PLAINVIEW, Texas -- If flying 8 feet off the ground at 150 mph and pulling into a steep climb to avoid power lines sounds a little dicey, consider the philosophy of veteran crop-duster Ron Young. "In ...
ILLINOIS — In Northern Illinois, cornfields are a familiar sight and they play a vital role in the region’s economy and food supply. “A lot of things are made from corn, hundreds and hundreds of ...
Short, unlit towers are used to prospect for new wind farms. But the structures pose a threat to crop-duster pilots. Transportation officials are... For Crop-Duster Pilots, Wind Towers Present Danger ...
Until I heard from Carlos Gomez, I hadn’t given much thought to agricultural aviation, more commonly known as crop dusting, and its relation to the South Bay. Gomez mentioned his father Antonio once ...