Here is a discussion on the industry as well as a couple links to other cropdusting topics and websites.

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... highlight=

Cheers

Redneck_pilot86

Here was a discussion a while ago about the ag industry in canada. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.


http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 5740#55740

Had this emailed from a buddy



http://www.barry.fireflyinternet.co.uk/ ... /pilot.htm

When i ask for it "If able we'd like to do the contact approach" Center comes back with "If able contact approach approved". We then however ususally get cleared of there frequency and told to contact FSS. So with us still 35 nm out and up a 12000 all it does is save us the hassle of going back to c...

I work where our airport is served by a Fss station. More times than not when I request decent from the ATC controller he/she will clear us to the airport for an approach. Now if i'm still at 14000 feet and say the clouds are 3000 agl at destination airport and vis is great, lots of room for a conta...

Even easier is once cleared for an approach I always ask the controller
"If able requesting the contact approach". Works really well if you're still imc and know of higher ceilings or good vis at your destination.

People ferry 12's, Socata's, Air Tractor's over the ocean and I would do the job as well too.(Wouldn't leave my current one though) However, when you're over the north atlantic and IF that PT6 decides to quit (f*ckin amazing engine) and IF you make a successfull ditched landing and IF you survive th...

touchée

I'm just saying that from personal experience............

Someone should get Richard L. Collins from "Flying" on this topic, I'm sure he would put his two cents in......... :D I have never flown a turbine spray plane however they are more reliable maintenance wise per hours flown than the old radials/pistons. But you don't hear of many if any stories of "t...

As the old military saying goes

Captain - If I say eject and you say "Huh??"

You'll be talking to yourself

25 kt 90 degree crosswind on a gravel road (20ft wide) with a cessna A188B (Ag truck) which many a pilot have described as "pushing a rope down the road"

Kudos to the instructers and pilots that i have flown with that have allowed me to be the pilot i am today!!! Chris O, Dave B, Larry S, Henry S, you have no idea how much knowledge and good sense you have brought to this little nogan of mine!!! Not just flying skills but personal attributes as well....

Awesome read Check pilot!!!! To everyone out there, it's the journey there that is the most fun and memorable. This is probably where you are gonna make those really good friends that you'll keep in touch with for the rest of your life. These people are the ones that you'll have endless stories of h...

RSC I had the same thing happened to me. I was flying for a while with the "glasses must be worn" on my licence. It wasn't untill i did my ifr that the examiner asked if i was wearing contacts as i didn't have my glasses on. My medical examiner didn't even notice...not even when i went in with my co...

I wonder if the pilots will be able to carry over their existing training bond to jetsgo 2?.......
or are they gonna have to shell out money for another bond.

Screw me once, shame on you

Screw me twice, shame on me

I think it went:

Snag - Whining sound heard once engine is shut down.

AME remedy - "Pilot removed from aircraft"

desksgo wrote

It's getting pretty bad when we have to congratulate a company for not getting shut down

I agree. Pretty sad when a congrats is in order to pass an audit......everything should be in order at all times....not just at audit time.

I had to do that for the first 5 years of my career....Becomes part of the job after a while but doesn't mean that I liked having to be close to all those obstacles all the time. Sure was nice to go to a job with open ends and no powerline to go under/over.....good ol manitoba... notorious for a pow...

Three rules to being a co pilot.......

1) Yes i'll have the chicken
2) I'll take the fat one....
3) It must of been a gust

Ahhh yes i can remember like it was yesterday. Out in the evening spraying a field and the sun is sinking in the horizion and scooting across the field with about 2 ft of nice blue flame coming out of the straight pipe exaust on that 1340......ahh do i miss those days :cry:......Get all warm and fuz...

Wilbur wrote The fact that you don't understand the differences between going out and doing adhoc low flying and working on a carefully planned, prepared and choreographed movie stunt sequence is the reason you should not be doing it. I have to agree fully. I always inspected every field i sprayed f...

Wow! I cropdusted for years and have gone over and under many power lines (and threw... once! :oops: )and it looks just like that in real life. It was reckless flying alongside those cars or right next to the ship. With him turning right away over the highway leads me to believe he hasn't had a lot ...

c 140 You have to ask yourself what you want with your aviation career. I grew up in the country and happened to meet an operator in our area and i always knew i wanted to be a pilot but just didn't know which route i wanted to take. I did the ag course and sprayed for 5 years out of my life. Enjoye...