Ag Pilot/Crop Duster "Day in the life of"

[@holzmann8443]

I do most of my cropdusting in an old pair of levis down at the walmart.

[@joshx022]

My wranglers handle target. Teamwork makes dreams work.

[@mr.wabbit5874]

what crops? 💀💀

[@holzmann8443]

@@Couchlover47 I said old pair. Before they were made in China globalist garbage.

[@justinholzman906]

Holzmann we have the same name

[@MuppetJoe]

LOL!!!!! Epic!

[@jamesbarratt593]

The guy, the music, the rolling hills, his skill at flying, this was great.

[@mgs3sewe89]

literally, nothing is wrong with this video. just perfect.

[@timoonn]

The soil pollution

[@jamesbarratt593]

Coming from plane much less than tractor

[@zombrz]

Jesus loves you ❤

[@KathrynLiz1]

Easy country... nearly flat....

[@CascaEternalWarrior]

Music selection combined with the spray footage totally chilled me out. So needed. Thanks. #1

[@travisterry6288]

Airlines an private pilots: sure hope I never have a collision with another plan or large structure These guys: gotta watch them ant mounds

[@1Thatstrangeguy]

Birdstrike? No more like Deerstrike.

[@budsbustbi6339]

did i that that rabbit??

[@zachashcraft6243]

Oops. I think I just squashed a lady bug. Oh well.

[@CraigW34v7b9]

Herr, derr, planes derp.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@CraigW34v7b9 Electric wires too.

[@GeorgeHardin]

I am used to seeing ag pilots spraying flat fields. Rolling fields definitely increases the pucker factor .

[@tomdavison9107]

George Hardin Especially when he flew between the tree and a barn.

[@Pedroisanickname]

The rolling slopes remind me of the Teletubbies set.

[@dougcronkhite2113]

Yeah.. same thoughts. Flat fields seem like child's play by comparison. This is a whole different ballgame! Awesome video!

[@larrywilliams7742]

Gives a new meaning to the term "spray and pray"

[@bearded_firemedic]

My thoughts exactly!

[@rockstarJDP]

Man that plane has a face not even a mother could love, but it looks like a hell of a lot of fun to fly!

[@shanedog007]

You take that back! >:O It looks like an Ag Cat Super B, which is an insane amalgamation of biplane tech (high lift, low profile area, and super maneuverable) and a FUCKING turboprop (insane operating parameters for variable prop speed, torque, and flight speed, allowing even more control in such a tight confine)! This thing is a beast at it's job, has incredible control, tight turning radii, crazy low stall speed (thanks to that MASSIVE turbo prop airflow), not to mention UNGODLY short takeoffs! It is one of the last remnants of the romantic Bi-Plane era that truly does it's job well and best. Show it a little respect and it might just look a little prettier than normal :)

[@kd5nrh]

@@shanedog007 I guarantee you whoever came up with the idea to bolt that engine on there at least pondered trying to fit a T56 on a Super Cub.

[@derkavondangerkill7628]

From the side I'd almost call it the Nigel Thornberry

[@ScottPalmerair]

I am not worried about the chemicals that my company uses in regards to my health. I would encourage you to do some research on how these products are brought to market and the testing and regulations that are involved. Don't trust the fear based media on the internet. If your information can't be backed up by peer reviewed scientific data, then i consider it in line with anti-vaxers and flat earthers. The little fan bellow the plane is a fan driven pump for the spray system. I fly that low to minimize drift of the product I fly across the field at 120-150 MPH The music is Endless Love Stories by Idan Balas Trent is my friend not my brother

[@adams3019]

nice flying, keep it up!

[@Mike7O7O]

Mind me asking. How many hours you have in powered aircraft? Is there a career path that can lead to other types of work, as your hours build? Just curious. Very impressive flying :)

[@jefffrancisco952]

Don't forget vapor trails from jets.

[@RobertWycoffeph289]

Dan Bongino

[@Shadowflare6]

I'm so jealous of your job

[@nedhill1722]

The plane fixed views looking in, with the music, were awesome!

[@robertborchert932]

Indeed! I had to turn up the volume for that part, brilliant work and flying!

[@bearded_firemedic]

Agreed!

[@kennethnugent8255]

I got to ride in a 2 seater one time up in Arkansas and let me tell you one thing, I WAS NOT PREPARED AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE!!!!!!

[@redbearrc6706]

Spanish guitar music and flying. I like it☺

[@robertborchert932]

Perfect choice, wasn't it?

[@bluemarshall6180]

Robert Borchert Yes.

[@Steeyuv]

I once tried doing both simultaneously. Bad move.

[@epapa737]

I feel like that's the only option to listen to not even country can compare

[@HP_line_cook]

barnyard fuck yes I found a AC fan here!

[@copwcuffs5415]

My property backed up to a field that was sprayed at dusk while I was in the yard. As a private pilot I was impressed with the skill of AG pilot. Then I took a shower to wash the drift off!

[@ianpogue8980]

Cop wCuffs sounds like you had a little inversion going

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Yeah, but it got rid of the lice and gave you a nice shiny coat! Hello from a PP in Australia

[@louisk.164]

Glenn Llewellyn And a nice cancer is offered with it in the pack, enjoy!

[@TheHawkdriver55]

I am helicopter pilot and let me just say......You have my respect working that close to the ground being that heavy with product. (Love the public land owner shirt.)

[@markjordan1765]

He can dump that load in seconds if something happens.

[@81brassglass79]

Yo his wings are traveling the same speed as his fuselage... Ill take that any day over the whirlybirds.

[@bigcedarranch]

⁠​⁠@@markjordan1765that’s what my ex said about me all the time

[@yogibear4682]

Outstanding skills. Trees, power lines, buildings, hills, that requires instant reactions. Crazy stuff. Stay safe out there. Amazing.

[@christopherlane991]

I used to live in Pullman, WA. I used to watch them dust the wheat fields.

[@DoctorDugong21]

Holy crap! So your job is basically a low-altitude flight scene from Star Wars.

[@drewbello8721]

NOE flying. Nape of Earth. 😁

[@hycron1234]

_"Rogue Group, use your harpoons and tow cables. Go for the legs. It might be our only chance of stopping them."_

[@mottthehoople693]

makes a person somewhat jealous eh?? I know I am anyway...but Its easy to see why ag pilot life insurance would be somewhat expensive....

[@Mr_Fancypants]

Yellow leader standing by!

[@Jamarkus_Delvonte]

people still using star wars references when the franchise is basically crap now.

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

That's some of the most fertile soil in the entire world. Hundreds of feet of windblown glacial till from the end of the last ice-age give it the perfect % of water retention and drainage. Amazing place!

[@danielwarpaint1963]

Wrong,,, 100% wrong.

[@joeharris3878]

Loess soils. From the German

[@Omega30t2RG]

Nice video. Not many pilots need to worry about hitting a small pony during their flight.

[@MrMowerman2004]

😂This comment literally just made my day!

[@razor10reciever16]

😂😂

[@MattHasty]

Maybe pheasant danger is real.

[@BoB4jjjjs]

lol, a small pony! A rabbit might be n danger of bringing him down!

[@finneganfly]

@@BoB4jjjjs Interesting that you made the rabbit comment. You may find this story hard to believe. Back in the 70's when we were flying smaller slower aircraft, the idea was to fly as close to the crop as possible. I remember spraying fungicide on a potato crop (wheels pretty much touching the crop) and ahead of me a rabbit was running down the row as hard as he could go. As I got close, he went from flight to fight, turned and jumped. He actually went over top of the wing! True story.

[@douglasnelsen1854]

Have never flown an AgCat but did build and repair them for 27 years at Hershey Flying Service. Designed and built many of the fiberglass parts on them. Nice to see some of my handiwork in opperation. One hell of an airplane. Amazing to see some of the wrecks the pilots walked away from uninjured.

[@finneganfly]

In 1993, I crashed a Cat after being taken down by a powerline. The airplane went straight into the ground at about 120 mph, ripping the engine off and crushing the nose right to the windshield. The only salvageable parts were the elevators and rudder. Amazingly, I walked (stumbled) away with no broken bones, but incredible bruising inside and out. We used a tractor with grapple forks to load the wreck onto a trailer.

[@wms1650]

@@finneganfly I about 1973 I was a loader for Baker Flying Service that used Thrush Commanders, they had 2. The employee pilot was taking off trying to finish the job as a severe thunderstorm was approaching. He made it about 100 yards when a very large gust lifted the plane and flipped it over right beside the runway. I was watching him. It seemed like slow motion. I started running to the plane. I made it about half way when the pilot, Bill Neal, got out. I thought he may have died. The plane, upside down, looked so large to me. There was no fire. We strapped on the tail wheel with the loader truck boom. The loader truck was in front of the upside down plane. I started pulling with the cable and flipped the plane right side up. It sounded like a crash when became right side up. Anyway the owner, an A&P, checked the engine, repaired the damaged right wingtip and installed a new prop. The owner, Mr. Baker, was really mad. He didn't tear down the engine because he said it wasn't "under power" when the prop struck. I was just a loader so I didn't point out the prop blades were bent forward. I will say the engine kept performing without any problems. Pratt and Whitney 1340s are pretty good engines. I think.

[@fellpower]

As i was a kid, a 92y old man takes me in his polish sprayer plane - and it was the rigde of my life. i can feel, what u do - and love.

[@SamCyanide]

I love seeing these daily life videos from normal people with interesting jobs, and what a high quality video!

[@rivernet62]

Not the first time you’ve pulled up to that fuel station I’ll wager

[@BerlinBLR]

Thats what I was thinking And the other dude just casually stood there as the plane started drifting towards him :D Professionals at work

[@TarmanTheChampion]

I was thinking he exact same thing! Forget about turning on a dime... he turned that plane around on a thumb tack!

[@daleknudson5530]

After endless hours driving a wide piece of machinery in the field it becomes second nature to know exactly where the edge ends. As my uncle pulled up to take me back to the ranch house I saw a rare look of panic in his face as I swept through a turn and parked about a foot from the fencepost. Just seemed routine to me.

[@ronbanks4439]

@@BerlinBLR hi I

[@stevewoodruff5872]

And it's a tail dragger, so barely any visibility out the front when on the ground

[@FunInVa]

This is real flying, the seat of your pants type stuff. No autopilot, no terrain warnings. Thanks for showing us how the good old fashioned ‘ol timers did it, and for keeping it real!!

[@geog26]

i get ur point but ur comparing apples to pears ,"old" fashiond flying is still a thing its called not flying a military or comercial jet lmao

[@IdanBalasMusic]

Thanks for using my music for this beautiful video Scott! Keep flying high ;)

[@ScottPalmerair]

+Idan Balas thanks for creating such beautiful sounds.

[@jimharrison4755]

Wonderful music too. It really captures the feeling of flying along, almost a dance it's so graceful.

It is a beautiful and dreamy piece. Congratulations and a heartfelt salute from Spain.

[@localcrew]

Idan Balas I was digging the music! It made me want to dust some crops! Decided to just dust some furniture instead. Totally counts!

[@IdanBalasMusic]

@@localcrew 😂

[@java146]

That was bad ass - the flying, the scenery, the camera shots, the details on AG flying, and the tunes. Hope to see more AG flying vids! Great vid.

[@thisolddog2259]

Square circle..killed it!

[@erickhuno]

Man, those takes from the nose of the plane to the cabin are just amazing! The landscape and music make them feel like an European indie movie. Loved this video.

[@jessemcclintock7162]

Dude that was some intense low level hill hugging. And the SPEED at which you're doing it is insane!

[@notmyworld44]

Without the speed one falleth back unto the ground.

[@higgydufrane]

She is a very utilitarian plane. Designed for work.. No worries about cosmetics. I think I love her! Thank you for this video.

[@ohwell2790]

Did not known Ag planes had gender, will have to look into that.

[@jeffjones-h6o]

way to cool bro. You got the best job ever.

[@tonysaunders9655]

one of those kind of jobs where you only make 1 mistake.

[@jblah1]

Prolly more likely to die of cancer

[@billadams3861]

Excuse me, 3 mistakes, 1st, last, & only !!!

[@TarmanTheChampion]

Uhh parachute?? duhh! Like if he was to hit power lines hed just have to deploy the chute and glide right down to the ground :) JK JK I totally agree, its definitely a job filled with ALOT of occupational hazards!

[@2009rummell]

@@TarmanTheChampion some of the guys around us have a vertical blade in front of the prop to cut power lines

[@TarmanTheChampion]

@@2009rummell really? Damn i didn't know this! Thats awesome

[@elcajondavid1]

Thank You Scott Palmer. I am a city slicker that knows very little about agriculture, so it is nice of you to make a detailed video of one part of the agriculture business to help us understand what is all involved in the process.

[@davidrobins4025]

Thanks for showing us how it's done. Excellent pilot. My brother-in-law sprayed potato fields in Aroostook County, Maine in a Bell 47. He was a former Huey chopper pilot in the Vietnam era.

[@highmarkrich]

Seriously amazing flying, This was fantastic with the music and the camera angles. I loved seeing how close you kept to the rolling hills and trees. Amazing flying. Lots of pucker factor.

[@kevinm3751]

Grew up in Lewiston, always saw you guys flying the fields and wondered what it was like. Awesome of you to show me what it looks like from your perspective...

[@sixter4157]

Enjoyed this. It was exciting for me as a kid when I would see a crop duster flying during our frequent trips through California's central valley. I always thought they must be the best pilots in the world.

[@Suprdave123]

Your Best Video ever ...crazy views. so cool. Can't believe you crop dust on hills like that.

[@craigcottam]

If you think that's mean you should check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/banJXpyhmbGkqM0

[@haseebjaspal90]

Pulling up to that fuel station was some Tokyo drift shit :D

[@Pwnzistor]

Differential braking allows you to do that.

[@robertheinkel6225]

I think that was a chemical pick up, not fuel. Still pretty cool.

[@jrsmth11]

@@robertheinkel6225 wouldn't it have gone into the tank on top? I was confused as to what it was because he had just told us he spilled fuel when he got into the plane...

[@theponderosa3489]

I was wondering if it was fuel or chem myself. The young fella never hooked up a static strap to the plane so I assume he loaded up with chemicals.

[@Blackperson1892]

The Ponderosa fuel static traps aren’t needed with the connectors if you look closely down and left of where that hose was you can see what looks like a black dot that’s for chems

[@fuzzybutkus3951]

My grandson was watching a whole different kind of cropdusting on my iPad. This was on it. Now I can’t stop watching.You gotta have the best job on earth.

[@Paul-Alcock]

Love the new crop dusting videos Scott, not something I’ve ever watched before, very cool keep up the videos please

[@baseballhaha]

As soon as I saw that bright yellow biplane I knew this had to be out by Colfax! Probably seen this guy over 100 times driving by on the way to and from Wazzu. Even was lucky enough to race this bad boy as he took off while I was parallel the runway. Awesome to finally put a face and name to the story. Anyways, thanks for all your hard work! It was great watching you crazy bastards. I know the community truly appreciates everything you do. Go Cougs!

[@mikel9567]

Bow down to the Dawgs!!! Hopefully there will be an Apple Cup this year.

[@MadGunny]

There is that yellow plane just North of moscow too off the highway, ive had a similar encounter where I got to race him when he was taking off.

[@justinlewis9068]

I love how professionals make it look so flawless and simple!

[@rjbishop12]

S T E L L A R production Scott. You captured what it is all about incredibly well. Applause for the great camera work and post-production!!!

[@bentackett6299]

I crop dusted my mate at work while walking around him in a circle. He said that I crop circled him!

[@billythekidperez7343]

🤣

[@deborahchesser7375]

ben tackett that’s rough Ben LMAO

[@svtirefire]

That's called crap dusting.

[@lbowsk]

Airline guy here. NICE to see some actual flying for a change. Nothing like being on the roll axis with a stick in one hand and throttle in the other. Thank you for that.

[@megajig]

Wow that's impressive and impressively sketchy with all those hills and power lines. Thanks for taking us along for the day!

[@foesfly3047]

Brother, you are a friggin aviation stud! Rock On!

[@reedr1659]

IDK who flies the air tractor I've seen in Brighton, CO but the guy is a nut. Extremely entertaining to watch. Helluva pilot. I almost drove my truck into a bar ditch one day when he was working next to me.

[@floridapatriotsfan9242]

Wow, you have an amazing job that you must look forward to every day! Never a dull moment I am sure! Thanks for taking the time to share your videos!

[@kandraci]

Enjoyed every second of this video, flying, music, absolutely everything. Usually I am not making comments here (or anywhere else) but this video definitely motivated me to do so...

[@guyshilon2807]

Crop dusters best stick pilots. Nothing like flying low at blazing speeds. And this is coming from an airline pilot. Much respect

[@grantpowell5226]

12:31 When he flies past that tree... That's insane!!

[@sk8absence]

The ay you can float the plane over those rolling hills is mesmerizing.

[@billco-9801]

My dad started out in in 1954 crop dusting in a PA-18A Super Cub , then in 1965 a brand new PA --25 Pawnee was purchased. After that in the 1977 he went into a 450 Ag Cat then in 1980 a 600 Ag Cat both of the Ag Cats were radial engines. I was his loader for many years until I joined the Navy in 1981. I never got into crop dusting but I have always been in aviation. Currently have a couple small planes. Oh yeah, when he wasn't flying Ag, he flew Cooperate; Aztecs, Barons, a 337, a 310, Navajos, King Airs and a Citation. He also retied from the fire department after 30-years as Chief back in 1984. Great memories! Dad passed away at 88y/o in January. What a "F"ing life...Flying, Fire Fighting, Fishing, Friends and Family. FANTASTIC!

[@rabidseabee7229]

Always wanted to see a GoPro on a crop duster! Thanks for the video! Always quality content from the Palmer brothers.

[@AN2Felllla]

Mad Dog Seabee Brothers from different mothers lol

[@vakama9053]

I opened the video from my recommended section because it looked interesting, and about ten seconds in realized I recognized the plane. I've passed by it all the time coming in and out of Moscow! Even seen it flying a couple times.

[@bobfitzpatrick8952]

Brings back memories of growing up in Tempe, AZ and seeing these things do their stuff on a Saturday morning...

[@williamgregory5011]

Well he says its a plane for one. But he's taken over 400,000 people along for the ride

[@kelvincs]

Over 1 million to date..

[@nicholascowan1731]

No he hasn’t, there was no one on the ride with him

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@nicholascowan1731 - you missed it. Dummy..

[@nicholascowan1731]

5feetgoaround fullflapsC150 watching KZbin isn’t riding in a plane

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

@@nicholascowan1731 come on bro grow up

[@ausfuhrpramienjagar]

I'm a licensed spray applicator myself, however, I keep my feet on the ground while I do my applications.. Love this aerial application video.. Great footage on how it's done covering a large target site. Two thumbs up!.. ;-)

[@buckshot4569]

I remember watching a crop duster when I was a kid in late 70s North Yorkshire uk. It was so exciting to watch. A dream job. 👍

[@fdfd4739]

That duster looks like something I'd build in KSP. One of my addons even has a PT6 and half the time my planes come out looking just like that! It's so funny to see that the engineers had the same issue of sizing and just slapped it on the front like any KSP player would do.

[@yp3661]

I used to sit outside at my grandparents and watch them spray the fields, I was mesmerized how close they'd be to the power lines when crossing the road. You have quite a cool job man.

[@thehunterstruck]

I have a lot of respected for people who do crop dusting mad skills and patience

[@rynetreatch9558]

Bro. This is some next level production quality. Trent should be jealous of the edits and the shots. This is one of your best if not the best video you’ve done. No kidding Scott. You did great on this edit! Bad ass bro! And the flying is sick too. You guys (Ag Pilots) have balls of steel!

[@Quizzicality]

I used to be a semi truck driver, and I'd imagine my reaction to how low and fast you're flying is the same as other people wondering how I drive something so huge. It seems crazy to anyone else, but to you it's just normal. You just get used to it till it becomes second nature and you hardly have to think about it.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Except you dont drive your truck with 2,000 pounds of poisons at 130 mph.

[@Quizzicality]

@@feetgoaroundfullflapsC no just 40,000 pounds of poisons, corrosives, flammables, explosives and/or other hazardous materials at 70mph, but who's counting?

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@RREESSSSER - true on that. Truck Driving can be worse if mistake. Respect from this pilot.

[@djsantiago3904]

Quizzicality nah, i don’t think anyone would compare truck driving to crop dusting. Practically no skill involved to drive a big, slow semi truck. Think someones craving attention 😂

[@remcos5759]

Lmao "I'ts not hard". A 15 meter long truck that drives true small roads and places were people are. Sure takes skill... so shut up you ass

[@TheMilwaukieDan]

Awesome. As a Private Pilot…. I’ve forever wondered about AG Flying. Thank for sharing

[@infernalbill9366]

It's just like bull's-eyeing wamprats at Beggar's Canyon back home.

[@Heavywall70]

Patrick Piculell T-16 of course

[@Guitar157]

Come on why do you have to sand bag me

[@Massimo1975Max]

Captivating and hypnotic. Great music to boot. Stay Safe. thank you

[@kruppert54]

I kind of fond of the Ag Cat. When I was in High School I spent my summers flagging for two gentlemen that had Ag Cats powered by the Radial engine. Loud but very agile. Good memories. Thanks for the ride-along!

[@stevek7649]

Enjoyed that perspective Scott. Your office moves pretty fast. I was a loader for a summer in 1982 in S. Minnesota. Keep your wings out of the trees and your landing gear out of the wires.😀 Hope to see you soon.

[@ScottPalmerair]

Its a fast office with a great view

[@onemilemore541]

Wow, this was really cool to see! Thank you and well done! I really appreciate all the camera angles and such. I'm no pilot but have had a casual interest in aviation most of my life. I still really enjoyed this. I travel a lot by motorcycle and always get excited when I see crop dusters throwing themselves all over the sky. Looks like a very exciting way to make a living. Especially in the terrain shown here!

[@neftalyalcocer3666]

If you get the chance I’d highly recommend at least taking a discovery flight at a nearby school. They’re generally pretty cheap (relative) and I’m my experience the CFI let me just throw it around and have as much fun as I could (safely) it’s an experience you’d never regret no matter age

[@aubreylasseter1544]

That was one of the best if not the best AG spraying video I've ever seen the Angles and the views that he gave and the knowledge was just unreal I enjoyed it

[@steveegbert7429]

I know it takes skill and a lot of practice, but, wow, getting paid to have fun? Oh yeah!

[@Francisco-FX]

How much?

[@MichaelHunt185]

@@Francisco-FX 50 cent

[@yeet-uu4ou]

That's work in a nutshell

[@cameronkitten4039]

Not always fun

[@lancairw867]

Wow respect ✊ I have been flying for the airlines for 20 years and this is real flying. We do probably 4 take off and landings a day and I have heard of AerialApplicators doing up to 70 !!!!

[@king.kthebest6158]

You have my dream job dude.🙂

[@papaburf7275]

This was awesome. 1':20" - This is first time I ever heard " the fields are spread out all over the place like in a 50 mile square circle". You owned it and I love it! I do the same thing rarely all the time! Thanks for the great content.

[@bsauve2669]

just awesome! When you flew between the shed and tree...wow! Would have liked to see it from your perspective.

[@David_P132]

Great video. Insanely dangerous work - cropduster pilots are so brave.

[@LacklusterSupply]

I always pull over to watch the idaho airshows here on the Palouse. Amazing to get a small glimpse from the cockpit.

[@budsbustbi6339]

i watch a guy doing a crop, he was going under the power line at the end ! every thing i know about flying say that a no no!! but he did ir maybe 20 times!

[@TarmanTheChampion]

DAMN! I wonder if he had no choice... His gigantic balls where probably preventing his aircraft from being able to climb fast enough XD

[@Sableagle]

I've heard of someone doing that with an Avro Lancaster ... at night.

[@Kyle1237]

Oh yeah ive seen people do that alot around where I live in West Texas but here its flat so probably not as dangerous

[@RCTommy]

It’s not everyday I see a double decker turboprop flying low level following the contours of the ground... But when I do, I subcribe! Good job fly flying that bird and superb editing. Cheers! 👌😎✈️

[@lumberjaxe8910]

Absolutely Amazing. I see why your Boss Trusted you with his Plane.And your a Champ for giving recognition to the loader. Keep Safe Mate. Love from Australia!.

[@--Zook--]

if I could re-do my life, I would choose this as a profession. Love watching the pilots in the Willamette Valley.

[@dannenp3110]

Always a joy watching Pete Braun and the like buzzing around

[@robz3258]

Thanks! we aim to please.

[@tex1254]

I've watched the 2013 movie 'Planes", I could do this in my sleep

[@RRRIBEYE]

I was a mixer/loader/fueler for a family crop dusting team in Ankeny, IA back in 1984-86. Great money at the time and it paid for my flying lessons too! One of the brothers had an Ag-Cat with the radial engine. Your turbine unit here sure has a different sound than that radial! Great flying!

[@davidscothern6900]

I'm starting to think it's a miracle that there are any living crop duster pilots whatsoever. I've travelled at greater heights on a double-decker bus.

[@simmyqux]

I farm in the Palouse area, great to see a different point of view than my tractor cab!

[@jasons1192]

Great video! This is what I do for a living. I can’t imagine not doing what I love for a living. Anyone watching this and thinking we have a great life, yes, we do......it was a lot of hard work over many years, but, I am living my dream....yes, it is that cool and fun. Yes, it is that hard and tiring, but if I won the lottery, I would still be doing this, that I love....but with shinier equipment.

[@Silc0ne]

This was such a nice video to watch. So well put together and excellent flying skills.

[@brenttaylordotus]

Unexpectedly awesome. THAT is some low pass flying. Oddly beautiful plane also.

[@garym7771]

Great video and interesting life and job. Thank you. I have an old wheat farm in the Pullman area. love seeing dusters flying over.

[@SVSky]

That was some amazing flying. I had no idea you could do aerial application on hilly terrain like that. I see why a lot of pilots flying A-10s in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard (when I was in ) flew crop dusters as their civie job.

[@theanarcho-luthierist2882]

the scene @12:00 when you pull up and the "shadow plane" seems to fly away in the opposite direction is absolute kino...

[@nothere3774]

As someone who lives in Pullman and Works in Moscow, I saw your plane way before I found this channel. Once I found this channel and saw the plane it was so exciting to watch you fly over!

[@jmac8092]

Bill Joslin, ran a service out of Dixon, calif back in the 60's. He decided to go under the lines not knowing the semi would emerge from the ditch loaded with produce.

[@AndyRobichaud]

Very cool Scott! The sound of the engine when you were loading up was awesome!

[@rexm7497]

I've been a Coug since the mid-80s and fell in love with the Palouse when I first saw the area. Love the footage and my respect for your skill in flying over that terrain is off the charts. Incredible video (I just found this today . . . 4 years late) and I will look for more.

[@racko651]

Mate I used to ground crew. Great vid. Cant wait to see the corn!

[@vitsalava1251]

This is so amazing, love the video, the edit, the commentary, your skills are beyond my comprehension. I live in czech republic and our government practically forbid use of planes for cropdusting, mostly because the popuation is dense and the drift was a risk. I suggest to look up our Z-37, it looks very different than the pawnees, it was used as a cropduster, aerial photography plane and so on, now mostly on airshows and for towing big gliders. It also has a turboprop version.

[@danielwojahn5651]

i have lived in colfax, fairfield, and waverly, and recognize alot of those fields! miss eating my breakfast while watching you guys living on the edge! WHAT FUN!!

[@glendeco]

That was fun to watch I’ve always dreamed of crop dusting as a career. Great editing thank you very much for sharing.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

For HG pilots it would kick ass; I have thought about it too. Tons of low level trike experience, plus helicopter, plus Varieze, but still work.

[@alistairplank4996]

Do a couple of seasons, that’ll get it out of your career path !

[@glendeco]

@@alistairplank4996 Great advice thanks.

[@pushing2throttles]

Lemme qualify my comment by saying not only am I a commercial pilot, CFI, and a holder of a bachelor degree in aviation studies. This pilot has some seriously impressive stick and rudder airmanship. Good flying dude! A dogleg runway; I had to see it to believe it but you weren't kidding. West coast Ag-Ops are a whole other kind of animal compared to my neck of the woods in Ohio. Anyway, cheers... Blue up brown down and again, great flying.

[@rickg1137]

Thank for not ruining the video with crazy heavy metal music in the background, you used very relaxing music, I enjoyed the video

[@noproblem2big337]

The way you pulled up at the fuel stop was pretty good 👍 actually that was great low level flying