Tag: from the cockpit

As you may know, Air Tractor is celebrating its 50th year manufacturing agricultural aircraft. That is an impressive milestone for any company. It seems like an unusual influx of 50-year ...

How many of us are familiar with the term sulfonylurea? It is the chemical name for a family of pesticides, primarily herbicides (SUs). There are over 20 aerial labels for ...

I have been monitoring the continued push by drone-affiliated companies to enter the ag aviation marketplace. Having been in ag aviation for over 50 years, I feel there are some ...

One of the more difficult tasks a business owner has to face is increasing prices, typically for the same services and products as before the increase. I have never met ...

I trust everyone had a fantastic Christmas holiday. All was good with my family; we should all be thinking about the loved ones that have left us this past year. ...

Wire Strikes   I find it unusual that wire strikes this year have taken the spotlight for ag aviation accidents. However, one cannot deny the facts; wire strikes are rising. ...

Where does one start when writing about the loss of one of your closest friends and an industry leader? I’ve written about many in the ag-aviation industry that have gone ...

Forty years ago, I believe, in 1983, I met a distinguished gentleman from Louisiana at the spring NAAA board meeting in Washington, D.C. Unknown to me since I was a ...

About 30 years ago in the early 1990s, I had the opportunity to conduct an evaluation flight in Air Tractor’s newly certified AT-802A. At the time, Chuck Kemper (since deceased) ...

I just finished attending two state shows, Arkansas and Texas, with the Mississippi convention coming late this week. If attendance at Mississippi is anything like Arkansas and Texas shows, it ...