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Pilot from Texas walks away from fiery crop-duster crash.

A pilot has died and more than 100 customers are without electricity after a plane crashed into electrical wires and burst into flames Tuesday. According to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office, the ...

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The use of crop dusting in Brazil—the world's biggest consumer of pesticides—has helped fuel the giant agricultural industry that props up Latin America's largest economy. But as public health ...

Modern agricultural aviation is a high-tech, essential industry, employing advanced aircraft and precision software to efficiently treat over 127 million acres in the U.S., significantly increasing ...

Rotor Technologies is working through regulatory approval of a remotely piloted helicopter based on Robinson Helicopter’s R44, with hopes of tapping into the aerial crop-dusting market. Unmanned ...

Crop dusting planes are a key tool for keeping banana plantations free from pests, but the practice causes significant environmental and climate damage. A small but growing number of plantations are ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Robert Ray Cottingham took off in his crop duster from an Attica airport about 5:40 p.m. July 22. He had about 50 minutes left to live, according to a preliminary report from the ...