations. The Dromader pilot was none other than the legendary Bob Hoover. Watch: https://www.facebook.com/236931963118920/videos/544986112313502

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) PT6A-34, -34B, -34AG, -114, and -114A model turboprop engines. This AD was prompted by several reports of low-time fractures of compressor turbine (CT) blades resulting in loss of power or in-flight shutdown (IFSD)...

WICHITA, Kansas — Aeronautix has been contracted by Storm Aeronautics to collaboratively develop a prototype and pursue FAA STC certification for an extensively modified Grumman Ag-Cat (G-164A and B models). The modified Ag-Cat, known as the “Storm Cat,” will be produced and sold by Storm Aeronautics to compete with today’s agricultural monoplanes....

Air Repair, out of Cleveland, Mississippi held a public safety education event last month to showcase ag aviation and agricultural aircraft to local first responders. The event was attended by approximately 50 volunteer firemen from Bolivar County, MS as well as the city of Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department, Bolivar County...

HONOLULU – A multi-agency effort to eradicate a coqui frog infestation in a remote mountain area of Waimanalo will use aerial application of a citric acid solution, a formula that has been successful in controlling and eradicating coqui in Hawai`i. The aerial application via helicopter is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20,...

via News-Press Now Floyd McElwain has been helping Midwest farmers prepare their harvests for more than 40 years. He is the founder of McElwain Sprayers, an aerial service that drops fungicide and even seeds on farmland. The “crop dusters” airplane wheels are sometimes only a few feet above the ground,...

via Daily Journal David Kurtz looked out his office at Benoit Aerial Spraying located east of Kankakee and pointed to a part of one of the company’s two grass runways. “You see that the grass is starting to green up,” Kutz said. “In a couple of weeks, winter wheat will...

Via KCCR Radio Online The South Dakota Aeronautics Commission has approved a letter of comment relating to the North Bend Wind Farm. The North Bend project is proposed for an area along the Hughes and Hyde County line near land owned by Michael and Judi Bollweg. Aeronautics Commission Chair Eric...

Opponents of the agriculture industry, particularly those against livestock, always use the term “factory farm” to scare consumers. What exactly would a ‘factory’ type of farm even look like? Some would picture a dreary place that doesn’t care and that’s certainly not what you’d see on the millions of farms...

Safety experts agree that at least 70% of aviation accidents are attributable to the pilot. NASA scientists report that most accidents result from some failure in the pilot’s cognitive performance, with distractions and errors in aeronautical decision making (ADM) most prominent. For example, when a pilot decides to launch into...