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I just love the sound of.....

tapwater
....A big, honkin' radial engine up close. He's spraying soybeans for aphids.These guys used to a real rarity around here, but with the growing aphid problems, I've seen them almost everyday that's fit for spraying. Very talented pilots with steel nerves.

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  • phillip
    I see them along I-49.Sometimes Ill pull over and watch them.I love to hang out at our small downtown airport tou.Its preaty relaxing.[;)]
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  • spryor
    Not missing that power line by much are they..
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  • GuvamintCheese
    quote:Originally posted by spryor
    Not missing that power line by much are they..
    Its the catch line.[:D]
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  • bamafan
    Seen a few over this way about 3 weeks ago. They are fertilizing all the pine trees that was planted after the hurricane.
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  • dpmule
    with our altitude 4800' to 6200' where spuds,barley and wheat are grown, the old radials are being replaced with new turbo props, the guys can haul more and have some awesome pulling power at the end of the fields.
    But I agree great fun watchin and listenin!
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  • zipperzap
    Noticed the big number of 16 passenger turbo-props now
    flying in Alaska. Radials will soon be a thing of the past.
    [:(]
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  • dpmule
    Zip, were those the single or twin Otters? that you saw
    They is even a new Beaver that's turbo'd and I heard it's really something on floats.
    I think Jack Barber at Ak air taxi, Rust's, and even Ketcums have the new turbo'd ones.
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  • 1911a1-fan
    if he is crap dusting why doesn't he do it parallel with the road and power lines?
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  • zipperzap
    They were singles up at Ketchikan - a whole bunch of them fly the tourists out to Tracy Arm - but you see them all over the place now. I think Anchorage and Fairbanks have a bunch of the twins. Times are a changin!
    [8D]
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  • 11BravoCrunchie
    quote:Originally posted by zipperzap
    Noticed the big number of 16 passenger turbo-props now
    flying in Alaska. Radials will soon be a thing of the past.
    [:(]



    Zip, as long as there are people who love them, radial engines will never disappear.
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  • fishkiller41
    Used to watch'em up in NJ as a kid.One guy used to ,(if same crop/chem. on both sides of the road)go right under the wires![:0]Cool how he would just stop, and start the pump, about 75' before the road, and drop the chem spray skip spot, right over the road...

    Jeff
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  • 1911a1-fan
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    if he is crap dusting why doesn't he do it parallel with the road and power lines?


    i can't believe no one has corrected me yet, so i will expose the joke

    when your in a car and you see a crop duster, point it out to everyone by saying "look it's a crap duster", someone will always say "don't you mean crop duster", you reply: yes but he is doing a crappy job
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