Tag: 100 years

Today marks the 100th anniversary of aerial application! Reed Keahey was practically born into the pilot seat. "We're like the doctors for the crops. We get a prescription from our ...

Air Tractor® “Dusty Crophopper” takes its place beside aviation legends. On Aug. 3, the National Agricultural Aviation Association will present to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum the ...

1921 C.R. Nellie, an entomologist with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, came up with the idea of combating pests with an airplane. The concept was met with skepticism at first, ...