Re: Really Interesting Old School Crop Dusting Video
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:03 am
I think the fact they are rarely are very high, nor going going terribly fast, changes the statistics over traditional aircraft accidents. Plus they generate so much lift with those wings, they can glide better than almost any other plane out there if the engine dies. That being said, it's still a super dangerous profession to be in. The reaction time of a crop dusting pilot probably doesn't hurt in the even something goes wrong to pull of the safest possible landing.donia wrote:hey jimaire, how many times have you had to "get back on the horse"? good friend's dad was an ag pilot (same one you worked for wingman) and he told me a couple of stories where he was running the loader and watched his dad crash (once coming in ran out of fuel or engine issue and once leaving after dumping load, still didn't work out) and both times he went to pick him up at the end of the runway and his dad made him take him straight to the hangar to "get back on the horse" before he had too much time to think about it.
i've also seen pics from crashes, that judging by the wreckage, you wouldn't think that there's any way the pilot survived but miraculously most still walk among us....that's a stout little cage protecting them!
