Table of Contents
48 relations: Aerial application, Aerial firefighting, Aerial topdressing, Agricultural drone, Agriculture, Air Tractor, Aircraft, Alan Prichard, Antonov An-2, Australia, Ayres Thrush, Biplane, Boeing-Stearman Model 75, Cessna 188, De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, De Havilland Tiger Moth, Embraer, Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema, Eutrophication, Fertilizer, Fixed-wing aircraft, Fletcher FU-24, Fungicide, Gippsland GA200, Grumman Ag Cat, Helicopter, Hydroseeding, Insecticide, Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, New Zealand, NZAero, PAC Cresco, Pesticide, Pesticide drift, Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave, Poland, Popular Mechanics, PZL M-15 Belphegor, PZL Mielec, PZL-106 Kruk, PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader, Rachel Carson, Ram air turbine, Silent Spring, STOL, Thrush Aircraft, Turbofan, Warsaw Pact.
Aerial application
Aerial application, or what is informally referred to as crop dusting, involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft.
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Aerial firefighting
Aerial firefighting, also known as waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires.
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Aerial topdressing
Aerial topdressing is the aerial application of fertilisers over farmland using agricultural aircraft.
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Agricultural drone
An agricultural drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle used in agriculture operations, mostly in yield optimization and in monitoring crop growth and crop production.
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Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.
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Air Tractor
Air Tractor Inc. is a United States aircraft manufacturer based in Olney, Texas.
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Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
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Alan Prichard
Alan Marcus Prichard (15 November 1907 – 2 November 1986) was a pilot for the New Zealand Public Works Department from the late 1930s to mid-1950s.
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Antonov An-2
The Antonov An-2 (USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1947.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Ayres Thrush
The Ayres Thrush, formerly the Snow S-2,Macdonald, 1964.
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Biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other.
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Boeing-Stearman Model 75
The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is an American biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Cessna 188
The Cessna 188 is a family of light agricultural aircraft produced between 1966 and 1983 by the Cessna Aircraft Company.
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De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined high-wing propeller-driven short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland Canada.
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De Havilland Tiger Moth
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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Embraer
Embraer S.A. is a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation.
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Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema
The Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema is a Brazilian agricultural aircraft used for aerial application, particularly crop dusting.
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Eutrophication
Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the oxygen of water.
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Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
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Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift.
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Fletcher FU-24
The Fletcher FU-24 is an agricultural aircraft made in New Zealand.
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Fungicide
Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores.
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Gippsland GA200
The Gippsland GA-200 Fatman is a low-wing single-engine agricultural aircraft built by GippsAero.
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Grumman Ag Cat
The Grumman G-164 Ag Cat is a single-engined biplane agricultural aircraft, developed by Grumman in the 1950s.
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Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
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Hydroseeding
Hydroseeding (or hydraulic mulch seeding, hydro-mulching, hydraseeding) is a planting process that uses a slurry of seed and mulch.
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Insecticide
Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects.
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Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar
The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era, developed as part of the Model 10 Electra family; developed from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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NZAero
NZSkydive Ltd, trading as NZAero, is an aircraft manufacturing company based in Hamilton, New Zealand.
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PAC Cresco
The PAC Cresco is a turboprop-powered derivative of the Fletcher FU-24 (later called the PAC Fletcher) aerial topdressing aircraft, manufactured by the Pacific Aerospace Corporation in Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Pesticide
Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests.
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Pesticide drift
Pesticide drift, also known as spray drift refers to the unintentional diffusion of pesticides toward nontarget species.
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Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave
The Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave is a 1970s American single-engined, low-wing, propeller-driven agricultural plane built by Piper Aircraft.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
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Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics (often abbreviated as PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics.
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PZL M-15 Belphegor
The PZL M-15 was a jet-powered sesquiplane designed and manufactured by the Polish aircraft company WSK PZL-Mielec for agricultural aviation.
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PZL Mielec
PZL Mielec (Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze - Polish Aviation Works), formerly WSK-Mielec (Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego) and WSK "PZL-Mielec" is a Polish aerospace manufacturer based in Mielec.
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PZL-106 Kruk
The PZL-106 Kruk (Raven) is a Polish agricultural aircraft designed and built by WSK PZL Warszawa-Okęcie (later PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie" and now EADS-PZL).
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PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader
The PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader (English: "Dromedary") is a single engine agricultural aircraft that is manufactured by PZL-Mielec in Poland.
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Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
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Ram air turbine
A ram air turbine (RAT) is a small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a power source.
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson.
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STOL
A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is a conventional fixed-wing aircraft that has short runway requirements for takeoff and landing.
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Thrush Aircraft
Thrush Aircraft, Inc. is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Albany, Georgia.
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Turbofan
A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion.
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Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.
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References
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