Once again excellent footage, maybe able to add some comment
@SubToJoshy16 күн бұрын
You should post with no music, it's good with no music because you can hear the pure sound of the plane.
@Lowfly3r18 күн бұрын
Dave Holmwood did a great podcast on it if I remember correctly…
@claudiaradbauer21 күн бұрын
Wow. What a great video!!! Sooo interesting!!! Thank you 🙏
@arrex70024 күн бұрын
Many Air Tractors running in NZ or mostly the PAC top dresser planes?
@JimboBurgess14 күн бұрын
Be about even now 😎
@drumsandstix12829 күн бұрын
That incident was a little too close, never mind the camera angles etc, it was just way too close! If the pilot could see the truck before his swath he was trying to race it, if he saw it halfway through he should have taken avoidant action. If it wasnt seen till the very last moment he was just damn lucky! Good vlog, I was wondering what happened to your vids!
@markcrisp8279Ай бұрын
Thanks Jimbo. Catching up on the more memorable moments.
@TimSopp-p6cАй бұрын
Excellent once again, hope you have got a robust archive of this priceless footage
@toast47624Ай бұрын
WOW Bloody good content Jim. I hope you keep making videos.
@alfordashley794Ай бұрын
What kind of cropduster loads from the back ? 🤔
@toast476242 ай бұрын
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.
@TimSopp-p6c2 ай бұрын
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
@skippmclovan11352 ай бұрын
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.
@TimSopp-p6c2 ай бұрын
Totally fantastic
@stevegibb64212 ай бұрын
Its film not tape
@skippmclovan11352 ай бұрын
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?
@JimboBurgess2 ай бұрын
It gets easier with time and good practice 😎
@skippmclovan11352 ай бұрын
@@JimboBurgess Can understand this with the aircraft becoming a thoroughly well-known reliable and trusted 'friend', even so it would take courage to do this type of flying. Flew 100's of hours as a boy next to my father much of it in C180 BUF (AkldAeroClub weekend CPL ex-WW11 B24 pilot) and he was always '100% working' with short and grass strip landings let alone sealed runways. He let me 'fly' straight and level to compass headings, steady attitude and altitude, but never landings . .
@IGOR-rn4el2 ай бұрын
не дай боже иметь такого рядом с собсй1
@ferrariLaw2 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@НинаБерезина-у6э2 ай бұрын
Просто супер я в шоке.
@carolynbelko5192 ай бұрын
This pilot has flown very low above my home (agricultural area but does not get crop dusted) multiple times over the past few years
@travisbons51233 ай бұрын
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.
@kellyfennell45593 ай бұрын
In Mississippi we use auger trucks that bucket has crushed to many planes and pilots dangerous
@AustinWrightjed3 ай бұрын
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@r.k26303 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@PositiveGs3 ай бұрын
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 👍🏼
@BigKandRtv3 ай бұрын
Well that was EXPENSIVE.
@LittleCheeseLive3 ай бұрын
i will fly this ac soon hope we can sharing about this aircraft
@solefinder37083 ай бұрын
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.
@solefinder37083 ай бұрын
I immediately love how simple the flight panel is, compared to other aircraft.
@User-752503 ай бұрын
Imagine while your flying you see Mount Everest 🗻
@allanroser10703 ай бұрын
Just awesome 👌
@BobbyGeneric1453 ай бұрын
I instructed in nepal... Lovely country.
@markcrisp82793 ай бұрын
Again thanks.
@markcrisp82794 ай бұрын
Another awesome watch .....
@markcrisp82794 ай бұрын
Touching base again some amazing footage. Miss ya my friend. 😂
@JimboBurgess3 ай бұрын
Cheers mate, hope you're well, Crispy. Hope to see you again this season 💪
@markcrisp82794 ай бұрын
Never gets old ......
@bryanbadger68414 ай бұрын
Nice job Jimbo. Sorry I see this has just shown up. Not sure what happened.? Cheers for the upload.
@bryankincaid76314 ай бұрын
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
@bryankincaid76314 ай бұрын
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 ,
@bryankincaid76314 ай бұрын
hellava a way to spend a day and best fun with ya pants on .. loved it untill i lost my medical
@AndrewLambert-wi8et4 ай бұрын
SIMILAR WING AS THE WW2 GERMAN DIVE BOMBER WITH WHISTLE.
@Greg_P6114 ай бұрын
When we flew into Laluka the pilots passed a bucket around for tips
@spoutnikmox34554 ай бұрын
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
@stu290bushrider4 ай бұрын
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.
@jacobsaviationnz83514 ай бұрын
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!
@markcourtney72514 ай бұрын
SALR is 1.5 degrees per 1000 not 2, otherwise great little video.
@groblerful5 ай бұрын
Heros
@kazuyoshisakamoto40965 ай бұрын
Crashes have occurred at this airport in the past. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnnKqJ-vpciIgtk