Into the Darkness
There I was, a half-hour past sunset on a moonless night, returning to a remote airstrip from a spray run in a field 25 minutes away. Dusk had quickly turned ...
There I was, a half-hour past sunset on a moonless night, returning to a remote airstrip from a spray run in a field 25 minutes away. Dusk had quickly turned ...
It seems that every time a new forecast comes out, the weather seems to be taking a long walk down the wrong road. Record-breaking temperatures, rainfall, tornadoes, flooding, massive thunderstorms, ...
In ag aviation stick and rudder skills become honed to a fine edge. It comes with the territory of repetitive low-level flights at high gross weights with much cranking and ...
When I got involved in the ag aviation business in the early 80s, first as a mixer/loader and then as a pilot, I remember one ‘old-timer’ who had taken down ...
In deciding to go flying, we implicitly accept some level of risk. Those unfamiliar with today's ag aviation industry often ask me how dangerous it must be. My response reflects ...
The Texas Agricultural Aviation Association (TAAA) Board of Directors held its Spring meeting in Austin the first of March, aligning...
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