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AERIAL CROP SPRAYING

Demonstration To Fanners

Demonstrations of aerial spraying of potatoes were given by an aircraft and a helicopter at a potato industry field day at Belfast yesterday. Both machines flew low over a small paddock to release their loads, and provided many thrills for spectators. A Piper aircraft flown by Mr John Brazier made two fast runs about five feet over the paddock, and rose sharply to clear telephone wires. Mr Brazier then demonstrated the aircraft’s capability at low speed flying with a 30-mile-an-hour run. A few minutes later a Bell 847 helicopter flown by an American, Mr Sam Thrasher, rose vertically from a trailer and made several runs over the paddock about 2 feet off the ground at about 25 miles an hour. Mr Thrasher showed the potential value of the machine to the industry by spraying the paddock thoroughly, often hovering to concentrate on a particularly inaccessible patch. At the end of his demonstration he landed the helicopter on a trailer, which was little wider than the landing gear of the machine. Mr Thrasher has flown about 6000 hours in helicopters. Both aircraft can be used for spraying crops for the treatment of potato diseases, and for insecticide, fungicide, and weedkiller sprayings. Farmers asked many questions about the cost

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570427.2.165

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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 12

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Tapeke kupu
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AERIAL CROP SPRAYING Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 12

AERIAL CROP SPRAYING Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 12

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