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Ag pilot videos
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:02 pm
I have always been fascinated with AG flying. It's one of my alter dream jobs.
LINK - amazing vid + curved runway
LINK - new fangled electrictronics but good
Posted by DeltaDoc Vimeo - Old School Crop Duster
LINK - amazing vid + curved runway
LINK - new fangled electrictronics but good
Posted by DeltaDoc Vimeo - Old School Crop Duster
This post was edited on 7/31/19 at 7:28 pm
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Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:05 pm to AutoYes_Clown
quote:If you don’t fly under the power lines you suck.
It's one of my alter dream jobs.
This post was edited on 8/2/19 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:23 pm to AutoYes_Clown
My brother is an Ag pilot. He loves it.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:28 pm to AutoYes_Clown
I thought about getting into ag flying for a while. Those guys make a lot more money than you would think. Decided I didn't want to move that far away from civilization.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:29 pm to jimbeam
It doesn’t take long watching them to figure how big their balls are.
The old school guys and the ones that learned how to fly in the military will lay it down, but a lot of guys these days are not big risk takers and I can’t really blame them.
The old school guys and the ones that learned how to fly in the military will lay it down, but a lot of guys these days are not big risk takers and I can’t really blame them.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:29 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Watched that first one the other day. Those dudes are nuts.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:30 pm to jimbeam
quote:I think in a lot of instances it's safer to fly under the power lines rather than try to climb over them.
If you don’t fly under the lower lines you suck.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 6:31 pm to AutoYes_Clown
I watched the video from Scott Palmer last night. FYI he used to hang out with Johnny Knoxville’s crazy crew. He jumped out of a plane once without a parachute. He flew to a guy that did and clipped into a belt clip. The vid is on his YouTube channel. He also is a member of the Flying Cowboys. They fly Bush planes into crazy locations.
This post was edited on 7/31/19 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 7/31/19 at 7:18 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Posted on 7/31/19 at 7:25 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Correct
Posted on 7/31/19 at 8:31 pm to AutoYes_Clown
An uncle of mine used to fly and the first yr of boll weevil eradication I loaded for him. Flying unfamiliar fields due to BWE he came back with pieces of power line twice: once around the prop and another on the wing. Flying an AT 301. We worked on that old bitch more than he flew it. Good times though.
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Posted on 7/31/19 at 8:36 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Friend of my was a pilot and bought a crop dusting business back in the late 70s. Having never done that type of flying he went to a old timer to learn how. When he climbed into the front cockpit of the plane they were gong to train in he saw that the few instruments that were in the panel had been covered with masking tape. He asked his instructor pilot how he was going to fly without knowing the airspeed, altitude, etc. The old timer replied, " you wont have time to look at the instrument panel, and if you actually saw what the instruments indicated you would never do this. "
Posted on 7/31/19 at 8:43 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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I think in a lot of instances it's safer to fly under the power lines rather than try to climb over them.
I would think it would be safer to fly parallel to the power lines and lay you off some end rows then you would not have to fly right up to the lines before you start your climb.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 9:00 pm to highcotton2
Easier said than done. The fields we used to farm are all odd shaped surrounded by trees with some times two-three lines crossing or along the edge. You’d think we were farming near NYC with all that infrastructure but was in butthole, La. instead.
Thinking about it, the same transmission line crossed 4 of the 6 places dad farmed, those farms were 5 miles apart. Plus single phase lines, too.
Thinking about it, the same transmission line crossed 4 of the 6 places dad farmed, those farms were 5 miles apart. Plus single phase lines, too.
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Posted on 7/31/19 at 9:22 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Family friend of ours had a little business here spraying rice and beans in the area until his daughter was born. Super guy and way bigger balls than I have
Posted on 7/31/19 at 9:26 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Not so fun fact: 100% of Ag pilots will die.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:13 pm to Chuker
As will 100% of people posting in this thread.
Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:45 pm to iwantacooler
awesome !! I am a private pilot with aspirations of commercial of some sort after I retire. Every year I get to do a little low level flying with crews for training. love to fly anywhere any time. Some simulated fire drops in a bell 412 riding 3rd seat.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 8/1/19 at 3:12 am to AutoYes_Clown
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It's one of my alter dream jobs.
Go find and old ag pilot if you can find one and talk to him, you will change your find in a hurry.
Their cancer rate is off the charts and most look like they have had multiple strokes from flying back through the pesticide mist for decades.
Posted on 8/1/19 at 4:22 am to AutoYes_Clown
There’s a good article on page 68 in this magazine about the famous MS Delta pilot Booga Bottom who once flew under a bridge.
There used to be a video online that showed him flying under the Hushpuckena bridge, but all the links I found were broken. This article shows a pic.
LINK
There used to be a video online that showed him flying under the Hushpuckena bridge, but all the links I found were broken. This article shows a pic.
LINK
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