Moorabin Crop Dusters:
Let's not forget the contribution that Moorabin based Arthur Schutt made to the fledgling Australian Crop Dusting industry of the 1950~1960s. He expertly converted DH-82 Tiger Moths to spreaders and sprayers for companies such as Air Spread (Jack Marshall) and Super Spread (Ernie Tagell). This was a big contribution that only those who were there can appreciate.
My log book says that on the 19th May 1954 I accepted Tiger Moth VH-ATW (a duster) from Arthur Schutt at Moorabin and took it to Col Tobin at Albury. Col Tobin was the engineer responsible for the day to day maintenance of Air Spreads' Albury based DH-82 fleet. The departure from Moorabin was nothing more than taking off from a big grass paddock.
Prince of Dzun