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Tour stops planned for multiple cities – beginning with EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh (Albany, GA) –Thrush aircraft is dedicating considerable resources and effort to a new marketing campaign designed to build awareness among an international audience regarding the benefits of agricultural aviation. The new campaign is named "Ag Aviation -...

Aerial application can be just as effective as ground application, but that characterization does not do aerial application justice. Aerial application has many advantages. We thought it would be a good idea to review those advantages this month in case we need to articulate them to our customers and critics....

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announced the recipients of the 2016 Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMT) Employer Recognition Awards. CD Aviation Services, a leading provider in small turbine engine maintenance, service and support, announced they have received the 2016 AMT Employer Recognition award from the National Air Transpiration Association for...

At Auger Dan we try to meet the needs of aerial applications in the dry material loading equipment. Over time, equipment has needed to evolve to meet loading requirements. These improvements led to scales, clear and adjustable height sock, anti-dribble valve (to stop spillage in sensitive loading areas), extensive truck...

Pilots sometimes get the wrong idea when it comes to medication use. One of the most frequent questions we get at the Office of Aerospace Medicine is; Why don’t you have a list of approved and disqualifying medications? There are actually a few reasons why such a list is problematic...

I rolled out of the rack at the crack of noon, opened the curtains to allow the glare of an unsympathetic sun singe my bleary eyes. My morning routine normally occurs in the afternoon this time of year. It’s never pleasant. I miss those bright, bushy tailed days of a...

Hardy Aviation Insurance is pleased to announce a broader selection of services in property and casualty to include life insurance and expanded work comp/ employers liability capabilities. To facilitate this new line of business we have hired Kim Manring, a specialist in these areas, adding personal lines, to include homes...

  Back in the 1960s there were people who said that God would never allow man to walk on the moon. Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon on July 21, 1969. Since then Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young,...

I was driving down the highway one day when I came upon a large truck. On the back of the truck was a bumper sticker that read: "This truck is overloaded with federal regulations. Don't like trucks? Stop eating, problem solved!" Many automobile drivers don't like sharing the road with...

A few years ago we received a claim for bodily injury from drift of granular permethrin applied to corn. A lawsuit had already been filed and a defense council appointed prior to our assignment of the investigation. Our lawyer obtained permission for us to go on the property and talk...