Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Grumman G-164 Ag-Cat is the first aircraft specifically designed by a major aircraft company for agricultural ...

Agricultural aviation began in 1921 with an experimental Curtiss JN-6 "Jenny" flight, quickly evolving into a specialized industry that included the precursor to Delta Air Lines. The industry saw ...

The morning of June 25, 1994, was exceptionally clear and pleasant in central Arkansas and found me sitting at the end of a very scarce asphalt runway in my robust, aerodynamic Ag Cat. It was 85 ...

For me, the sound, the feel, the smell of a radial engine combine in a sensory nirvana that touches my very soul. It’s a thoroughly uplifting experience that I feel compelled to share. Sometimes with ...

Ag pilot Scott Palmer sprays fungicide on an Iowa corn field. Unlike airline pilots, aerial applicators have relatively steady work, pandemic or no pandemic. Things are dour in the airline business.

A crop duster crashed into a truck Tuesday in Northern California after a pilot didn’t generate enough “lift” during takeoff, causing fuel to spill on the road, authorities said. A single-engine 1978 ...