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[AgentMorris94]

@flyboyzack07 My dad had a couple of friends who were crop dusters, that I got a lot of information from. I was absolutely fascinated by crop dusters, but I never did ask them some questions. Also, I know what you mean about farming and agriculture being a major part of our world, more than people know! I grew up in a major farming community, and if it wasn't for the ag sprayers, boll weevil's and other incests would wreak havoc.

[flyboyzach07]

@AgentMorris94 There's a lot more to being a good ag pilot other than being a good pilot. We have to be good stewards of the land and ecosystem as well. Flying is the easy part!!! Though no matter how hard some of try, there are some that gives the rest of us ag operators bad names and bad publicity. Ag planes are important for the agricultural industry as far harvest aid, and crop meeting treatment schedules when the fields are to wet to get in with ground equipment.

[flyboyzach07]

@AgentMorris94 I am with jpduster, we just leave a few passes off and come back later if need be. Airplanes draw people's curiosity a lots of times and they want to watch us, but they don't realize we are watching them as well. We take extreme caution as to what is down wind of where we are spraying and potential drift hazards like ponds, chicken farms, cattle, HUMANS, and all other sort of stuff. Not to mention keeping unwanted chemicals off other farmers crops while applying.

[lk1dare]

Nice to show the whole deal!!

[todnwen]

I used to help load these guys at Reabes in Plainfield WI.

[bigbull2000]

its nice to see a video that shows what we do day in day out 14 16 hrs a day, ever go home with your butt numb and eyes burning from work 7 days a week during the season

[jpduster]

That's exactly what we have to do... If they don't move or go in, we end up leaving some of the field off and try to come back later and finish it up! It's not very productive but we have to do whatever we can to keep from getting chemical on anybody

[AgentMorris94]

I have always wondered if a house is next to the field you're going to spray, and kids are playing outside next to that field do you start at the other end and hope that by the time you get to that side the kids are inside, or what?

[flyboyzach07]

I really like the fact that you guys show the whole story behind aerial application, what goes into making these birds fly, and not just the flying part which is only a very small piece of the puzzle anyway. Thank you a lot for the video and safe flying!!