Simplifying stewardship: Joe Curless experiments with aerial-applied cover crop systems
A Fulton County farmer and flying service co-owner believes he’s found some systems that make using cover crops more convenient with significant results.
Propelling Ag Aviation Forward At EAA AirVenture 2022
Air Tractor displays AT-802F air tanker at the world’s biggest aviation celebration. Oshkosh, WI — Air Tractor will be among more than 700+ aviation exhibitors…
AG Aviation Africa Ploughs An Exciting New Furrow
Air Tractor dealer AG Aviation Africa hosted a conference to underline the importance of investment in agricultural aircraft in South Africa.
502XP Arrives For Work At Ecuador Banana Producer
L-R Phil Jeske, AT;, Jose Moran, OBSA Finance Mgr.; Scott Neal, ATI; Jim Hirsch, ATI; Kurt Miller, AgSur; Jorge Alex Serrano, OBSA; Edgar Cordova, APACSA;…
Capstan AG’s SwathPRP Aerial Application System Surpasses Anything Ag Aviation has Seen in System Spraying Technology
Suppose a pilot could change two of the most critical parameters of spraying during an application and just suppose the pilot wanted to change the spray droplet size to a predetermined one because the wind component changed, or they detected a temperature change?
Agriculture by Air
“It’s the last frontier in aviation,” Leland Snow told an interviewer in 1966. “You do your own flying. And you don’t have to answer to anyone except a farmer if you goof on a job. The ag pilot has more freedom than anyone else in the air.”
Propelling the Progress of Ag Aviation
Air Tractor Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Ag Aviation at EAA AirVenture 2021 Oshkosh, WI — Air Tractor joins the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA)…
Pilots Who’ve Taken The Route Less Traveled Are In Demand
Many of the most lucrative jobs in aviation are held by airline pilots, positions thought to be highly secure and in-demand just last year as a wave of older pilots retired. The pandemic has upended that assumption, for a few years at least. In its wake, anxiety and a search for alternative employment is pervasive among air transport pilots.