AirTractor 402 Agricultural Flying

The New Zealand agriculture industry relies heavily on the aerial application of fertilisers and other sprays. This video shows the skills of one of New Zealand's top ag pilots, as seen at the Classic Fighters 2005 airshow in Blenheim.

The Air Tractor AT-400 is a family of agricultural aircraft that first flew in the United States on September 1979. Type certification was awarded to Air Tractor in April 1980. Of low-wing monoplane taildragger configuration, they carry a chemical hopper between the engine firewall and the cockpit.


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Autos & Vehicles

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• AirTractor
• 402
• Agricultural
• Flying

[Roll005]

@FlyingPix010 

[Hydrahmate]

I can guarantee you John is a very capable pilot and displays this, along with other aircraft (including WW1 and 2 aircraft) for a living.

And yes, he is still alive as of yesterday!

[thestinson108]

@circusboy90210 yup same with the old Republic RC-3 seabee's

[circusboy90210]

the props can be feathered to push it the plane backwards?

[ERdept1]

@FlyingPix010 he NEVER scraped the wingtips as I saw. This is a demonstration of the aircraft and he's showing his skill. WTF is the problem. I have some mole hills you can make into mountains if you want.

[agduster96]

This isnt good.

[shaunandcarriecarson]

What the hell is this?

[rm2531]

WTF flying like that is bad enough but doing it in front of people...

[eliana2856]

face it is a test pilot your ass

[FlyingPix010]

I am an ag-pilot and that guy is an idiot!!! Scraping wingtips on the ground? Not cool!!!