Unique Dual-Purpose Manitoba Plane Can Dust Crops, Fight Fires With Ease
Rural Manitobans are very familiar with the term crop dusting — spraying fields with chemicals from a small low-flying aircraft — but ...
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Birtle Crop-Dusters add Firefighting to Their Profile
A Birtle-area crop-duster is getting into the firefighting business. Randy and Janet Sandstrom have expanded their crop-dusting business to now ...
Aerial Firefighting Demo Impresses Crowds During EAA AirVenture.
The annual AirVenture show rolled into Oshkosh, Wisconsin again in 2019, celebrating its 50th year in the Midwest. This year ...
Thrush Aircraft begins exploration of autonomous air tanker
Strategic alliance with Drone America anticipated to yield unmanned solutions to airborne wildfire surveillance and attack – and more. (Albany, ...
Georgia Forestry Commission buys two Switchbacks
Recently, the Georgia Forestry Commission advanced its aerial firefighting program with the purchase of two new 510G Switchback Thrushes. The ...
770 Fire Angel poised for Australian fires
In December 2017, The Aerotech Group, based in Kent Town, SA Australia, took possession of its new 710P Thrush. The ...
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