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An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides (crop dusting) or fertilizer (aerial topdressing); in these roles, they are referred to as "crop dusters" or "top dressers". Agricultural aircraft are also used for hydroseeding.
The IAR-821 is an agricultural crop sprayer and duster aircraft. The design was completed under the leadership of eng. Radu Manicatide in 1967, at IMFCA Bucharest (Institutul de Mecanica Fluidelor si Cercetari Aerospatiale - Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerospace Research).
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1 General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: 144 imperial gallons (650 L) insecticide or 1,700 lb; 760 kg dry fertiliser or 2 passengers Length: 28 ft 1 in (8.56 m) Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) Height: 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) Wing area: 254.7 sq ft (23.66 m 2) Aspect ratio: 6.93:1 Empty weight: 1,920 lb (871 kg) Max takeoff weight: 3,840 lb ...
Sep. 13—GRAND FORKS COUNTY — The fatal agricultural aircraft crash in northern Grand Forks County on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 12, is the ninth crop-dusting fatality in the United States this year.
Two crop dusting airplanes collided near an airport in southern Idaho on Thursday and crashed to the ground, killing one of the pilots and leaving the other with life-threatening injuries ...
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94 General characteristics Crew: two Capacity: Six passengers or 320 US gal (1,200 L) liquid or 2,350 lb (1,070 kg) powder hopper Length: 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) Height: 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) Wing area: 294.0 sq ft (27.31 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 4415 Empty weight: 2,620 lb (1,188 kg) Gross weight: 4,860 lb (2,204 kg) normal ...
By 1981, the company was operating a crop-dusting training school. [2] A special V-1-A Vigilante version of the Thrush Commander was developed in 1989 for anti-drug operations in South America. [3] The company attempted to sell 10 Turbo Thrush aircraft to Iran in 1993, but was unable to receive an exemption from U.S. government sanctions. [4]
The M-15 was a relatively heavy aircraft, and has been described as being the heaviest biplane to ever be produced. [7] For the crop-dusting mission, the M-15 could accommodate a payload of just under three tons of pesticides within two sizable pylons that separated its two wings; chemical dispersal was achieved via compressed air. [4]