Aerial Cropspraying ?
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Aerial Cropspraying ?
Life in the UK is now pretty boring without aerial cropspraying, with the do gooders saying it's no good to the environment etc. At the end of the day they could only spray certain chemicals under strict rules, many a time I stood next to a field being sprayed by aircraft of helicopter but did me no harm. Then the Low Ground Vehicles took over, the good days have gone!!!
I believe at one stage in the '70's or '80's the UKCAA wanted a ban on such activities. The NFU opposed such stupidity and they carried on. However, it was eventually regulated out of existence.
If there is a disease that attacks forests for e.g., and needs to be treated in a hurry, then the a/c will be back in action, pronto.
As for the pilots. "If the flying doesn't get you, the chemical probably will"
If there is a disease that attacks forests for e.g., and needs to be treated in a hurry, then the a/c will be back in action, pronto.
As for the pilots. "If the flying doesn't get you, the chemical probably will"
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Yes they were the good old days. The people who had it regulated out of existence are in my mind , fat bellied, limp wristed people who didn't understand that what we were doing was part of the food cycle. The same as the ground vehicles are doing today, just they are less visible.
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Aerial applicators are doing okay in Canada, U.S.A., Mexico and some South American countries. Large drones are also being used as aerial applicators with great accuracy but small payloads.
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There is a new opportunity for you guys; aerial firefighting. You may need to re-think valves, pipes etc. Get involved with fire retardant foam and the largest tanks the wings will handle with practicable airspeeds.
Take the Yorkshire UK fires last year and the smaller one earlier this year. The ground, being peat, was actually on fire. I reckon the firefighters would have welcomed the damping down you can provide. Try West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. Lay on a demo.
The Aussies have crop dusters in their fire fighting inventory.
Take the Yorkshire UK fires last year and the smaller one earlier this year. The ground, being peat, was actually on fire. I reckon the firefighters would have welcomed the damping down you can provide. Try West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. Lay on a demo.
The Aussies have crop dusters in their fire fighting inventory.
The Aussies have crop dusters in their fire fighting inventory
Downwind Lander, all good but who is going to pay, HMG doesn't already pay for helimed helicopters. Perhaps you can get the landowners to chip in yearly or greens to go can shaking. Getting aircraft would be no problem.
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Getting back to crop sprayers, who would pay? Possibly insurance companies by inserting a clause saying that if a client has a 24hr arrangement, then they get a certain discount. [There should be some sort of international federation of insurance companies].
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Going strong in the U.S. My company does business with them, so I love flying my C-182 into their strips and low level crop surveying. Much more dynamic than point to point flying at 10k feet, or dealing with a rich businessman/corporation who had a birdstrike on his Gulfstream. But I am in insurance claims, and there are plenty of chemical drift claims to go around, damaging crops and people. Lawsuits and courts aplenty. Still, I don't see the industry shrinking any time soon. Some of our operators are running surplus Bell UH-1s and still turning a profit. Of course in addition to piston and turbine Agcats, Thrushes, Air Tractors, etc. Time are good.
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In Britain, the Easter weekend was the hottest on record and there were seven bush fires between Wales, northern Ireland and the north of England.
One problem is that the fire authorities put out a fire but it reignites a short while later. They cannot cover the ground to keep going back to check. This is where you people would be invaluable.
https://www.newscientist.com/article...ear-on-record/
Although Air Tractor make special fire fighting a/c, it seems likely that they can convert existing models for little money.
One problem is that the fire authorities put out a fire but it reignites a short while later. They cannot cover the ground to keep going back to check. This is where you people would be invaluable.
https://www.newscientist.com/article...ear-on-record/
Although Air Tractor make special fire fighting a/c, it seems likely that they can convert existing models for little money.