10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROP-DUSTING»
Discover the use of
crop-dusting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
crop-dusting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Back-N-Forth: Recollections of a
Crop Duster BACK-N-FORTH
So let's cinch up our crash helmet, strap on our safety harness, light the fires, and go...BACK-N-FORTH!
2
Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post-World War II ...
Southern crop dusting—centered at Scott Field, near Tallulah, Louisiana—
quickly followed. World War I aircraft could easily be retrofitted with a hopper, a
crank, and dispenser, and in August 1922, pilots demonstrated dusting
techniques to ...
3
Dreams of Flight: General Aviation in the United States
Agricultural Aviation and Business Flying During the late-s and through the
s agricultural aviation, or more popularly crop dusting, emerged as an
important general aviation activity. Experiments carried out by the Department of
...
Janet R Daly Bednarek, Michael H Bednarek, 2003
4
Extraordinary Jobs in Agriculture and Nature
OVERVIEW Crop dusting (more commonly known today as aerial application)
began in the early 1920s when an Ohio pilot flying a surplus World War I Curtiss
JN-6H plane—known as a “Jenny”—dumped a load of powdered lead arsenate ...
Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, 2009
5
Philosophical Foundations of Tort Law
_ At first glance, escape-of-gas (including fumigating) and crop-dusting cases
appear to be counter-examples to the seriousness of harm thesis. The gas, dust,
or spray may be only mildly obnoxious or harmful. L is small. Nevertheless, it may
...
6
Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South
The Army Air Service eventually contributed surplus World War I planes to the
cause and the first experiments in air crop dusting cotton were born.35 Not
surprisingly, the first private farm on which Coad conducted aerial crop dusting ...
7
Autopsy, Anatomy of Survival: The Autobiography of Thomas ...
As for me, I was a born “thrill kid.” I've done about everything an individual of
limited means can do for the pure thrill of it. Crop dusting from the air offered the
same unique form of excitement. As I've said many times I enjoyed crop dusting
and ...
8
Classified Index of Occupations and Industries: 1960 Census ...
... flight specialist's--J Aviator Balloonist Captain--5l8 Check pilot Copilot--5l8
Crop duster--Q!p Crop-duster pilot Duster pil0t-—Crop dusting Dusting pilot-~
Crop dusting First officer--5l8 Flight instructor Flight navigator--5l8 Flyer--Crop
dusting ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1960
9
Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s
Downs and George F. Lemmer, "Origins of Aerial Crop Dusting," Agricultural
History 39 (July 1965): 123-35; Douglas Helms, "Technological Methods for Boll
Weevil Control," Agricultural History 53 (October 1979): 286-99; Corley
McDarment, ...
10
The Finz Multistate Method
Although Duster did not know how to fly an airplane and did not personally
participate in crop-dusting, she continued to run the business by hiring pilots to fly
the crop- dusting planes. Soon after inheriting the business, Duster entered into a
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROP-DUSTING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
crop-dusting is used in the context of the following news items.
Crop-dusting airplane prompts calls of concern
A crop-dusting plane prompted calls to police during the weekend, including from at least one person who thought a plane was crashing. «Daily Journal, Jul 15»
Long time coming: New runway opens
Kyle Scott and Scott Aviation have the fixed-base-operator contract for the airport, and Scott Aviation's crop-dusting business and aerial ... «Fort Morgan Times, Jul 15»
Crop-dusting plane crashes
NEW MARKET — A crop-dusting aircraft clipped utility lines and crash landed Sunday evening in a corn field near U.S. 231 and C.R. 500S. «Journal Review, Jul 15»
Happy Independence Day from Wii U Daily!
With the help of Jeff Goldblum and that drunken crop-dusting pilot, of course. Continue reading: Rumor: Nintendo NX won't compete with P ... «Wii U Daily, Jul 15»
Gibbs was talented local auctioneer
He enjoyed the fellowship of those who flew crop-dusting airplanes. He particularly liked Geronimo, a popular crop duster of that era. «Atmore Advance, Jun 15»
Screen on the Green 2015, With a Washington Focus
... in the crop-dusting aviation industry were doing the same to innocent advertising men. The climatic battle is, where else, at Mount Rushmore, ... «Roll Call, Jun 15»
Ag facing lean year
By all appearances, it was a normal summer day at Farm Air Flying Service, a crop-dusting company in Sutter County. Single-pilot aircraft ... «Appeal-Democrat, Jun 15»
Pilot killed in crop-dusting helicopter crash in California
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a pilot was killed when a helicopter crashed while crop dusting a field in Central California. Federal ... «KTVN, Jun 15»
KENT: Pursue dreams while you can
But with his family's support and the boundless energy he possessed, he completed flight school and opened his own crop-dusting business. «Rapid City Journal, Jun 15»
BLYTHE: Crop-dusting plane climbed steeply before fatal crash
A crop-dusting plane climbed precipitously just before it crashed and killed its pilot early this month in a Blythe agricultural field, federal crash ... «Press-Enterprise, Jun 15»
