Any thoughts on crop dusting.
Is it a good way to go to build time?...better than instructing?
How do you find a job? Is there any specific training program that you need on top of the basics?
Crop Dusting
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Cat Driver
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MRO :
To give you some idea of what crop dusting is like go to..........
http://www.ebushpilot.com
Click on the Virtual Horizon icon
Find and click on "New" Your Stories.
Scroll down to a story named "The Tobacco Fields "
That may give you some insite as to what it is all about.
Cat
To give you some idea of what crop dusting is like go to..........
http://www.ebushpilot.com
Click on the Virtual Horizon icon
Find and click on "New" Your Stories.
Scroll down to a story named "The Tobacco Fields "
That may give you some insite as to what it is all about.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
MRO - try searching for archived posts, your question has been asked a few times before. You'll find some good info.
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Rubberbiscuit
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As a very seasoned cropduster put it to me once!Keep doing it and eventually you will crash!
And it's true. If you talk to someone who has done it long enough they have more than likely been involved in some kind of accident. At least that goes for all the experienced ones I have met.
Pays well, but short season, do not expect to log a tonn of hours.
And it's true. If you talk to someone who has done it long enough they have more than likely been involved in some kind of accident. At least that goes for all the experienced ones I have met.
Pays well, but short season, do not expect to log a tonn of hours.
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Rubberbiscuit :
Well using that analogy you will eventually land gear up in a retractible on land and gear down in an amphibian on the water....and on and on...
Your suggestion is insulting to those of us who have not had any of these problems and proves your opinion to be not worth considering.
Cat
Well using that analogy you will eventually land gear up in a retractible on land and gear down in an amphibian on the water....and on and on...
Your suggestion is insulting to those of us who have not had any of these problems and proves your opinion to be not worth considering.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
Please do yourself a favour and tell any prospective crop dusting employer that you're just doing it to build time, until you can move onto a "real piloting job".
Crop dusting is serious flying. It is not a career stepping stone to a goddamned computerized crowd-killer, ok?
Crop dusting is serious flying. It is not a career stepping stone to a goddamned computerized crowd-killer, ok?
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Rubberbiscuit
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I appologize for offending anyone. I was being sarcastic.
I have good friends in the cropdusting world. My point was that it can be a dangerous job. After all you spend most of the day at or below tree level.
I also spent a whole summer mixing chemicals, cleaning windshields and hauling water for H&L.
I have good friends in the cropdusting world. My point was that it can be a dangerous job. After all you spend most of the day at or below tree level.
I also spent a whole summer mixing chemicals, cleaning windshields and hauling water for H&L.
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Re: Crop Dusting
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Hey___pilot :
That was a rather interesting read.
Are you telling MRO that after going through the training program to learn how to fly as an aerial applicator and the study and exams to get the aerial appilcation license you only flew 3 days as an aerial application pilot?
What on earth caused you to have such a short career?
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That was a rather interesting read.
Are you telling MRO that after going through the training program to learn how to fly as an aerial applicator and the study and exams to get the aerial appilcation license you only flew 3 days as an aerial application pilot?
What on earth caused you to have such a short career?
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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MRO,
yes you will need a CPL, and last I heard, a minimum of 50 hours spray time to be insurable. There are courses out in the prarie provinces that will give you that for a bit of cash. You should check out http://www.canadianaerialapplicators.com and make a few phone calls to figure out who is doing it nowaday. Whoever does your training will be best suited to figure out who wants to hire you after. But naturaly, do not expect to fly anything big your first season.
Is it better than instructing? Well only you can answer that. As a spray pilot, you will have to live in some pretty isolated spots, and you will be stuck looking for another job come the fall. The experience you will gain however will be far superior to instructing and more suited to land you a bush job. If this is what you want of course.
As far as being dangerous, it is true. And it will kill you when you let your guard down for the first second. Take it easy, do not try and impress the tourists watching you from the ground, stop when you are tired, carry planty o gas, dont get cocky, and for f*cks sakes dont hit a power line. (I took one out myself but used up my first horseshoe. Not many left)
hope this helps.
yes you will need a CPL, and last I heard, a minimum of 50 hours spray time to be insurable. There are courses out in the prarie provinces that will give you that for a bit of cash. You should check out http://www.canadianaerialapplicators.com and make a few phone calls to figure out who is doing it nowaday. Whoever does your training will be best suited to figure out who wants to hire you after. But naturaly, do not expect to fly anything big your first season.
Is it better than instructing? Well only you can answer that. As a spray pilot, you will have to live in some pretty isolated spots, and you will be stuck looking for another job come the fall. The experience you will gain however will be far superior to instructing and more suited to land you a bush job. If this is what you want of course.
As far as being dangerous, it is true. And it will kill you when you let your guard down for the first second. Take it easy, do not try and impress the tourists watching you from the ground, stop when you are tired, carry planty o gas, dont get cocky, and for f*cks sakes dont hit a power line. (I took one out myself but used up my first horseshoe. Not many left)
hope this helps.
