The aerial firefighting and agricultural aviation industries have lost one of their own: Juliana Turchetti, a smart, beautiful lady. When anyone told her she couldn’t, she did!
As a writer, Juliana joined the sister publication of AerialFire Magazine, AgAir Update, several years ago. In that position, she always did a fantastic job relating to other ag pilot readers, even though she was of the opposite gender of most ag pilots.
Juliana started her aviation career flying in the corporate world in Brazil. Longing for a more fulfilling career, she started ag flying in a Brazilian Ipanema. From there, she progressed to ferrying Thrush and Air Tractor planes from the US to Brazil. She often wrote about her experiences on those flights. She flew ag in the US, and finally, she landed a seat in a firefighting AT-802F and from there to the Fire Boss.
The Fire Boss was the last plane she flew. While performing aerial firefighting operations in Montana yesterday, sadly she perished. At this writing, the next day, the accident details have not been determined.
Juliana will be missed by her readers, her loved ones, flying acquaintances, and the AerialFire and AgAir Update family. May God speed her to the next page…
