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Thanks Jimbo. Catching up on the more memorable moments.

Excellent once again, hope you have got a robust archive of this priceless footage

WOW Bloody good content Jim. I hope you keep making videos.

What kind of cropduster loads from the back ? 🤔

Good video Jim. All I ever wanted to do as a kid was fly a topdresser. I had zero support and by the time I learnt to fly life got in the way. I did drive the loader back in 95 here in Taranaki. The work was patchy and I just couldn't earn enough to fly and do that. In the end I gave up and went back building which I fucken hated! But while building a hanger for Matt Newton I decided to fly helicopters. I brought a business in Wellington that earnt me some good money and was learning in Masterton before they went broke and I lost about 10k. Good for you getting in that seat I know well the sacrifices you have made to do it. I've told my 2 boys whatever the hell they want to do I'll support them 100% with it. I don't want them to watch someone else flying on YT thinking what if. My youngest wants to fly helicopters and so that's exactly what he will do.

Really fantastic. My Dad was ex RAF WWII and came back to use his ex Mates to lay fert in the Bay of Plenty. It was all go then

Ag-flying taught me my respect for general aviation. During the period of '61 to '63 as a small curious early primary school lad hanging around the Ardmore hangars while my father was busy on often daylong commercial flying with the Club's then sole C180 'BUF' the flying 'hot-rod' that in those long lonely hours spent wandering around waiting for him to return that i made the chance acquaintence of a very shy quiet young man, owner of the only other 180 on the field. He was just establishing himself with it in agricultural operations on his own behalf. The registration i do not remember, but i do recall it was fully painted all over in cream with broad pale light green trimming strakes, unlike the standard factory red, silver, and black presentation of the Club's 180. Some fairly short time later my father said to me.. 'You're not going to be seeing that other 180 again..' That was devastating to me as i knew instinctively what he was telling me. As a child that was emotionally impactful and I have never forgotten that wrenching in the gut and silent tearing. It returned one Sunday mid-afternoon in late May 1969 when a policeman came to the door of the house to speak to my mother. Again ten years later, late one November evening, my aunt and her daughter my cousin, did not return from the special once in a lifetime 21st birthday gift flight to Erebus.

Totally fantastic

Its film not tape

Is this ever done via muscle memory, or is each and every single run done with 100% concentration as if it were the first time?

не дай боже иметь такого рядом с собсй1

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Просто супер я в шоке.

This pilot has flown very low above my home (agricultural area but does not get crop dusted) multiple times over the past few years

Thanks Jimbo. Could watch it all day. Does the air tractor fly flat enough where you have good view of terrain immediately in front? the camera angle makes it look a lot more obscured out front there, adds to the pucker factor a bit. Looks like beautiful undulating countryside to fly around there.

In Mississippi we use auger trucks that bucket has crushed to many planes and pilots dangerous

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Thank you for sharing

Awesome as always Jimbo! Keep em rolling out mate. Wish we had clips like this when we were kids. Would have saved lots of mornings freezing on the fence line at home to watch butch Erni burning Avgas 👍🏼

Well that was EXPENSIVE.

i will fly this ac soon hope we can sharing about this aircraft

The flight panel is so clean on that aircraft...it's so clear of clutter. Maybe it's the white coloring of the panel that makes it look so clear and easy to read and distinguish the gauges.

I immediately love how simple the flight panel is, compared to other aircraft.

Imagine while your flying you see Mount Everest 🗻

Just awesome 👌

I instructed in nepal... Lovely country.

Again thanks.

Another awesome watch .....

Touching base again some amazing footage. Miss ya my friend. 😂

Never gets old ......

Nice job Jimbo. Sorry I see this has just shown up. Not sure what happened.? Cheers for the upload.

i missed the tigers , cubs , austers era , got into cleaning a 300 closed cockpit , as a school oy in 65 . pilot was russ howell for james , joined james many moons later ( 83 ) and the pilot was x tiger era , over 30,000 hours when he retired , so glad i got a taste of ag flying

thats a pretty flash strip for a kiwi ag pilot , awesome drop off , most strips in nz were grazed before we got there and covered in poop , poop under the wings was less fert in the can , nice area for gliding in nepal ,

hellava a way to spend a day and best fun with ya pants on .. loved it untill i lost my medical

SIMILAR WING AS THE WW2 GERMAN DIVE BOMBER WITH WHISTLE.

When we flew into Laluka the pilots passed a bucket around for tips

Great channel, great videos, great piloting... Just exceptional ! Could you tell me what the spreading width usually is ? Is it varying according to each product ? Also what is the typical rate per/ha that you are applying ? Thank you

Strange question, but what hit the windscreen at the start of the 2nd run? A large bug, or bird shit? Either is surprising given the altitude lol.

Hey Jim! Been watching for a while now and just started at NAC, your videos have inspired me to consider a job in Ag work once I’m done!

SALR is 1.5 degrees per 1000 not 2, otherwise great little video.

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Crashes have occurred at this airport in the past.　th-cam.com/video/tHgwlypcULw/w-d-xo.html

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My Grandfather Malcolm Corich was a Crop Duster pilot in New Zealand 🇳🇿 I asked him why he didn't try and fly in the Airlines. He said it would be boring , like driving a bus. I think he made a good point lol 😆

Great to watch. and listen to your comentry.

I live in otaki ive always wanted to fly but as a young maori male growing up in this town ... It's like yeah Right mate ...out the ears straight away + could never afford any type of direction into flying a bird.. 32 now way too late now

Great video Jimbo like the relaxing, chilled commentary brought back a lot of memories from when mother and i run land Corp blocks on the Westcoast, old locky was flying around for air sow had some great fun with him, keep them film's coming 😊👍

My father was one of those. Gone now of course. He flew the Tigers in and around Te Kuiti and later the Fletchers. I believe it was with Robertsons at the time. When they were demobbed from the Air Force they were given the option of going into ag flying or, if you wanted to take a chance, joining the fledgling airline known as TEAL. They would be retrained for the flying boats. Most didn't see a future flying Sunderlands so went into ag. What a missed opportunity!

Yeah, this approach has to be done by the numbers...yikes.

A wonderful flight commentary for a remote part of the planet. A place that seems to make you want to now visit one day!