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The Deer Park Helibase in Deer Park, Washington is fire season home for the AT-802F Fire Boss, operated by Aero Spray, Inc. of Minnesota. (L-R) Operations driver Ivan Moe, SEAT manager for Washington Department of Natural Resources Bruce Jourdain, SEAT Fire Boss pilot Jesse Weaver and a National Forest representative.

Photo: Robyn Broyles, BIA - NIFC / Comm - Ed Specialist See story page 28F

inside this edition: GE Aviation expands service, support network Chill hits wind power • High speed spraying The public’s perception • Thrush president dies

inside this edition: An ag-aviation excursion through Argentina • Ag flying at night • “Putting Dreams to Flight” — Book Review • NAAA Convention Highlights

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inside this edition: Burning jet fuel in an Ag Husky? • Cutting drag on an ag-aircraft • Where did all the Stearmans go? • History, safety and Air Tractors in Ag-Cat country

inside this edition: AT-802 Air Tractor makes second dispersal application over Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Louisiana • Contract pilot - aerial applications international aircraft delivery

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Balkan countries with an impressive firefighting fleet

Gaivota Agricultural Aviation expanding in Brazil

inside this edition: Fire on the mountain, lightning in the sky • GE Aviation makes strides with H80 engine • N5B makes first flight in China • Croatia transforms its sole land-based AT-802A into amphibian

inside this edition: Working east and west of the Chesapeake Bay • Tales from a corn run• Ron Deck passes • Hemisphere GPS introduces Eclipse II • Sizing up agricultural aviation • The retirement of Chris Iremonger

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inside this edition: From banks to cockpits in Brazil Using a herbicide to control wildfire Bitola airshow

Jelly Jars to ANRs • Thrush expands sales network in Africa Equivalent airstrip length calculator for slopes to 20% Crop duster took maiden flight on July 31, 1970

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Lowell Hicks and I discuss Texas politics.

Many of you will be reading this editorial at the NAAA convention in Savannah the first week of December.

I hope it turns out to be “most of you” instead of “many of you”. Whenever NAAA changes the venue of its national convention, it takes a chance on its success. In the past, NAAA conventions have been very successful when held in Reno or Las Vegas. However, there is a need for a location other than a gambling town in Nevada. I’m sure you will find much to do in Savannah and surrounding areas. Just be sure to schedule your tourism time around your professional time for attending concurrent sessions and the exhibit hall.

Recently, Graham and I made a road trip that took us from Georgia to Panhandle, Texas, northward to Colorado Springs, Colorado, back to Midland, Texas and toward home through Rosenberg, Texas. In Panhandle we visited with an operator whose pilot would rather fly ag than Part 135 charter. In Colorado Springs, we attended the Colorado AAA convention, the first time I’ve been able to make that convention in more than a decade.

A road trip and ferrying to Brazil Usually, it falls on Graham’s and my birthdays. For the last 31 years, Graham and I have always spent our birthday together (he was a gift to me from his mother). This year the CoAAA show was a week earlier, so attending it fit well with our travel schedule.

Working our way back toward Georgia from Colorado took us through Midland, Texas to attend the official launch of the first FAA-certified TRACE engine installation. Did you know that TRACE is an acronym for Texas Reciprocating AirCraft Engine? You’ll be reading more about this remarkable engine in an upcoming edition of AgAir Update. Go to AgAir Update’s Multimedia Gallery on our website and see the short video of TRACE’s AT-401 maiden flight.

Departing Midland pointed to the southeast, we stopped at Lane Airpark in Rosenberg, Texas, home of Lane Aviation. The ramp was crowded with a dozen new Air Tractors being prepped for delivery to the new owners. Three of those aircraft were heading to Brazil, a 30-hour plus ferry flight. I’ve requested from one of the ferry pilots, Ray Dyson, a travel log-style article about what

I call an adventure, ferrying to South America. Maybe Ray will have time to write this article and AgAir Update readers will have a better insight about ferrying aircraft to South America.

When it comes to ferrying aircraft to South America, it is not for the faint of heart. Last summer, a new Air Tractor had an engine failure on takeoff crashing on a golf course as it was southeast bound for Brazil.

Fortunately, the pilot was not hurt.

However, there was no new replacement aircraft available for what had to have been a very disappointed customer.

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inside this issue Calendar of events .................................................................................................................... 4 AgAir mail ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Ag-aviation in 2010 as viable as ever.................................................................................................. 8 Bruton family buys 18th Air Tractor.................................................................................................... 10 Sky Tractor Supply Company named authorized service center for GE’s M601 and H80 engines.....13 From banks to cockpits in Brazil......................................................................................................... 14 New Zealand global position system proving to be popular with operators.......................................18 Three AT502Bs bound for Brazil......................................................................................................... 22 Mexico Convention highlights.............................................................................................................. 23 AirFire & Forestry - editiorial.................................................................................................. 25F Using a herbicide to control wildfires................................................................................................ 26F Bitola Airshow - the sole Macedonian airshow in 2010......................................................................31 Featured classified ads......................................................................................................... 34

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January 2011 January 5-7, 2011 TxAAA Convention Hyatt Regency Hill Country San Antonio, TX Chris Shields 512-476-4405 www.taaa.org Januray 6, 2011 MoAAA Convention Drury Lodge Cape Girardeau, MO Scott Rainey 731-538-2926 January 9-11, 2011 ArAAA Convention Wyndham Riverfront Hotel North Little Rock, AR Ron Harrod 501-376-3233 rharrod@sbcglobal.net January 10, 2011 AzAAA Meeting Stanfield, AZ Les Davis 602-258-9234 January 16-18, 2011 NE AAA Convention Sheraton Harrisburg Hotel Harrisburg, PA Ali Farwell 570-394-7260 January 17-19, 2011 OkAAA Convention Biltmore Hotel Oklahoma City, OK Sandy Wells 405-341-3548 oaaa@sbcglobal.net

January 19-20, 2011 MsAAA Convention Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis, MS Will Green Poindexter msagaa@telpak.net January 24-25, 2011 AMAA Annual Convention Heritage Inn Great Falls, MT http://montanaaerialapplicators.org January 24-26, 2011 LaAAA Convention L’Auberge du Lac Resort & Casino Lake Charles, LA Edward Krielow 337-824-5007 January 26-28, 2011 NMAAA Convention Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino Ruidoso, NM Gaylon Stamps 806-537-5143

February 2011 February 7-9, 2011 SEAF Convention DoubleTree Historic Charleston Charleston, South Carolina Linda Minton 772-465-0714 February 11-13, 2011 NAAA Spring Board Meeting Crowne Plaza Hotel, Arlington, VA Peggy Knizner Tel: 202-546-5722 Fax: 202-546-5726 information@agaviation.org www.agaviation.org February 17-18, 2011 NCAAA Convention Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agriculture Center Williamston, NC Don Stotesberry Jr. 252-935-5000 February 17-19, 2011 Canada AAA Conference and Trade Show The Fairmont Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada www.canadianaerialapplicators.com

February 21-23, 2011 NATA Convention Sandhills Convention Center North Platte, NE Contact: Judy McDowell 402-475-6282 Fax: 402-475-6282 email: nata@windstream.net February 23-25, 2011 Tri-State Aerial Applicators Convention Jackpot Junction Morton MN Ambroz Stieren, Terry 952-226-5874 TAmbroz@aol.com Laurie Robbennolt 605-765-2707 sdaviation@gmail.com Cindy Schreiber-Beck 701-642-5777 cndrwht@702com.net

March 2011 March 24-25, 2011 TxAAA Operation SAFE Clinic & PAASS Levelland, TX Dennis Gardisser 501-676-1762 Susan Bennett 512-476-2644 March 28, 2011 ArAAA Updates & Safety Educational Program Walnut Ridge Regional Airport Parachute Inn, 10 Skywatch Walnut Ridge, AR Claudetta Harrod 501-376-3233 March 29-April 1, 2011 ArAAA Operation SAFE Workshop Walnut Ridge Regional Airport Host Operator - Steve Cusson C & C Flying Service - 870-892-7242 Claudetta Harrod - 501-376-3233

April 2011 April 4, 2011 ArAAA Updates & Safety Educational Program University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Rice Research & Extension Center Stuttgart, AR Claudetta Harrod 501-376-3233 April 5-8, 2011 ArAAA Operation SAFE Workshop Stuttgart Airport Host Operator - Todd Hartley

Hartley Flying Service - 870-673-1756 Claudetta Harrod - 501-376-3233 April 11, 2011 ArAAA Updates & Safety Educational Program Agricultural Bldg at McGehee McGehee, AR Claudetta Harrod - 501-376-3233 April 12-15, 2011 ArAAA Operation SAFE Workshop McGehee Municipal Airport Host Operators: David Glover - 870-222-6407 David Glosup - 870-222-6575 Alan Buford - 870-222-4556 Matt Rial - 870-866-6151 Claudetta Harrod - 501-376-3233

June 2011 June 15-17, 2010 SINDAG Convention Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul sindag.org.br

October 2011 October 7-9, 2011 NAAA Fall Board Meeting Peggy Knizner Tel: 202-546-5722 Fax: 202-546-5726 information@agaviation.org www.agaviation.org October 24-26, 2011 KsAAA Annual Convention Grand Praire Hotel Hutchinson, KS Chris Wilson 785-232-2131 www.ksagaviation.org

November 2011 November 8-10, 2011 CoAAA Annual Convention & Trade Show Crowne Plaza Hotel Colorado Springs, CO Dolle M. Lehrkamp 719-768-3367 dolle@coagav.org www.coagav.org

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I just want to say to all the good folks that kept Crowley Ridge Aviation going for 24 years, “Thanks from the bottom of my heart.” Like any business, we had good times and bad. The good outweighed the bad for sure. I had the pleasure of having good employees and customers that made it all happen. It was sad to see it all go up in smoke, but we have to move on.

Many thanks, Bruce Hayes aka The Duster Doctor West Helena, AR

Thanks for the great article, Bill. We are so proud of Dustin, he is paying his way through college {out of state tuition is $36,000/yr} by spraying during the summer. I have more pics, if interested, and some great video of us flying tandem last summer. We are trying to put together a training video. Thanks, again Jon Fowler, Pres.

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Hello Bruce I can only imagine what you have went through losing the shop. I hope you are able to get it all worked out. Be sure to keep me updated to the direction you

Hello Jon; Kudos to Dustin! One thing is for sure, he’ll appreciate the effort it takes to get an education. He won’t regret it.

The video(s) would be really nice. We

could attach it/them to the OnTheNet article (I think. I’ll need to confirm with my IT guy, who is my son). And, I can include them on AAU’s YouTube channel.

One of the many challenges facing our industry is recruiting good, young pilots. Dustin is setting a great example.—Bill

Korea How are you? It’s little bit long time to say ‘Hello’ to you.

Every year I see a mushroom virus on an oak tree. It grew on the same tree as it did last year.

Sometimes nature surprises us!

Chul Moon Korea

as I’m sure my statement didn’t make sense in Korean! —Bill

good man I was humbled when I read your article about Ron Deck. Such humility is rare these days .

He was a fine man and especially interested in every problem we had as operators. Even if he was not going to make a sale, he would express his honest opinion about the matter.

We at Croom Flying Service lost a friend, but were reminded by your article, that we still have a good man to help in Bill Lavender.

Dow Croom Croom Flying Service Dow; Your words are much too kind. Ron was a close friend, so it was easy to express my feelings about him. We are all going to miss him dearly.—Bill

don’t say it You’re right on with the comment about the Internet! If you don’t want it out there, don’t say it on the Net! Doug Hodges Hamilton, MT Hello Doug, We are on the “same page”! -Bill Hello Chul; Hope all is going well for you. A very interesting photo of a mushroom. I wonder if it is edible!—Bill

GE Aviation Business & General Aviation

good article

Tracy Thurman had a good article last month, Dark Cloud on the Horizon, on a subject that many in the industry Yes! Of course, it’s edible mushroom. have been watching. While his article Usually, cut oak tree in the end of Dec.. discussed the lowering of application And put in virus in the end of March. prices while making it up via chemical And what’s mean ‘profit is not a sales, in other areas I have worked, it four-letter word.’? is just the opposite. When a chemical Chul Moon company is the only game in town, Korea the prices are at the other end of the spectrum. Every once in a while Hello Chul; there will be a new outfit that tries In the English language there are some to get established, then the big, local “negative” words that require four chemical company will suddenly future of possibility. letters to spell. So, it is common to say, lower the application prices making it “Don’t use that four-letter word”. I am financially impossible for competition saying in my “Truth” that “Profit” is not to gain a foot-hold.

North American sales: 513.552.2985 European sales: +420.222.538.701 figuratively speaking, My brother has worked two seasons matthew.gerus@ge.com a four-letter word, michal.ptacnik@ge.com it is not a “bad” word, nor can you spell for a company that sold out to a chemical it with four letters. Hope that helps, company. Last season his pilot wages

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had been lowered from last year’s.

He was also very concerned about application techniques being used. Not a good image for the rest of the industry.

In other news, I have been flying the AT-802A. I don’t understand all the hoopla about this bird. It is just a bigger, more productive version of the AT-502B. No complaints at all, just my observation.

It flies just fine and is a proven workhorse.

The biggest difference I noticed is the lack of right rudder control during the takeoff roll. A nice, smooth application of power keeps it very manageable, along with rudder trim.

Andy Stein Woodland, CA Hello Andy; The verdict is still out on the impact chemical companies will have on our industry if the current trend of buying ag-operations continues. Personally, I don’t think it is a good thing. There are more negative aspects of this practice than positive, in my opinion, unless of course, you are the seller and got paid handsomely.

Glad you are a fan of the AT-802.

No matter how well it flies, it is a lot of metal with lots of momentum. Be

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STC Bill, good day. Where can I get info about STCs using automobile gas on Cessna-188 and radial engines? I need to compare becasue av-gas is really expensive down here.

Carlos Motta.

Atomizadora Panama Hola Carlos; I am not familiar with the companies that offer STCs for Mogas on piston engines. I think one popular company is Peterson, but I don’t know anything about them. I do know that in talking with Otis Perera at Aero Engines in California (radial engines), he tells horror stories about what Mogas does to the radial engine. He says he can identify the engine when it comes into the shop and know if it has been burning Mogas.

I also doubt there’s a Mogas STC on the big bore Continental engines like found in the C-188s. I wouldn’t run it in my Baron, that’s for sure.

I suggest you do a Google Search.

Maybe that’ll help ya!—Bill

away from it encountered a suspected microburst. The G-forces were so violent the wings were bent and had to be replaced. The pilot was not hurt and landed safely, but understandably shaken.

One of these days, when I have a month to get it done, I am going to make a ferry flight to South America. I can assure you, I will allow for weather and have an experienced ferry pilot in the lead. There just aren’t any good landing options over the Amazon!

I look forward to visiting with a great number of you, not only in Savannah at the NAAA convention, but at many of the state trade shows held in January and February, 2011.

Unfortunately, there are several overlaps of convention dates that make it impossible for many vendors to attend, having to choose between one show or the other. Such a scenario happened last month with Colorado, California and Mid-States (IL, IN, IA) overlapping. It will happen in 2011 with the Northeast and Oklahoma, Oklahoma and Mississippi, Texas and Missouri, New Mexico and Louisiana,

NATA (Nebraska) and Tri-States (MN, SD, ND), Arizona and Arkansas, as well as North Carolina and Canada AAA. If you are part of the decisionmaking process for date selection for your state or region, why not take into consideration the possibility of other conventions overlapping the dates you are considering? Cooperation amongst associations in this matter would greatly enhance vendor attendance and improve the quality of the show.

I’ll get off my soapbox and close this editorial. It’s the off season for most of you. During this time, make a conscious effort to learn more about your profession, spend quality time with your family and have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Until next month, Blue Sky and Tailwinds...

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by Bill Lavender Here it is, the end of 2010 and another great year overall for ag-pilots is coming to a close. I always reserve the December edition of AgAir Update as an opportunity to look back over the last 11 editions of the year.

The January 2010 edition Thrush Aircraft closing in featured on GE 510 certification Thrush Aircraft’s GE Aviation H80powered 510 Thrush. Thrush Aircraft has been working to certify this aircraft for about two years.

The promise of 800 SHP up to 97°F in this 510-gallon aircraft will make a huge difference in performance compared to other engines. It is hoped that the certified version will be at the NAAA convention in Savannah this year and that I will have flown it.

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The Deer Park Helibase in Deer Park, Washington is fire season home for the AT-802F Fire Boss, operated by Aero Spray, Inc. of Minnesota. (L-R) Operations driver Ivan Moe, SEAT manager for Washington Department of Natural Resources Bruce Jourdain, SEAT Fire Boss pilot Jesse Weaver and a National Forest representative.

Photo: Robyn Broyles, BIA - NIFC / Comm - Ed Specialist See story page 28F

inside this edition: GE Aviation expands service, support network Chill hits wind power • High speed spraying The public’s perception • Thrush president dies

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inside this edition: An ag-aviation excursion through Argentina • Ag flying at night • “Putting Dreams to Flight” — Book Review • NAAA Convention Highlights

February’s edition introduced Air Tractor a flyable AT-1002A debuts at AT-1002A AT-1002. nAAA Air Tractor continues working to bring this huge aircraft to the SEAT and ag flying market. Many ag-pilots thought the AT-802 was too big for ag-work when it was introduced in the early 1990s. Almost twenty years later, some think the same about the AT-1002, even though more than 300 AT-802s have been sold. It would not be surprising for the AT-1002 to repeat history.

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JJ Humphreys photo inside this edition: Air Tractor AT-1002A debuts at NAAA • Aussie resist wind turbines • Women-run ag-operation in Colombia Hydrogem –A new technology for aerial application

In the March edition, the AirFire & Forestry section featured a one of a kind U.S.-based SEAT on floats.

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this aircraft is making history in the U.S. where there are less water sites to scoop water and land.

Every agpilot realizes control of the application’s droplet size is key to success, whether it be achieving the mission at hand or controlling drift. The April edition features an Alan McCracken-written article, who is a low-volume application expert that conducts numerous scientific low-volume evaluations throughout Latin America where low-volume and ultra low-volume applications are considered the norm. In this article, not only does Alan comment on the equipment being used, but also focuses on the effects of adjuvants in the spray mix.

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inside this edition: The turbine transition experience • The answer is spinning in the wind • Solving cylinder issues for the R-985 and R-1340

hundred hours, both in transitioning a piston Air Tractor pilot to turbine aircraft and in regular ag-spraying operations.

He has reported the aircraft works well, very much like the AT-502, with or without a “student” onboard.

The June edition of AgAir Update, with its AirFire & Forestry section, featured M & M Air Service, based in Beaumont, Texas, fertilizing pine trees. Until recently, fertilizing trees had almost come to a stop due to rising fertilizer costs. However, with fertilizer prices falling, then stabilizing, M & M Air Service was able to procure a large contract that required the spreading of 9,400 tons of fertilizer in four states; Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. The article goes into detail with the contract starting in mid-February and ending by mid-May, burning over 100,000 gallons of Jet-A, an average of a transport load every three days. agairupdate.com Volume 28, Number 6 JuNe 2010

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inside this edition: AT-802 Air Tractor makes second dispersal application over Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Louisiana • Contract pilot - aerial applications international aircraft delivery

The July edition was one that I really enjoyed publishing. I was allowed to conduct an evaluation flight of the Turbine Husky. In this edition, I traveled to McMinnville, Oregon to fly the RollsRoyce (Allison)-powered aircraft. There was no lack of power and performance.

Not having flown a loaded C-188 in over a decade, I was cautious and only loaded it with 200 gallons of water and full fuel. The aircraft flew excellent, a really amazing aircraft. agairupdate.com Volume 28, Number 7 JulY 2010

The May edition introduces the AT-504, new training and working AT-504: ag-plane from & Earn Learn Air Tractor.

I traveled to Olney, Texas to fly the AT-504 and found its flying characteristics to be almost identical to the AT-502, with few exceptions. A pilot may even experience better visibility and cabin comfort in the side-by-side seating cockpit. Air Tractor dealer Harley Curless of Farm Air took delivery of an AT-504 this summer and has flown it several Volume 28, Number 5 mAY 2010

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inside this edition: Burning jet fuel in an Ag Husky? • Cutting drag on an ag-aircraft • Where did all the Stearmans go? • History, safety and Air Tractors in Ag-Cat country

Often I make road Allen Chorman & Son trips visiting Delaware ag-operations and agsuppliers that take me anywhere there is ag-flying.

With the August edition, I visited the Chormans in Delmarva, a peninsular east of the Chesapeake Bay. I had visited Allen and Jeff Chorman, a father and son team, many years ago when Jeff was just learning to fly. Today, Jeff runs the successful Delaware-based operation while his father, Allen, is comfortable doing what he loves, flying one of the 15 Chorman & Son aircraft. agairupdate.com Volume 28, Number 8 august 2010

inside this edition: 15 aircraft diversified at Allen Chorman & Son First AT-402B delivered to Uruguay Thrush pattern tests the GE Thrush

With the September edition, AgAir Update’s Balkan countries European with an impressive writer, Igor firefighting fleet Bozinovski, submitted the cover story about the Balkan countries firefighting efforts. In many ways, European countries lead the aerial firefighting industry, using massive Russian-built Mi8 and Mi17 helicopters, along with a large fleet of AT-802s, both land and float-equipped.

Unlike the U.S. and Canada, in Europe it is common for the government of a country to be the purchaser of a new AT-802. Often these contracts are multimillion dollar purchases that include the aircraft, support equipment with both pilot and mechanic training. Greece remains the leading Balkan aerial firefighting power with a combined fleet of 12 piston-engine CL-215s, nine CL-415 turboprops and 20 M-18 Dromaders. The Republic of Croatia follows with its fleet of six agairupdate.com Volume 28, Number 9 september 2010

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Fire on the mountain, lightning in the sky • GE Aviation makes strides with H80 engine • N5B makes first flight in China • Croatia transforms its sole land-based AT-802A into amphibian

Air Tractor AT-802s and five CL-415s.

A total of more than 60 specialized firefighting aircraft are based in the Balkan countries.

shortages of experienced Brazilian ag-pilots making it next to impossible for foreign ag-pilots to acquire a flying job there.

The October Gaivota Agricultural Aviation edition expanding in Brazil took AgAir Update readers to Mato Grosso, Brazil for an article about Gaivota Agricultural Aviation. Brazil has an ever-expanding agricultural aviation industry. The number of aircraft are not increasing as much as the size of the aircraft. The pistonpowered, Brazilian-built Ipanema is being replaced in some regions with turbine-powered ag-planes.

Ag-flying is very different in Brazil.

Pilots wanting to fly ag are required to first attend ag-school. Many growers have literally 100,000-acre plus farms. Although a number of North American ag-pilots would like to work in Brazil during the Southern Hemisphere summer, there are no

At the close of 2010, the November edition of AgAir Update Generations featured of Andrews in South Georgia Bruce’s Flying Service, a threegeneration operation based in South Georgia. The roots of the company started in 1953 when then 14-year old Fred Andrews flew a Piper J3 Cub to dirt strips to work on ag aircraft for Dothan Aviation. Later, Fred formed Farm Air that eventually became Bruce’s Flying Service, owned by his son. Today, the company operates three turbine Thrush with Fred watching on, son Bruce, brother Eddie and grandson Patrick flying the aircraft.

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Time Flies The 2010 summer fire season is now in the history books and it will go down as one of the least active seasons in a long, long time. As in the past two seasons, conditions were present for a lot of activity but Mother Nature provided few widespread lightning events to trigger ignition. As a result, the entire fleet of Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) only flew 1,800 hours. This compares to past years when up to 14,000 hours were logged. Many SEATs that were prepositioned were never placed on duty.

After three lackluster seasons, many operators and flight crews are hoping the 2011 season will be better.

Every three years the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issues new contracts for SEATs. I received my copy about a week ago. There were no big changes from past contracts and most of the new items are related to pilot training and safety. All pilots will now be required to pass a mission competency evaluation.

These evaluations will be conducted in accordance with the Interagency Airplane Pilot Practical Test Standard administered by an AMD Pilot Inspector or designee. The tests will be given in simulators located at McClellen Air Force Base. Level II pilots must complete it every 24 months and Level I pilots every 36 months. Also new in pilot training is pilots can fulfill the requirement for

mountain flying by attending one of the two approved schools. In past contracts proficiency flights were at the option of the government. They will now be required if the pilot has not been mission active in the past fourteen days.

Earlier, I related to the summer fire season, but some parts of the country have fall and winter seasons.

West Texas and southern New Mexico are shaping up to have a very active winter season. Heavy rains in late summer contributed to an already heavy fuel load and once a killing freeze blankets the region and cures the grass, the stage will be set.

season on record. As I write this, I am on the King Ranch in south Texas and we are under a Red Flag Warning due to high winds and low relative humidity.

Social networking has become very popular these days. I originally signed up on Facebook to keep up with what my kids are up too. I soon found that it was a tool to contact people with common threads. Aerial fire fighters are no exceptions. I now have contacts on every continent, except Antarctica. It is very interesting and informative to see how others perform our job around the globe.

Now is the time of year for meetings and training programs. I had hoped to travel to Georgia for the NAAA convention, but contract obligations will prevent me from making the trip.

It is always good to attend and see old friends and make new ones. I hope that as you participate in these gatherings that you bring something with you. I have always said the best training tool is combined experience. Have a safe and profitable year and I hope to see you in the mountains.

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The San Juan River taken from atop Navajo Dam. The airstrip sits on the mesa to the left.

by Marc Mullis Tibuthiuron is a selective herbicide manufactured by Dow Chemical Company and sold under the trade name Spike. It is formulated in a one-quarter inch extruded clay pellet that contains twenty percent of active ingredient. An application rate of onehalf pound per acre would put only six pellets in a 32-square foot area.

After being activated by one-half inch of precipitation, it is absorbed by the roots of the target species and moves into the leaves where it prevents photosynthesis. In essence, the

plant slowly starves to death, as it is unable to produce food. Spike only works on woody species and is labeled for use on industrial sites, right-ofways, fencerows and rangeland. It has become a very popular tool in western rangeland management as post treatment areas show an increase in grass production and moisture retention properties of the soil.

One Southwestern state has integrated Spike

into a program that has a goal of returning the land to its original status. The program is called Restore New Mexico. Over the past few decades, millions of acres have been treated and the program continues with treatment

areas determined by available budget monies. Last fall the company I fly for, M & M Air Service was awarded a contract to apply Spike to 54,000 acres in the Land of Enchantment.

The treatment areas were in six different areas of the state and the project was expected to take two to four weeks to complete using two turbine powered aircraft. The Bureau of Land Management administered the contract and provided representatives at each application location.

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Getting a load of Spike at sunrise. Each 2,000-pound pallet is worth $16,000.00.

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James Daniel on the take-off roll at Cuba, New Mexico.

contract started at the Navajo Dam airport in early October. This remote airstrip sits atop a steep mesa overlooking the San Juan River in the northwest part of the New Mexico. It is in very rugged country with sagebrush as the target species.

Fellow pilot James Daniel and I had a few weather delays, but just before the contract started all of the crew had arrived and was ready to work Monday morning. With five ground support vehicles and crewmembers from our company and the BLM personnel, we had turned into a fair-sized crowd. After calibrating the aircraft and discussing contract issues, we headed for the nearest hotel forty miles west in Farmington.

The work at Navajo Dam went fast.

In past years, most of the maps had been what I call snags, cut up and scattered tracts that took a lot of flight time to do properly. This year the maps were much better, large unbroken areas that made the flying easier. We quickly completed the area to be treated and moved to our next area, Cuba, New Mexico.

Cuba is a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains just to the east of

the Continental Divide. We flew off a BLM dirt airstrip at an elevation of over 7,000 MSL. Density altitude was a factor as the afternoon temperature rose. Mother Nature cooperated, the maps were good and we found ourselves ahead of schedule. In a few days, we completed the mapped areas and were on our way to the next stop, Truth or Consequences and the White Sands Missile Range.

The majority of our work at T or C took place inside the vast restricted airspace that includes most of central New Mexico. Required contacts were made and mission codes were supposedly issued for each day’s work. We decided to fly off a dirt road leading to the newly built Space Port America. It was a decision we would soon regret!

The first morning flying out of Space Port went fine. However, when I headed to my second tract things took a turn for the worse. Cherokee Control suddenly barked my N-number and informed me that I was three miles inside forbidden airspace and needed to leave the area immediately. The next few days were spent trying to figure out the complex airspace and

where and when we could fly there.

In the end, we completed all assigned tracts, packed up and headed south to Grants.

James and I flew into Grants several hours ahead of our ground support convoy. I decided to check out from the air a ranch airstrip that was close to the treatment area. After I determined the strip was not useable, I headed to the treatment area. The scenery was awesome. I climbed higher and higher over vast lava flows and stands of Ponderosa pine. When I arrived at the large tract, my first thought was that someone had made a huge mistake. I was well over 8,000’ ML. The vegetation below me was predominately pinion pine and juniper (P&J). I had applied lots of Spike a vast amount of different terrain, but nothing even close to this, I would soon learn why.

When I returned to Grants, the long line of support vehicles were pulling into the gates. I climbed down from the cockpit and started for one of the BLM truck drivers to tell him what I had just seen. Before I could get the first sentence out he held up his hand to stop me; the more he explained,

the more it all started to make sense.

The funding for this part of the contract had come from the BLM fire prevention budget. The huge lava flows and Ponderosa Pine forest were all part of the El Malpais National Monument that is managed by the National Parks Service. The pinon and juniper to be treated were part of the El Malpais Conservation Area that is managed by the BLM. Under a cooperative agreement between the two agencies, the BLM agreed to thin the P&J to create a huge firebreak around the Monument. The P&J burns very hot and is difficult to control once it gets going. The rehabilitation costs after a fire on a national monument is extremely high often many times more than the cost of fighting the fire.

Federal law requires that monument lands be returned to the same state as before the fire. The agreement would benefit both agencies in long range lowering of fire suppression costs. The reason I had never seen this type of treatment is that it had never been done before.

Mother Nature had been very good to us since we started the contract.

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We set up at a dirt airstrip on the Buddy Stockton Ranch located between Deming and Silver City. At 83 years old, an entire book could be written about this wild-west character. Still spry and gritty, I never grew tired of listening to Buddy’s tales of cat hunts and ordeals on the rangeland. Even though he does not fly, he maintains his airstrip for us to use every year although the work may not be for his ranch. He is the living epitome of the southwest cowboy.

The target species on the ranch was creosote bush, or greasewood as it

could not be compressed into this article. The sights and cultures of this enchanting state are impossible to put into words. We were told we would be returning in late November to apply Spike to another 26,000 acres in the southeast part of the state. This next project will be for a Soil and Water Conservation District. I look forward to seeing the fruits of our labors in the years to come.

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The before and after treatment areas are just amazing. After the greasewood is removed the grass really makes a comeback and the grazing capacity of the rangeland is doubled. A treatment is akin to doubling your acreage without increasing your property taxes. Once the grass is back, it holds more moisture in the soil, which benefits all fauna and wildlife. Erosion is reduced and the overall watershed is improved.

When applied at the proper rate returns from a Tibuthiuron treatment can last for up to thirty-five years.

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by Igor Bozinovski The sole airshow in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia took place on the 18 and 19 of September 2010 at the outskirts of Bitola, the second largest city in Macedonia. Bitola is located in southwest Macedonia, some 180 km from its capital Skopje and only 15 km away from the border with Greece. Being officially named “The 3rd International Air Show”, was organized by the local Aero Club “Mirko Todorovski” and was executed at Logovardi sport and agricultural airport located eight km east of Bitola. Despite its official name, the airshow was predominantly a Macedonian aviation airshow with the term “international” being hardly deserved thanks to the participation of only one non-Macedonian aircraft - an Italian Tecnam P92 Echo light sport aircraft. It departed from Agoti, near Naples, and after a total flight time of 3.5 hours arrived at Logovardi airport

flying over Italy, the Adriatic Sea and Albania.

The Bitola airshow was opened in a very spectacular way when a pair of Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Boss amphibious fire-fighting aircraft, performed a lowand-fast fly pass over Logovardi grass runway. They demonstrated their abilities when Z3-BGU made an impressive salvo drop of 2,840 liters of water followed by Z3-BGT that made a 350 meters-long continuous drop of the same water load.

The 2010 Bitola airshow will remain remembered as the first-ever public display of Air Tractor fleet of the Protection and Rescue Directorate of the Republic of Macedonia. In 2009 the Macedonian government procured three AT-802A Fire Boss planes, related aircraft equipment, spare parts and training for pilots, engineers and mechanics under a 10.3 million USD contract with the Spanish company “Air Tractor Europe S.L.”. The demonstration of Protection and

Rescue Directorate Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Boss planes at Logovardi effectively marked the end of the 2010 fire-fighting season, the first for the Macedonian AT-802A Fire Boss fleet, during which the three Macedonian fire-fighting planes performed 142 wildfires-extinguishing flights in a total time of 40 hours.

The attractiveness of the Bitola airshow was also helped by the Macedonian Air Force that deployed to Logovardi a total of five aircraft - two helicopters and three planes - that all, except one, participated in the flying program. A pair of Zlin 242L planes performed a short but attractive acrobatic flying while the transport biplane An-2R Colt was used to bring a group of parachutists to a safe drop attitude over Logovardi airport. A flying demonstration was given by the Macedonian Air Force Mi-24V combat helicopter that was accompanied to Logovardi by one Mi-17 transport helicopter that took part only in the static

exposition. Unlike the previous two years, this year the Bitola airshow was short of the participation of Macedonian Police Helicopter Unit that usually support such events with its helicopter fleet.

Nevertheless, the presence of Macedonian sport clubs was quite obvious with all except Aero Club “Skopje” attending the event. The result of cooperation between Macedonian aero clubs was clearly demonstrated in two group-flying occasions - the trio of Utva 75A-21 planes owned by Aero Club “Shtip”, “Prilep” and Z3-DCH “Mirko Todorovski” was promptly followed by a duo of Cessna 172 aircraft owned by Aero Club “Mirko Todorovski” and “Boni Air”.

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Prince Charles promotes world hunger

by Dennis T. and Alex A. Avery, CHURCHVILLE, VA—Prince Charles of England has come out again against the genetically modified foods that are a key hope for producing the extra food needed by our richer, more populous world in the decades just ahead. He must know that, thanks to science, world grain production tripled during his lifetime, from about 700-million tons per year to nearly 2,100-million tons.

This achievement was certainly not due to his elitist organic farming, which continues to yield about half as much per acre as conventional farming. For fifty years, we’ve even bombarded seeds with radioactive isotopes to force useful new seed mutations!

Dr. Norman Borlaug, winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize was honored for breeding the high-yield seeds of the Green Revolution of the 1960. What if we hadn’t tripled the world’s crop yields with the Green Revolution? Not only would one billion people have starved, but the fabric of the planet would have been rent by more “hunger wars.”

Millions more would have died in the battles and in the famines and disease epidemics that always accompany wars.

Charles says biotech crops “haven’t raised crop yields.” Nonsense! For openers, biotechnology’s pest-resistant cotton seeds have raised yields by one-third on the 35-million cotton acres in China and India. That has freed 15-million acres for additional food crops

in the very countries which are currently adding the most pressure on world food supplies. Biotech varieties also produce higher corn and soy yields.

In Africa, genetically researched corn produces four times as much corn per acre—and an even bigger gain in food security—because new varieties are naturally tolerant of an herbicide called imazopyr. When these corn seeds are soaked in small amounts of the herbicide, the imazopyr suppresses the endemic witchweed, a parasitic weed that invades grain plants through their roots.

The newest biotech rice, wheat and rapeseed varieties suddenly need only half as much nitrogen fertilizer to produce a full yield. This cuts food costs and means almost no N left over to leach into nearby streams. Nitrogenefficient corn is also on its way.

We might ask the future King of England: “What about the millions of pounds of pesticide that haven’t been sprayed in the air to protect our crops, because a safe and ubiquitous soil organism called Bacillus thuringiensis, engineered into the plants, kills cropeating caterpillars?”

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How would the future king tell the cat and dog owners of Britain that, because of his anti-science elitism, pet food sales must be banned so people could eat?

The best non-science solution I’ve heard is from Vijay Prakash, Secretary of Welfare in India’s Bihar state.

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A big bullet was dodged yesterday A friend of mine was helping me out yesterday and ran out of fuel, landed on a 4 lane highway with no damage to him or the airplane!

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stepson, out of college for a while, was loading and fueling his airplane and had become used to only filling my airplane, (a 502) to the tab in the tank, because I have long-range, 117 gallons per side and limit my fuel and weight.

So my stepson, James, only filled John’s tank in the 402 to the tab, but he doesn’t have long-range tanks and set off to do a bunch of small, timeconsuming fields that took a long time to spray. As he was finishing up the first load, the engine quit and the electric fuel pump made no difference and he landed on the four-lane that he was working beside.

We brought fuel and purged the air with the boost pump and flew the airplane home, courtesy of our Sheriff deputies help. I asked John if he didn’t notice the low fuel condition and he said that the glass of the fuel gauge had fell in and laid aginst the fuel needle and stuck it, so he was unaware of his plight until the engine quit!

So, between not filling it up, a bunch of small, time-consuming fields and an inop fuel gauge, disaster

almost struck and we were very lucky that this outcome unfolded, with the world’s longest runway right next to the fields. The miss-communication between the fueler and the pilot, who was unaware that his tank wasn’t filled and the time-consuming small fields all contributed....how accidents develop!

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bad ground (I think). Anyway, I always “flew by the watch” for fueling.

One busy summer day, working from a remote grass strip west of Americus, Georgia I pulled up from wiping an end and the engine quit, pretty much outright. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t make the “deadly 180 degree turn back to the airstrip”. Heck, I turned that Thrush 270 degrees and landed in the field I was spraying. I was really hacked at Jack because he insisted on running car gas. I thought the gas was bad. Wrong!

Anyway, what really happened was I ran the aircraft out of fuel. I had “memorized” the wrong time on my watch, instead of writing it down. We were really busy, so I was lulled into thinking I had the right time when I was way off.

I’ll never forget the look on Jack’s face when a farmer gave me a lift back to the strip. Even then, I thought it was bad gas. We put some more car gas in the aircraft and I flew it out of the peanut field (no damage) and went back to work. From that day on, I wrote down the tach’s and watch time and never believed the fuel gauges.

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I was spraying King’s Bay Submarine Base for mosquitoes. I was writing down the fuel times and ignoring the gauges. No problem. Wrong, again!

The left fuel tank had stopped up with silicone debris without me knowing it. I burned every drop out of the right tank and the aircraft quit just as the tail came up on takeoff.

The Lord looks after fools, drunks and Bill Lavender. If it had not been for having to wait on the end of the runway for another aircraft to pick up an IFR clearance (about 10 minutes), I would have been in the trees when the aircraft ran out of fuel, instead of on the far end of the runway where I was able to stop the aircraft without incident.

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Rhythm and Blues Concerns about pilot fatigue have been in the news lately and, with the shorter days of winter fast approaching, it’s a

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Circadian Rhythm Disruption Our circadian rhythm is an internal biological clock that regulates body functions based on our wake/sleep cycle.

Clear patterns of brain-wave activity, hormone production, cell regeneration, and other biological activities are linked to these daily cycles. Scientists can’t explain precisely how the brain “keeps time,” but they do know that it relies on outside influences called zeitgebers (German for time givers). The most obvious zeitgeber is daylight.

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Any interruption of the normal circadian rhythm will have physiological and behavioral impacts, known as circadian rhythm disruption (CRD). Shift

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Resetting the Clock If you have fallen victim to CRD, it is imperative to reset your biological clock.

There are two key actions you can take to accelerate this process. First, expose yourself to as much daylight as possible, because bright light helps reset circadian rhythms. In addition, light has a direct and positive affect by increasing brain serotonin levels. Second, be active!

Do not let CRD-induced fatigue become a hindrance to aviation safety. For more information, take a look at the circadian rhythm information brochure at www.faa. gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/.

Good health and safe flying!

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NATA pursues nationwide marking of met towers As a result of several communications with Joe Miniace, FAA Central Region Administer, a letter written by Larry Schulze, NATA Communications Director to Miniace on September 12, 2010 was a subject of discussion between Miniace and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt on Sept. 20 and 21, 2010.

The letter presented the case about how dangerous unmarked met towers are to ag pilots, life flight crews, and their patients. The letter requested the FAA to adopt and require nationwide South Dakota’s rule (passed March 29, 2010) that established marking and identification measures of met towers.

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After Miniace met with FAA Administrator Babbitt, he replied to Schulze and stated the Part 77 regulations will be updated regarding met tower marking and identification.

Upon the revision of the Title 14 Part 77 regulation, the FAA “will write to the wind industry association as well as the largest players” (power companies) to inform them of the need to be aware of the updated regulations. At that point, Miniace stated, “With that comes responsibility”, which gives NATA the impression the wind industry will follow the FAA’s regulations.

In the meantime, the FAA has not provided details on what the met tower marking requirements will be in the regulations. NATA is seeking those details. It also planning on writing members of the Nebraska Congressional delegation and urge their support of the FAA to require nationwide the South Dakota rule of the marking and identification of met towers. NATA has made significant steps in raising the awareness of the dangers of met towers and the need for a nationwide standard to mark and identify these towers. The FAA has

favorably responded to NATA and has recognized this need on a national basis to address the met tower hazard to safety of flight.

The FAA is now in the process of considering a national standard about met tower identification. NATA is continuing its communications with the

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Editor’s Note; To read the letter written by NATA’s Communications Director Larry Schulze and the South Dakota ruling, visit agairupdate.com.

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NAAA meets with FAA on marking met towers The NAAA met with representatives of the FAA’s Office of Chief Counsel (AGC) today in an effort to move the Agency forward in developing a policy to protect aerial applicators from unmarked or poorly marked meteorological towers and other poorly marked obstructions to lowlevel aviation. NAAA was represented by President Brian Rau, 2005 President Scott Schertz and Executive Director Andrew Moore. FAA representatives were Acting Chief Counsel James Whitlow, Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations Rebecca MacPherson, and Senior Attorney Lorelei Peter. NAAA was informed by the Agency that a revision to rules regarding the marking of towers found within Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 77, would likely not be forthcoming from the Agency for the marking of towers under 200 feet. Moreover, Agency representatives

stated that even if towers under 200 feet were included within FAR Part 77 and the Agency made a hazard determination to a particular tower, it would not be binding. NAAA and the Agency discussed the potential of an advisory circular recommending certain marking specifications for towers under 200 feet.

The Agency did not state that it would be finalizing such an advisory, but it did allude to one being under consideration.

The Agency also stated that an advisory circular recommending marking specifications for towers under 200 feet would have nearly similar weighting in terms of legal liability as a change in FAR Part 77 to mark towers under 200 feet.

NAAA urged the Agency to move forward on an advisory. It also recommended that it require more than just the marking of these towers with

aviation orange and white striped paint and strobe lighting. Rau and Schertz, based on their experience working around these meteorological towers, urged the Agency to recommend for towers above 50 feet the inclusion of high-visibility cable balls on these towers’ guy wires and sleeves on the outer guy wires from the anchor to well above the crop canopy. Additionally, the Agency was urged that it recommend frequent maintenance on these marking mechanisms to ensure their visibility and attachment to the wires. The Agency did state that if the advisory moves forward, an advisory draft would be made available in the Federal Register in which the public could comment.

NAAA has already followed up with the Agency subsequent to the meeting and provided detailed aerial application statistics involving collisions with towers and wires in addition to contacts in the tower industry that have already moved forward with constructing towers with specifications similar to those suggested by the NAAA. With respect to current federal policy pertaining to the marking of towers, proponents of towers must file notice with the FAA if they propose construction or alteration that falls under 14 CFR 77.13.

Paragraph (a)(1) of that section requires notice to be filed for any construction/ alteration of more than 200 feet AGL at its site. Once notice is filed with the FAA, the agency reviews the notice and subsequently issues a Determination of Hazard or a Determination of No Hazard.

If the FAA determines during the study that marking and lighting is appropriate, the Determination of No Hazard may state that it is not a hazard subject to the structure being marked and lighted as specified in the Determination. The Determination of Hazard is therefore, conditioned on that stipulation. It is not a requirement per se to mark and light, it is a condition to the

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The majority of local zoning/ permitting offices (and typically insurance companies) require a No Hazard Determination from the FAA to get the appropriate permits to build. NAAA wishes to acknowledge the great work the Nebraska Aviation Trades Association, the Minnesota Agricultural Aircraft Association, the Illinois Agricultural Aviation Association, the South Dakota Aviation Association and many other state and local agricultural aviation associations have done to vocalize this issue to their local FAA Regional Administrators. These efforts have moved FAA Headquarters to consider an advisory circular on tower marking for obstacles below 200 feet. This is a strong example of the effectiveness that local grassroots lobbying can have on influencing national policy.

As more information comes forward on this issue, NAAA will report it to the membership via the e-Newsletter.

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I just got off the phone with a pest control advisor, or PCA as they are known. He was setting up eighty acres of produce to spray and wanted to discuss the application. I appreciate these calls because they give me an opportunity to speak directly to

Communications are the keys to success the guy who is doing the leg work on the ground, many of whom have become good

friends over the years. One of the things that I find personally gratifying in this

occupation is the relationships that I get to build with really good people.

As a pilot, I find establishing and maintaining a good rapport with those I fly for is an essential part of my job. We do custom applications and just about every field is different in some way.

Having a good working relationship with the guys on the ground goes a long way in keeping things running smoothly.

Many pilots I know feel it is not their job or their responsibility to talk to customers.

I know a couple of operators who forbid their pilots having any contact at all with their customers. I’m sure they have their reasons. I think a pilot who is not open to communication with the people who send them work is missing out on an opportunity to connect with the big picture of our industry.

The man who is crawling and stomping around in fields all day needs to have confidence in the pilots who are doing his spraying.

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Having a name and a face to put to the job is what brings the human element into the equation. The field rep needs to know the pilot is personally concerned with the results of his work.

I’m not saying the pilot has to be a salesperson. It’s the operator who rounds up the business. He’s the guy that does the “schmoozing” and presses the flesh, so to speak. He expends considerable time, effort and expense in getting a grower’s work. The pilot might blow the whole deal in a second if he makes a mistake, but he’ll blow it for sure if he can’t be personable and approachable by the customer. People can forgive a mistake; they won’t forgive a lack of common

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courtesy. A hired pilot is a representative of the operation he works for and should take that responsibility seriously.

Of course, there are those who are just difficult to deal with. It seems there are always a few who believe the aerial applicator is in a position of servitude.

We all have experienced that situation. I believe given the right circumstances and the right kind of tact, a pilot can still work with a person of question. In some cases, he might even bring them to understand better the requirements of our part of the job. It’s a touchy situation but not impossible. Sometimes though, you just have to leave it alone and do the best you can without making waves.

I like to make a follow up call every now and then. It helps to “close the loop” and it’s an opportunity to connect with the PCA to find out if I’m missing anything, or if I’m doing everything to suit him. Sometimes a PCA will find a problem but won’t mention it until there is damage to the crop. You can bet that you’ll hear about it then. It’s also good to give him/her the opportunity to say, “Hey…great job!” It’s rare for them to go to the effort of calling when there is not a problem. Having a good open line of communication and a good relationship

with the PCA helps both of us to get the best results possible. We work better when we work together.

Communication is the key to success.

There are several links in the chain of events that gets a crop from planting to harvest. Our job is only a portion of the process. Staying informed of the grower’s concerns, or the needs of the PCA, are important to do good work.

Agriculture is a relatively small community and the good ole boy network is a big part of it. That’s not a bad thing, just the way it is. A person’s reputation generally precedes him in just about everything he does. When you’re talking about the quality of work an ag pilot does or the type of person he is, it carries weight. I have had PCAs call me with questions and sometimes just to chat. I’ve had recent calls when I was able to dispel some falsehoods that were being passed by someone who was trying to sabotage me personally. I’m glad I am able to speak plain English with these folks and that they are comfortable with picking up the phone or visiting in person at any time, for any reason. I have confidence in them and they have confidence in me.

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1. What is the agricultural chemicals security tax credit?

The new agricultural chemicals security tax credit is a nonrefundable 30% federal income tax credit for qualified chemical security expenditures incurred by eligible agricultural businesses to protect fertilizer and pesticides located at their business facilities. The tax credit is designed to encourage agricultural businesses to incur certain costs to safeguard agricultural pesticides and fertilizers from the threat of terrorists, drug dealers and other criminals by providing an income tax credit that offsets a portion of the expenditure.

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Any eligible agricultural business that paid or incurred security costs to safeguard qualified agricultural chemicals after May 22, 2008, and before January 1, 2013.

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An eligible agricultural business is one that: Sells agricultural products, including specified agricultural chemicals, at retail predominantly to farmers and ranchers; or Manufactures, formulates, distributes, or aerially applies specified agricultural chemicals.1 4. What are specified agricultural chemicals?

Specified agricultural chemicals include: certain types of fertilizer commonly used in agricultural operations, certain types of pesticides.

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Qualified expenditures include amounts paid or incurred by an eligible agricultural business for the purpose

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The taxpayer cannot claim a tax deduction for the amount of the expenditure that qualifies for the credit.

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Tax credits result in a dollar for dollar reduction in the amount of tax owed by the taxpayer whereas a tax deduction only reduces taxable income subject to tax.

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(L-R) Ground crewman, Phil Utt, and AT-802 pilot, Bill Schreiner, by Queen Bee Air Specialties’ mix trailer. The operation has a 1600 gallon poly tank on the trailer with gas-powered pump, while loading the aircraft from a second unit on the ground that pulls water from two 2,100 gallon poly tanks. the fire a few hundred yards, as well as circling structures and then wetting down the fire line. Because these fires are primarily leaf drop and litter fires, they usually don’t burn the hard woods, but do have the potential.

Bill Schreiner, pilot for the Beckley AT-802 is originally from Arizona. After many years of fighting fires in the desert southwest, he explains that fighting fires in West Virginia is far more difficult.

Although there is never a shortage of power from the PT6A-65, since the density altitude never becomes critical, the approach to the drop is where the difficulty arises. “The number one rule in fire fighting is to have your departure route planned before the drop, “ Bill explains. There is usually a canyon, valley or some place to escape fire fighting in the west, even with the large mountainous terrain, the valleys and

canyons are large as well. But, in West Virginia the mountains are only 3,0004,000 feet, and the canyons and valleys are better described as ravines that can easily box-in a pilot. This limits the pilot to making a drop 50-100 feet above the ground. With leaf drop and litter fires, the drop height is measured from the ground up.

Mike Walker pilots the AT-802 from Login, a 3500-foot strip on a mountain top. The public airport was once a mining area, stripping off the top of the mountain. After the mining was finished, the county built a paved runway.

Surrounded by mountains in an IFRsmoky environment, working the AT-802 can be a challenge, returning with a load is not an option.

Mike is a retired USAir internationalroute captain. Oddly enough, before Chuck Kemper’s entry into the aerial application business, when he was a school teacher, Mike was one of his students! Now, who knows how many years later, Chuck is once again the teacher and Mike the student. With many hours giving tail wheel instruction, and of course his airline time, Mike opted out with an early retirement from USAir and now pilots one of Queen Bee

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Mike made a couple of interesting comments about his transition from heavy iron to heavy aluminum. “I just couldn’t seem to get the landings right.

Then, one night at the hotel room, the light bulb (in my head) came on. I told Chip (Kemper) the next morning I had the aircraft; everything was under control.

Chip told me to go give the 802 another whirl. I was able to land it perfectly. You see, I hadn’t allowed for that long, down sloping nose. Once I quit staring down it, I was able to land the 802, although every now and then, it likes to go for a little ride down the runway,” Mike explained about his experience.

Both of the AT-802s are outfitted with the Air Tractor fire bombing gate and computer control system. Each load is a full 800 gallons of water mixed with a Class A foaming agent. Because of the terrain forcing the drops to be from a higher altitude than normal, the foam to water ratio is less, more to the water side, to help control drift (4-5 gallons/.1-.5%). Yes, even fire fighters are concerned with drift!

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NTSB Identification: *ERA11LA011* Date: October 01, 2010 Location: Edison, GA Aircraft: GRUMMAN G164 Injuries: 1 Uninjured.

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Sky Tractor Supply Company named authorized service center for GE’s M601 and H80 engines EVENDALE, OHIO—Sky Tractor Supply Company has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines.

As part of the agreement, Sky Tractor Supply Company will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines and LRUs and engine spares for the M601 and H80 engine families. GE Aviation will provide Sky Tractor with comprehensive material support and training.

“Sky Tractor Supply Company is a well-known service provider with a history that dates back more than 40 years,” said Paul Theofan, president and managing executive of GE Aviation’s Business and General Aviation Turboprops. “With Sky Tractor as an

authorized service center, GE Aviation can better support its M601 and future H80 operators in North America.”

Established in 1969, Sky Tractor Supply Company is located in Hillsboro, North Dakota.

The company provides a variety of aircraft equipment parts, supplies and services, including a full service fixed base operation (FBO), agricultural aircraft parts, sales and maintenance, and professional aerial application equipment.

GE Aviation’s Business & General Aviation Turboprops has more than 1,600 M601 engines in service that have accumulated a more than 17 million flight hours on 30 applications.

The H80 engine is undergoing certification testing and will power business and general aviation, utility and agriculture aircraft. The H80 engine combines the elegant, robust design of the M601 engine with GE’s 3-D aerodynamic design techniques and advanced materials to create a more powerful, fuel-efficient, durable engine compared with the M601 engine, with no recurrent fuel nozzle inspections and no hot section inspection. The H80 engine will also feature an extended service life of 3,600 flight-hours or 6,600 cycles between overhauls, significantly enhanced hot-day takeoff

performance and high-altitude cruise speeds. The H80 will provide the option of a single- or dual-acting governor, allowing customers flexibility in propeller selection. The engine will power the Thrush 510 aircraft.

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From banks to cockpits in Brazil

by Bill Lavender In the competitive business of “crop dusting”, it doesn’t hurt to have a good financial background, and it helps even more if your business partner/ wife shares that knowledge. Such is the husband and wife team of Neusa and Marcos Antonio Camargo, who operate five Ipanemas and a new AT-402B Air Tractor. Neusa and Camargo are owners of ITAGRO, based in Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil.

Camargo’s first flying lesson was at the age of 16. Money became tight forcing Camargo to postpone further flight training until later in life. Camargo would work at night at the bank and flight instruct during the day to log time and gain flight experience in preparation for his ultimate goal - becoming an ag pilot. Neusa also worked at the bank.

In 1988, Camargo decided to attend an agricultural aviation flight school, Sorocaba CAVAG, where he learned to fly ag-aircraft.

After Camargo completed the CAVAG course, his first flying job was working

Vagner, Luciano, Marcos Antonio Camargo and Tito. Tito is a 15-year veteran pilot with ITAGRO and one of six company pilots. for Aero Agricola Santos Dumont (AASD) in Alegrete where he flew for three years.

In 1994, Camargo and Neusa formed ITAGRO using a 1982 Ipanema 201A. ITAGRO prospered allowing Neusa and Camargo to quit their banking jobs. In

2004, the company bought three new Ipanemas, a fourth new one in 2005 and a new alcohol version of the Ipanema in 2009 for a total of five aircraft. In December of 2009, ITAGRO bought a new AT-402B with a PT6A-15AG engine

from DP Aviacion, the Brazilian Air Tractor representative for the United States Air Tractor dealer, Frost Flying Service. The purchase included a Hemisphere GPS with flow control. All ITAGRO aircraft have M3 Satloc/Hemisphere GPS units. The AT-402B is the first turbine ITAGRO has owned. Camargo believes the turbinepowered aircraft will help his company in many ways; reliability, productivity and a reduction in remote airstrips.

There are three ag-aviation companies in the Alegrete area. They operate from over 200 airstrips. Camargo believes a transition to turbine Air Tractors will reduce the number of remote strips needed by ITAGRO, while at the same time reducing the problems associated with operating from remote airstrips.

With turbine-powered ag-aircraft, he believes the 200 airstrips could be reduced substancially.

ITAGRO works in a 70-kilometer radius (about 40 miles) in every direction from its main base in Alegrete. ITAGRO primarily treats rice along with some soybeans and corn.

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The boom can be rotated while in flight with hydraulic-type nozzles, adjusting the droplet size to accommodate meteorological conditions during the application.

Of the more than 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) treated annually by ITAGRO, approximately 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres) are treated with an

adjuvant added to the spray mix. The use of adjuvants is determined by weather; humidity, temperature and wind. Typically, the customer decides whether to use an adjuvant, except for herbicide applications when ITAGRO makes the decision and charges an extra fee for the adjuvant.

For dry work, ITAGRO uses the Swathmaster spreader, manufactured by

Neusa and Camargo in the ITAGRO hangar in Alegrete. Camargo recently attended the Air Tractor simulator course hosted by Central Florida Ag Aero in Orlando, Florida, as well as visiting the Air Tractor factory in Olney, Texas and Lane Aviation in Rosenberg, Texas as part of a group tour hosted by AeroGlobo of Botucatu, Brazil and in preparation for the delivery of ITAGRO’s new AT-402B Air Tractor. The AeroGlobo tour also included a visit to the Oshkosh Air Venture.

For fungicide and insecticides applications, ITAGRO uses eight Micronaire AU5000 rotary atomizers per Ipanema applying 10-20 liters per hectare (2 gal/acre). The Micronaires allow for an 18-20 meters (60-65 feet) swath. For

herbicide (glyphosate) work, the aircraft’s spray systems are changed to CP Products nozzles applying 10-20 liters per hectare using a 15 -16 meters swath.

ITAGRO will be evaluating the new, rotating boom manufactured by Travicar.

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Transland. It is capable of applying 50150 kilograms of 45% urea fertilizer with a 25-meter swath for 50-kilogram (110 pounds) applications. For applying 150 kilograms (330 pounds), the application is flown twice using a 22-meter swath applying 75 kilograms (165 pounds) with each swath. When seeds are applied, the rate is typically 30 kilograms per hectare.

(27 lbs/acre)The type and density of the seed determines the swath width.

ITAGRO bases its alcohol Ipanema in Goias where it primarily treats corn,

An example of the orderliness of ITAGRO’s operation.

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Camargo demonstrates ITAGRO’s sophisticated loading and recycling system for its ag-aircraft.

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soybeans and cotton inside a 30-kilometer radius (18 miles). Neusa and Camargo also rent and work a farm there.

ITAGRO’s company motto is “Quality Aviation”. Neusa and Camargo manage a first class operation with major plans for the future. Over the next four to five years, ITAGRO wants to replace its Ipanema fleet with turbine Air Tractors. It has already began the transition buying its first AT-402B. By doing so, ITAGRO hopes to set an example for other Brazilian ag-operations to follow.

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New Zealand global position system proving to be popular with operators Mosgiel, New Zealand—TracMap is a relatively new boy on the block. Most AgAir Update readers will not have heard of it. However, it is growing Down Under in New Zealand, quickly in Australia and now establishing in North America. The units have a deserved reputation for reliability and being easy to use.

Established in 2005, TracMap quickly became the number one brand for ground-based units in New Zealand, where over 60% of all fertilizer spreading trucks now run the TracMap system. The reason for their rapid growth - the same thing that is important to pilots - easy to use and reliability.

TracMap has now developed an aviation guidance system based on the same rugged hardware used in the trucks and ATV quad bikes on farms in New Zealand. As anyone who has travelled there knows, it is tough country which is hard on gear. TracMap has now become the standard GPS fit for all new aircraft installs in New Zealand.

In North America, TracMap has been quietly building a dealer network and customer base. As company President Colin Brown says. “We wanted to make sure we had the product right first. We used feedback from our early customers to make changes to suit what pilots want and how they operate.”

Some of these features are unique to TracMap, such as ability to configure and store different menus for different types of jobs and the ability to have multiple baselines when flying small fields.

Another unique feature proving popular is the ability to draw a block outline, or create a waypoint in Google Earth and import it directly into the TracMap unit.

“This makes finding the correct field a lot simpler”, says Colin. “Most people these days have Google Earth on their computer and it easy to get them to mark the fields they want treated and email directly to the operator.”

The result has met high approval by all TracMap’s initial customers. “The

feedback we have had from customers has been great. They like how easy TracMap is to use and the support we

have provided through our distributors for any problems they may have had”, said Colin.

(L) TracMap President Colin Brown with (R) Rob Scherzinger from Aspen Helicopters, an early TracMap customer

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TracMap’s first customer in New Zealand for its aviation product was Heli Otago, based out of Otago on the South Island.

Heli Otago is one of the few world experts in aerial bait dropping for predator control. As a consequence, TracMap contains a number of unique features which make it ideally suited for aerial bait application in mountainous country.

Also, one of tne of the early high profile purchasers of TracMap units was Island Conservation, who used them for the successful rat eradication program in the Aleutian Islands in 2008. The same units are in use again this fall for a similar program on the Galapagos Islands.

The Australian government used TracMap recently for a rat control program on Macquarie Island in the sub-antarctic.

The units are scheduled for use in a fiveyear program on South Georgia in the South Atlantic.

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Not surprisingly, reliability, and the ability to load complex shape files are two of the main factors why TracMap units are preferred for these type of operations.

A more recent innovation has been the development of cluster baiting, where the guidance system manages the spaced placement of a cluster of bait pellets, rather than the conventional broadcast approach. The benefit from trial work to date is the ability to considerably reduce the amount of bait used yet achieve similar kill rates.

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Three AT502Bs bound for Brazil November 12, 2010, three new AT-502Bs departed Lane Aviation in Rosenberg, Texas bound for their owners in Brazil. The aircraft were sold by AeroGlobo, Lane Aviation’s Brazilian Air Tractor representative. Each of the aircraft were outfitted with ferry radio packs and hopper fuel systems. Before departure from Texas, the wing tanks of the AT-502Bs and 475 gallons in the hopper were filled with Jet-A. The only instruments onboard were needle and ball, airspeed indicator, altimeter and GPS. The planned route will take the three aircraft and their pilots from Texas to Florida to Aguadilla Puerto Rico, to Boa Vista Brazil, with two aircraft continuing on to Cuiaba and the third to Salvador, Brazil. The flight should take about 30 tach hours and the fuel consumed will be about 1,400 gallons.

The ferry pilots are Gerald Childers, Ken Elliott and Ray Dyson. The new owners are Ariel Horovitz of Sao Desiderio, Claides Lazarettie Masutti of Campos de

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1974 G 164A Model Ag-Cat w/ 1400 SMOH Covington 1340 out of annual, sitting for 5 yrs. 7427 TT Airframe. Metal Wings, Elevator servo, Wing Ext, Smoker, Flagger, SS Airfoil Booms, Spreader, Bottom load Fuel. Needs TLC. $22,000 OBO. gmhonn@gmail.com 509-887-2007 (11-10)

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2008 AT-502B-34, 650 hrs TTAF&E, M3 Satloc w/flow control, elect br. gr adj, smoker, SS pumps and booms, CPs, breckenridge spreader. $700,000 Frost Flying Inc. 870-295-6213 A t f n Save money. Buy used. Parting out several Air Tractor 402, 502, 602, and 802, Thrush and , Ag Cats. Call Chad Stuart.

Airplane Services, Inc. 850-380-6091 ( 0 5 - 11 ) 1977 G 164A extended wing 8004 TTAF Garrett Dash 1 800 SHSI, 8035.3 TTSO all soaps available on engine, Prop 1992 TSO, New paint 09, New SS Transland airfoil booms w/brass nozzles & CP tips, Crophawk flow meter, Lane electric pump fan, Collins A/C, 128 gal fuel w/side load, windshield washer, 1 piece windshield, all new glass, sealed cockpit, Satloc lite star, cool seat, like new Grumman spreader, never any liquid fert., no damage, always hangared, owner flown, no better cat to be found! 405-797-3805, 405-542-7860 cell, Will e-mail pics.

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1988 AT-401-0692 8095.0 TTAF 113.0 SMOH (Covington).

Prop 351.0 TSOH. M3, VG’s, Flagger, Smoker, CP nozzles, Large fuel, Lane brake, SS booms, Fresh Annual $150,000 Call Wendel @ North Star Aviation Inc. KS 620-356-4528 or wlambert@pld.com

J & C Enterprises Aviation Inc. has the remnants of one A-model Cat with 4 decent wing cores and a center section.

Can send pictures. Call Sid or Jerry 800-542-8565 or emial jcaviation@pldi.net A 8 -11 1977 Super B Ag Cat N-6689Q New firewall forward Walter Turbine, E.I. Digital Instruments. 1600 SMOH 0 since SMOH avia prop 106”. 0 since airframe sand blast and powder coat.

New paint and fabric new gear, all new hardware and glass, big tires 11x29, Raised wing, 115 gallon fuel tall center line tail, drop ss booms, with CP nozzles, Satloc GPS new zee ac unit, just installed. $285,000 979-257-6695 kingrey4@ comcast.net ( 11 - 1 0 )

2009 AT-502B-34AG,N502HC, 614 TT AF&E, Fresh Annual,SATLOC M3 w/Intelliflow, Single Point Fuel, Shadin Fuel Flow, AC, Ram Air Intlet, Hopper Rinse, Drop Booms, Heater, Wingman, LANE Fan & Electric Brake, 72 Flat Fan CP’s, AM/FM Radio, Air Bags, Mode C Transponder, Garmin SL 40,$740,000, Call 318-552-6533 or 318-282-0121. monticellofly@hughes.net ( 11 - 1 0 )

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1973 Ag Cat 450 A Model, rollover at end of airstrip. Total air time on Covington overhauled engine is 32 hours. Satloc M3 GPS with flow control Call 712-799-4789 , 712-579-2736 or email tpandco@fmctc.com ( 11 - 1 0 ) A+450 300 gal DAF GAAC Combo, 585 E&P, Mint $95 A+600 350 gal DAF TL combo 0-AF/E/P $139K A+600 Tower/Writer 1200-SMOH AF&E&P $49K B-TPE-1: 350 gal DAF TL comb, 0-HSI engine, w/3000 RC’s, Fresh annual $259K SB+TPE331-1: 400 gal DAF TL Comb, 482 HSI 5000 RCs, all SBPlus mods plus air & load hog, new paint & anual, Heavy duty $279K AmAg 870-886-2418 (2489F) agcat@bscn.com t f n 20 B model Ag-Cat for lease, with or without pilot. Working now, available immedately. Call David at 870-550-1664 or email davidmyhand@ipa.net ( 11 - 1 0 ) G164-C Model King Cat, firewall forward conversion includes R1820-71 engine and Hamilton Standard propeller Model 33D50-119. Engine mount cowling, oil cooler and plumbing, instrument panel also included. For more details contact Matt at Avag Inc. 530-882-4286 (10 -11)

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1998 AT-602-0483 -60AG N5005E, TT 8424.2, A&E, PT6-60AG 0 hrs since power section light o/h, 519.6 hrs on new MLG and tail gear, new tires, 655.8 hrs on new engine mount, 2108.5 hrs on new style lwr spar caps, new panels, stringers, belly, turtle deck, new paint on fuselage, Satloc Airtrac, ELT, Wingman, pulse lights $625,000 Southeastern Aircraft Sales 800-441-2964 or mail@southeasternaircraft.com tfn 1987 AT 301 N7312R TT 5373.3 hrs, engine TT SMOH 1020.8 hrs, prop AG 100-2 w/138.7 hrs smoh. AC, flow controller, windshield washer, smoker, 47 CP nozzles, spreader,SS spray valve, new battery, annual May 2010. Center section butterfly done. $69,500 Call HM 843-586-9422 or Cell 843454-6206 ( 11 - 1 0 ) 2006 AT-401B, 124 TTAF, 124 SMOH, 3 BLADE PROP, COMM & TXP, LIKE NEW AIRCRAFT LOCATED IN SPAIN $485,000.00 1992 AT-401, 6,000 TTAF, 500 SMOH GEARED SUPER 600, A/C, M3 GUIDANCE, SMOKER, FLAGGER, LANE PUMP BRAKE AND FAN $160,000.00 2010 AT-802A, FTO, -67AG, SMOKER, 308 FUEL, LANE PUMP BRAKE AND FAN $1,257,200.00 Lane Aviation 281-342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401. t f n

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1976 Ayres 400 Gal. Thrush with -6 Garrett Engine; Satloc; Air Conditioner; Smoker; 29” Wheels and Brakes; New Paint; Fresh OH Prop; SS Spray System; Lane Brakes. Call Eugene 979-532-1718, 979-533-1720 Day or night A4-10 Large inventory of Thrush parts surplus to our needs. Call for list. Air Repair, Inc. Phone. 662-846-0228 Fax. 662-8430811 sales@airrepairinc.com t f n 1992 Ayres 510 D C - 7,600 Hrs. TT; Garrett -6 Engine Low Time; M-3 with Variable Rate Flow Control, C.P. Nozzles; SS Spray System with Lane brakes; Air Conditioner; Smoker; Low time Prop; Nice clean airplane that is ready to work Priced To Sell Call Eugene 979-532-1718, 979-533-1720 Day or night A 4 -10

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R1340 FWF Complete as removed from Thrush - 1014 S.O.H. Engine and 524 S.O/H AG100-2 Propeller. Very Good Condition $25,000.00 559-686-1794, info@johnstonaircraft.com t f n New PT6-34 ag engine in stock Call for price Frost Flying Inc. 870-295-6213 A tfn 1975 mod Decathlon 1765 TT 265 SMOH engine 65 SMOH constant speed prop. Call 478-973-8105 (10-11)

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Air-Tractor, Thrush, Ag Cat. Chad Stuart Airplane Services Inc. 850-380-6091 ( 0 5 - 11 )

2008 AT-802A, 923 TTAF&E, -65, smoker, single point fuel, elec. brake gr. adj., 10” hydraulic gate, fresh HSI, fresh annual .......... $1,060,000

Loadhog hydraulic hopper lid system from AT-402. Excellent condition. $3,000. Airplane Services, Inc. Chad Stuart 850380-6091 ( 0 5 - 11 )

2008 AT-802A, 1030 TTAF&E, -65, smoker, single point fuel, elec. brake gr. adj., 40 extra nozzles, Del Norte Gate controller, Wingman, 10” hydraulic gate, fresh HSI, fresh annual............................ $1,060,000

Used serviceable PT6 starter/generators. Wet or Dry spline. Guaranteed to work. $3,500 Chad Stuart. Airplane Services, Inc. 850-380-6091 (0 5 -11)

D L O S 1995 AT-502B 6006 TTAF&E, -34, O SHSI, air, hear, shadin, smoker COs Crophawk, WeathAero fan, Satloc M3, Wingman $275,000 SOL....D 1995 AT502A, 6993 TT, -45, 0 SHSI, air, heat CPs, VGs smoker, R/H booms, elec brake gr adj. Crophawk, nightlights, Wngman, fresh SOLD annual ........................................................................... $275,000

1995 AT-502B, 8159 TTAF&E, -34, 0 SHSI, 441 hrs on spar, 441 hrs on gear, smoker, CPs, load hog, air Satloc, 3”side load, .. $365,000

Unlimited Racer Project: 85% complete Yak 11, 3350 turbo compound with many spare parts including engine. Call with best offer. For pictures and details ........................................................CALL Complete Air Tractor Parts And Accessories Dealer For Every Major Ag Aviation Parts and Supplies

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Large inventory of PT6 and Air Tractor parts • Financing Available Call for Wingman installation For AgAv Parts & Accessories Call Tommy Allen

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Spend your time doing what you do best “SPRAYING” and let us find those parts for you. Part numbers are really important. Call Jerry or Sid 800-542-8565 or email jcaviation@pldi.net A 8 -11 1set serviceable S2R wings. Group 1 Wing. 196 gal. fuel/ wing extension yellow. Eddy Current inspected. Found no cracks. These wings were removed from a 600 Thrush. 9000 hrs. $40,000 Call or fax Bruce’s Flying Service, Inc. 229-725-4150, fax 229-725-5135. E-mail bruceandrews62@gmail.com.

(11-10) Vacuum Meters ready to ship. Clean, accurate, closed system.

Why pay 50,000 for a accurate system when you can do it for a fraction of the price and require no computers. Compton Flying Service 888-336-3924 tfn 1 set S2R wings, Group 5 Wing. 2000 year model. 6000hrs TT. New factory spar caps. 0 hours with new spar caps. 228 gal fuel. $80,000 unpainted exchanged or 85,000 painted to your specification and exchanged. Call or fax Bruce’s Flying Service, Inc. 229-725-4150, fax 229-725-5135. E-mail bruceandrews62@gmail.com.

(11-10) J & C Enterprises Aviation Inc. still has one of the largest Cessna, and Piper Ag Aircraft inventories in the USA and has a huge inventory of Lighting and wheel and brake inventory. Let us be your total part provider. Call in your needs - Sid or Jerry 800-542-8565 or jcaviation@pldi.net A 8-11

Retrofit Hopper Door for AT502 and AT602. Now available for fall and winter installation Professional Fibreglass Repair.

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PARTS, PARTS, PARTS. For all your ag aviation needs, please call Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service 800-441-2964 Air Tractor Dealer tfn

GPS Antenna Mount, for specific ag aircraft, Performance and looks, slip stream design delivers peak signals. Contact Terry Barber 605-258-2743.

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8 Million new surplus parts for Cessna, Piper, and other aircraft; Continental and Lycoming engines; and a few spray system parts, big discounts. Please have part numbers when contacting us. Preferred Airparts, 800-433-0814 US/Canada; 330698-0280. Check stock at www.preferredairparts.com t f n

Thrush rebuilt extended wings with 40,000 hour approved Avenger spar cap kit installed, 192 gal fuel, new leading edge H.D. ribs and leading edge skins. Will paint your color(1).Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 559-686-1794, info@johnstonaircraft.com t fn Vacuum Meters ready to ship. Clean, accurate, closed system. Set of new Thrush Aircraft current production wings featuring the 29,000 hour life limit on low spar caps.

Upper and lower 4340 Chrome-Molly steel spar caps with 114 gallon fuel tank on each wing, 0 SNEW. Contact Thrush Aircraft Spares Department 229-883-1440, rcarter@ thrushaircraft.com Smoke Systems. Used In great condition. $250. Airplane Services, Inc. Chad Stuart 850-380-6091 (05 -11)

Accessories & Parts! 100’s of new and OHC accessories, parts for just about everything. Big discounts! Please have part numbers when contacting us. Preferred Airparts, 800433-0814 US/Canada; 330-698-0280. Check stock at www. preferredairparts.com t f n Emco Wheaton/Buckeye Dry Break Couplers and adapters, Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr. Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: info@johnstonaircraft.com web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com t f n Jasco Alternator kits in stock. Air Repair, Inc. Phone. 662846-0228 Fax. 662-843-0811 sales@airrepairinc.com tfn PARTS, PARTS, PARTS... For all your ag aviation needs, please call Southeastern Aircraft Sales & Service (800) 441-2964 Air Tractor Dealer A TFN

Rebuilt Thrush 510 hopper with Jon Herr door. $8,000.

Professional Fibreglass Repair. 530-735-6264 t f n

Air Tractor Parts New and Used (Associate dealer for Lane Aviation). FWF cowlings 402,502,602 many to chose from, removed for Factory and Cascade P-cowl conversions. New and used (Factory Rebuilt) Aileron, Flaps, Elevators, Rudders, Horz/Vert stabs in stock and ready to sale or trade. Call Wendel or Steve North Star Aviation 620-356-4528 wlambert@pld.com

We have all fibreglass parts for Weatherly and Ag-Cat (A, B and Super B). Call for prices. Professional Fibreglass Repair.

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Complete Thrush Factory Metal Tail W / Updates.Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 559-686-1794 / Email info@johnstonaircraft.com www.johnstonaircraft.com t fn

World-one stop Ag aviation center, all parts and accessories for everything in Ag Aviation for 61 years. MidContinent Aircraft Hayti, Mo. 800-325-0885 tfn

For Sale, M18 wings, ailerons, flaps. 0 since new, propeller still in box, for sale or trade on people airplane. 573-2463216, 573-225-8019 (11-10)

New Thrush -34, -60,-65 models. 600 HP, Your North American Thrush distributor. Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp.

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Superbooms for Cessna, Piper, Thrush, Air Tractor and custom manufacture; THRUSH AILERON SERVOS-STC’d kits.

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J & C Enterprises Aviation Inc. has 29” wheel sets. We will accept your 10” wheel and brakes in exchange. Also have 29” Thrush Landing Gear. Call Jerry or Sid 800-542-8565 or email jcaviation@pldi.net A 8 - 11

O/H’D Thrush 29” Landing Gear & We Can Repair / Rebuild Yours. Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 559-686-1794 / Email info@johnstonaircraft.com www.johnstonaircraft.com t f n

10,000 P/N of Continental & Lycoming parts, 50% discount on most new! Please have part numbers when contacting us. Preferred Airparts, 800-433-0814 US/Canada; 330698-0280. Check stock at www.preferredairparts.com t f n

Cessna Authorized Parts Center: Prompt, World-Wide Parts Service, Engines, Bonaire 550 Conversions, Wings. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net. t f n NEW! CP11TT/w-3 Tips & Shutoff in stock ready to ship today.1-800-437-5319 Sky-Tractor Supply Company t f n

Thrush parts - Wings, props, tail feathers, batteries, tires - we have the inventory. Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr. Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: info@ johnstonaircraft.com web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com.tfn Brave and Pawnee parts - engines, props, spar kits, fuel cells and foam kits, and much more. Johnston Aircraft Service, Inc. 24 hr. Tel 559-686-1794, FAX 559-686-9360, e-mail: info@johnstonaircraft.com web site: www.johnstonaircraft.com. t f n S & T Aircraft Accessories, Inc. specializes in the overhaul of Radial and Turbine engine accessories. We have most items in stock ready to ship for exchange. Give us a call @ 830-625-7923 or fax 830-625-4138. t f n Agrinautics, Automatic Flagman, Aero Engines, Arrow prop, Air Tractor (Associate dealer Queen Bee Air Specialties) CP Nozzles, Compro Smoker, Crophawk, Covington Aircraft Engine, Collins Air Conditioner, Cleveland, Chip Detector, Hot Stuff, Honda Engines, Johnson Sidewinder, Nieto Products, New and used aircraft, (large) Parts Inventory, Schweizer, Spraying Systems, Co., Superbugs, APH-4 Helmet, Simplex, Tires, Transland, WeathAero. Sky Tractor Supply 800-4375319, 701-436-5881. t f n

propellers J & C Enterprises has a Cessna 188 props in Stock Y.T. Also offer some STC’d propellers. Call Jerry or Sid 800-542-8565 or email jcaviation@pldi.net A 8 -11 Hartzell 3 Blade and 5 blade Props, new & used $CALL Lane Aviation 888-995-LANE 281-342-5451 or FAX 281-232-5401 t f n .

Props for Sale: 2D30-6101A-18 OHC 23D40-7035A-12S OHC 22D40-6533A-12 OHC 23D40-6533A-18 Serviceable cond.

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For Outright Sale: Overhauled 5-Blade Prop. Hartzell HC-B5MP3C. Fits AT-502A, AT-503, AT-602, AT-802, Thrush S-2R-T65 & S-2RHG-T65.’06 Hartzell Overhaul. TSN: 1379.5 (TSO:0). Call Steve or Gary 210-924-5561. sales@dixieair.com. ( 11-10)

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• Beautiful 2.73 acres wooded lot • 298’ wide and 400’ deep • Pine Ridge Equestrian Estates • Public water and septic sewer • Five miles from Crystal River, Florida • Covenant exclusive neighborhood • Community center • Pool & golf course

Mini-ranchettes with zoning that allows up to three horses and stables with your home. 27 miles of horse trails with access at rear of lot. $94,900.

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NatioNal agricultural aviatioN MuseuM Where a Way of lIfe, comes to lIfe. natIonal agrIcultural avIatIon museum 1150 lakeland drive, jackson ms monday - saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

601-713-3365 800-844-TOUR this project is partially funded through a grant by the jackson convention and visitors Bureau

IA200/FA8452, NEW $4,500 2D30-6101A20, A/R. $3,500 2D30-6101A12, IRAN $9,500 2D30-6101A12, OHC $14,500 22D30-AG200-2, OHC $15,500 2D30-AG100-2, OHC, $11,500 22D40-AG200-2 OHC..$20,000 22D40-AG200-2, 190 SOH, /new blades... $21,500 33D50-7005A, A/R-K/D. $6,500 HC-B3TN-3D/5M, OHC/+4NB’s. $19,500AmAg 870-886-2418 (2489F) agcat@bscn.com t f n

Playable model AG planes of all kinds!!! These models aren’t like the desktop models that you can only look at. These models are for kids to get down and dirty with. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, these make perfect gifts!

Airplanes will be built to your specs. Please allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery 325-428-6585 cjmurph@sbcglobal.net (11-10) J & C Enterprises Aviation Inc. Is always looking for all types of derelict aircraft, parts inventory, both new and used. We will buy small or a shop full. Contact Jerry Buster 800-5428565 or email jcaviation@pldi.net A 8 - 11 Original DeSpain Pen and Ink cropduster printer’s proofs now available by artist Richard DeSpain. Several to choose from, reduced sale price, $1000 each. These are the originals that the signed and numbered prints are made from. Contact Richard DeSpain 501-753 3291 or r.despain@sbcglobal.net t f n

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HELMET with slide up visor $850. Deluxe Kevlar Helmet with ANR, Softskins, Oregon seals $1200. Sky Tractor Supply 1-800-437-5319 Atfn

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For a limited time, Air Tractor is offering competitive financing options in the U.S. and Canada from Wells Fargo Equipment Finance. Fly now and take seven years to pay, 10 years to amortize and have a fixed interest rate for the life of the loan. Other attractive term periods are available, too. These financing options are available on both new and used Air Tractors purchased through Air Tractor dealers. See your Air Tractor dealer today!

vehicles Loader Truck for sale. All stainless steel, all hydraulic, had aircraft fueling system and tank. Not running 6000 lbs hopper $5,000. Call 870-222-4556 (11-10) 1984 Ford F700 diesel Allison automatic 12” mild steel folder 7000lb hopper 300 gal. fuel Honda pump. Call Auger Dan Office: 870-578-6133 Cell: 870-919-2317 A 1 0 -1 0 2 to choose from! 1992 model of International 4700. DT466 diesel, a/c, standard transmission, PTO chain drive, well maintained, aluminum wheels, your choice for pipe and hopper.

640 stainless fuel with gasoline engine fuel pump. Call Auger Dan Office: 870-578-6133 Cell: 870-919-2317 A 10 -10 1500 gal Jet A refueler; Nissan UD 3300 truck; epoxy lined steel tank: Liquid Control counter with predetermining counter (new 2003); single point and over the wing nozzles: automatic reel. Truck and pump work well; good rubber $15,900 Call 501-985-1484 AR location. tfn Auger Trucks For Sale (Trade-Ins) Also list of customer trucks. Call Auger Dan Office: 870-578-6133 Cell: 870-9192317 A 1 0 -1 0 1993 Peterbilt folding BAG truck, built for Air Tractor 802.

Loads 6,000 lbs, has fuel tank and reel. Great shape. Call Brandon 318-303-3147 ( 11 - 1 0 )

miscellaneous Crop Duster Video - “The Crop Dusters - The Early Years 19211955”; the era of Stearmans and Cubs flying the fields will never be seen again. Available in VHS or DVD. Only $20.00, plus S&H. MC and Visa accepted. Call 478-987-2250 Fax 478-987-1836 Historical Video Productions. tfn

Load hog,with hyd. Installed in a 510 gallon hopper. Good shape. Both for $14,400.00 JOHNSON @ 218-437-6415. lindleycj@hotmail.com (11-10) Reduce Drift, Increase Deposition and Retention use Control™ For FREE SAMPLE go to www.GARRCO.com/ freesample Call 765-395-3441, mrfoam1@garrco.com t f n English to Spanish Technical Translations Former A&P and Ag-Pilot, Carlos Retamosa Specializing in translating: • Aviation technical manuals • Airworthiness Directives (ADs) • Service Bulletins (SBs) Contact 598-53-24376 retamosa@adinet.com.uy

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www.AircraftCostAnalysis.com AG Operators can calculate your breakeven, % investment return, profit potential, and produce annual & monthly cash flows. Project your financials without spending hours of your time. All reports are produced automatically and accurately after you provide your cost inputs and gross application fees. Types of analyses performed include: Company/ Individual Ownership, Managed with/without Leaseback, Commercial Operation, Agricultural/Fire/Ambulance Operations, Joint Ownership, Fractional Ownership, and Charter/Rental. AG sales organizations can provide prospects with customized & professional ownership cost analysis. This program is a great sales aid and management tool. FREE sample reports. Click REQUEST INFORMATION on the website or call 281-419-7443

One-acre-square house lot for sale in new Plane Living Sky Park neighborhood with 2,000 s.f., all brick, covenants. Lot is one of 13 directly on new sod runway. Taxi out of your hangar, directly onto the runway. Located in Peach County, Georgia.

Public water, septic sewer. paved streets, curb and gutter, street lights. Less than five miles west of I-75, Exit 142, approximately five miles to Fort Valley, GA and approximately 10 miles to Warner Robins, GA. Google It! South side of Hwy 96 at 50 Lane Rd., Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 (Google photo before development). Save thousands and buy from owner. $50,000 OBO, includes closing costs. 888.987.2250.

software PC SPRAY Dedicated Application Software, Version 3. Fullyfunctional program. Buy it once, use it forever! No annual fees. Technical support for the life of the product. Call or email for demo today. Sky Tractor Supply 1-800-437-5319. tfn Best Classified Buy In The Industry.

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HOTSTUFF AG AIRCRAFT CLEANER Call to order the # 1 Ag Aircraft cleaner in the country, Used by over 400 operators Coast to Coast. Blue Stripe Distributing 877-924-5025 A 12-10 Fast start engine system. cut starting heat and time. A must.

Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp. Hayti, MO 800-325-0885. . tfn SUPERBUGS A safe and economical way to speed up Mother nature! Dispose of hazardous waste in loading and spill areas, ponds and ditches. SUPERBUGS disposes of insecticides, Fungicides, herbicides, and petroleum products Such as waste oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, solvent or anything of organic nature.

Blue Stripe Distributing Toll Free 877-924-5025 t f n AFS Check Valves- Make the switch to AFS check valves, Find out what many operators already know, increased productivity, eliminate leaks and drips, long life, and no moe trying to find buckets!!! To help clean up your operation today call 800-833-2013. www. aeroflow.com or Fax 574-862-4669. t f n

Souther Field Aviation, Inc. Visit Our Website www.southerfield.com Phillips AV & Jet a FULL SERVICE FBO

WeathAero Fans • Auto Flagger • Transland • Agrinautics Pump and Valves Thrush Parts • Covington Radial & Turbine Engines • Compro Smokers WAG • SATLOC • AgNav Phone: 229-924-2813 Office Fax: 229-924-4356 e-mail: frankie@southerfield.com Parts Fax: 229-924-2066 e-mail: parts@southerfield.com Web: www.southerfield.com

Beautiful 2.73 ac wooded lot in upscale Pine Ridge Equestrian Estates, located in Citrus County, Florida only five miles from Crystal River. Covenants, 27 miles of horse trails, community center, pool and golf course. Nicer homes and mini-ranchettes. Zoning allows up to three horses and stables permitted on lot with your house.

Horse trail borders back end of lot that is 298’ wide and 400’ deep on 3620 Stirrup Drive, Beverly Hills, Florida (Google it!). Public water and septic sewer. Contact Bill Lavender 888-987-2250 bill@agairupdate.com.

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For a free, no-obligation quote, call 800.826.4442 or visit us online at www.pimi.com. Proud member of NAAA. tfn The Right Aviation Insurance Broker makes all the difference in the world. A 35 year professional pilot and former Ag Insurance underwriter work together to give you the experience and knowledge to get you the right coverage for the least cost. We work for you, not the insurance companies.

Jim Gardner and Rick Langley @ Insuramerica Aviation, Inc. 978-936-4000. 800-654-7892 ext 4108 or 4104. jgardner@ insuramerica.aero. rlangley@insuramerica.aero t f n INSURANCE from the Leading Ag Aviation Brokers. 61 Years Risk Management, Lowtime Pilot Coverage. Mid-Continent Aircraft, Hayti, MO, 800-325-0885 www.midcont.net. t f n “Insurance from a name you can trust, at a price you can afford”, is what we do and it’s our motto. Hardy Aviation Insurance, Inc, is centrally located in Wichita Kansas and has been servicing the aerial application market for years now. RANDY HARDY established Hardy Aviation Insurance in 1995 with aerial application as his main focus. Prompt courteous service from a staff dedicated and knowledgable includes ANGIE BANZ and RITA ETHRIDGE, both of whom have years of experience servicing the aerial application business. Give us a try, you might be suprised. Call 1 800 721-6733 or fax us at 316-945-2330. Get an online quote from our web site at www.hardyaviationins.com or e-mail us at hardy@hardyaviationins.com. t f n DOUG DAVIDSON, aircraft owner and commercial pilot, has served the unique insurance needs of the agricultural aviation community since 1982. He founded Davidson Solid Rock Ins. in 1995 on Christian principles, honesty, integrity, and the commitment to provide insurance products as solid as our name! One call is all it takes to shop all available markets for your specialized aviation insurance needs. We welcome the opportunity to talk with you at 800-358-8079.

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!!Attention Thrush Owners!! North Star Aviation Inc is now the new STC holder of the Thrush Reinforce Leading Edge Skins. If you are getting ready to rebuild your Thrush wings due to AD09-26-11 or tired of bird strikes and ugly leading edges!! Now is the time to install North Star Aviations new Thrush heavy duty reinforced leading edge skins fully STC’d SA03518AT no Field approval required.

For more Info contact Wendel or Steve @ North Star Aviation Inc. 620-356-4528 wlambert@pld.com We rebuild and refinish any fibreglass part for Weatherly, Cessna, Piper and Ag-Cat (A, B and Super B,C and D). Call for prices. Professional Fibreglass Repair. 530-735-6264 t f n Stainless Steel Fabricators, Inc. --- Stainless spreaders and accessories new and used. We repair all models including Transland and Swathmaster. Call us at 800-736-3433 or 870-217-9232. ( 0 1 - 11 ) Borescope and Videoscope Repair Services. Any brand or any model. Your one stop source for the best value visual inspection equipment since 1981. Check out our new products and rental units at www.Borescopesrus.com or call Borescopes-R-Us at 931-362-4009. ( 11 - 1 0 )

Jeffries Airworks Dynamic Propeller Balancing with Chadwick Helmuth engine printout equipment. Jeffries Airworks, Dynamic Balancing, Vibration Analysis. Much more than just a balance. Call Jim Jeffries, A&P/IA, 985-507-9981, Nationwide service on your location. (tfn)

wanted to buy EXHAUST Wanted: R-1340 and R-985 Exhaust Send Old Exhaust segments for exchange or Sell them! Call Daryl @ 940-902-0797 tfn Wanted to Buy Air Tractor AT-301 or AT-401, Ferriable Southeastern Aircraft Sales 800-441-2964 or mail@southeasternaircraft.com t f n

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2011 Airplanes available AT-402, AT-502B, AT-602, AT-802 1998 AT-602-0483 -60AG N5005E, TT 8424.2, A&E, PT6-60AG 0 hrs since power section light O/H, 519.6 hrs on new MLG and tail gear, new tires, 655.8 hrs on new engine mount, 2108.5 hrs on new style lwr spar caps, new panels, stringers, belly, turtle deck, new paint on fuselage, Satloc Airtrac, Wingman, pulse lights............................................................................................................................................... $625,000

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2 AT-502’s w/pilots available for work. Licensed in ID, CA, IN, and reciprocating states. Will acquire additional licensing if necessary. GPS equipped. Call 208-731 5233 or 208-358 3179 ( 11 - 1 0 )

help wanted Doctor’s Orders: A pilot’s vacation home with a pilot discount!

St. George Island, Florida. Directly on private beach with expansive views of the Gulf of Mexico, three levels of covered furnished decks. Spacious open living/dining/kitchen area.

Five bedrooms including two master suites and four baths, multiple TVs/DVDs/VCRs/wireless Internet. Occupancy 12, beds: three kings, four twins, one queen sleeper sofa. Underhouse concrete parking, 15’ x 30’ pool (heated for a fee), enclosed hot/cold outdoor shower, fish cleaning area, parkstyle grill. Paved 3339’ airport on island (F47) a quarter mile from the house. Ask for “pilot’s discount” Major discounts for Spring and Fall! Visit www.resortvacationproperties.com for photos, 877.272.8206. AgAir Update “Endorsed”. (11-10)

Resumes accepted to fill A&P position, 30 Miles SW of Houston, TX, PT6 and Air Tractor exp.a plus, IA a plus, fax: 281-232-5401, email: glane@laneav.com T F N Rotary wing ag pilot wanted Lower Nth Island area see Classified section or contact Peter at hillcountry.helicopters@ xtra.co.nz ( 11 - 1 0 ) Best Classified Buy In The Industry.

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Ag operation for sale: Mid-sized and very profitable application business for sale, 2 locations ,TX and Mid-west locations with very modern hangars, Late model Turbine Air-tractors (3-4) and all support equipment liquid and dry.. Owner will stay on as a pilot.. Serious inquires with financial ability only. Please mail responses to Operations for sale C/O AgAir Update P.O. Box 850 Perry GA 31069 Fax to 888-382-6951 or email to blindads@agairupdate.com ( 11 - 1 0 ) ESTABLISHED HELICOPTER SPRAYING SERVICE FOR SALE. Strong customer base w/ 35 yrs. in same area & a continuous year-round work flow. Must have 5 years helicopter crop spraying experience. *Added Bonus* Helicopter & mix trailer for sale. Call for full details 863675-6919 or 305-216-1967, ask for Marvin Scripter (11-10)

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100,000+ annual acres preferred. send to Business Wanted C/O Ag Air Update P.O. Box 850 Perry GA 31069 fax 888382-6951 or email blindads@agairupdate.com (11-10)

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seat wanted SEEKING 1st Applicator seat w/ 150-Tprop 100-Twheel HiPerf.! Have comm’l/tow/glass/ IMC/CDL/ farm/FFA/ military exp. Low TT. Will move/train/lic/etc as req’d. PLEASE clip/save THIS ad.! Jeff Christie 559-732-4318 CJM1236@aol Please save ad/Thanx! ( 11 - 1 0 ) Ag Pilot available for 2011 season Looking for a seat.

Experienced, Ag Pilot since 1968. Rice, Dust, Fert. Orchard Spraying, Boll Weevil, etc. Excellent References, former owner operator, no violations, easy to insure, some Turbine. Experienced, Dromader, Ag Cat, Thrush, Air Tractor, Weatherly, Cessna, Pawnee. We are talking a reliable, safe, hardworking, does not bend them Ag Pilot. Get in touch so I can get licensed in your state before the season starts. Will, 281-579-9890 Cell 956-429-1312 (11-10) Airplane/Helicopter driver available October-April. Prefer seasonal spot with same operation. 831-262-3144 (11-10) Turbine Seat Wanted fixed or rotory wing. 6100TT 4800AG Or to Buy Turbine Operation with good history. 662-803-3930 bbook44@gmail.com ( 11 - 1 0 )

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