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Old 28th March 2008 | 13:53
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Lister Noble
 
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Slightly off topic but interesting.
In the late 70's, we used aerial crop sprayers on the farm I managed in Essex,fixed wing and rotary.
I asked one of the older fixed wing Pawnee pilots if there were a lot of accidents and he replied with a grin.

"The pilots are either young or old,the ones in the middle are all dead!"

A couple of weeks later he went through a power line but luckily was not hurt.

Watching them flying and manouevering around 20 feet above the ground with half a ton of fertiliser or spray on board,it was easy to see how dangerous it was.
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