Tag: 100th Anniversary of Ag Aviation

One hundred years after airplanes were first used in applying insecticide to crops, a Mississippi State flight lab seeks to understand how today’s agricultural aviators can safely share the skies ...

WASHINGTON – The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center will host its annual “Innovations in Flight Family Day and Aviation Display” on Saturday, Aug. 21, from 10 ...

A very special entry, “HONORING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST AERIAL APPLICATION MADE BY AN AIRPLANE,” was introduced into the U.S. Congressional Record on Aug. 3, 2021, the official ...

NAAA has released the book of the century—a century of agricultural aviation, that is. One hundred years ago, an aerial crop dusting experiment spawned the birth of the agricultural aviation ...

  What started out as a small two-person experiment in 1921 in Ohio is now a multibillion-dollar industry with 1,200-horsepower, turbine-engine airplanes, treating more than 127 million acres of U.S. ...

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 ...

We are thrilled to celebrate the official 100th anniversary of aerial application at a special event on Tuesday, Aug. 3, in Leesburg, Virginia. Invitees include Congressional Members, VIPs in the ...