Ride in a cropduster - Air Tractor 502

Flying in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's north island.
the aircraft is an Air Tractor AT-502B

[@robertmcgowan3352]

You can’t get better than flying on a morning like that. Calm and misty with the sun rising . Enjoy your flying

[@markcrisp8279]

Awesome my friend Awesome.

[@ethant4531]

Awesome entertainment for a Sunday afternoon! Great video 👏

[@AndreasMake]

Amazing part of hard working. Scenery is lovely as well as the footage. Thanks for sharing this professional flying skills. 👌👍

[@PiefacePete46]

I wish I was able to give you more than one "Like"! I can now start my day with a smile. Thanks. 😄 👍

[@JimboBurgess]

Cheers!

[@drumsandstix128]

Great to see another vid from you!

[@grahampeters6609]

Good to hear from you again

[@JimboBurgess]

Cheers! Always more on the way!

[@stubbi]

New Jimbo video wuuhuuuuuu!

[@kvk1]

Looks positively fun. Thanks Jimbo.

[@400fletch6]

Thanks for the look into how things work today, bit different than back in the day as far as what’s happening in the drivers seat

[@leehill9922]

Beautiful Jimbo. Not quite like flying into Lukla, but NZ is lovely country.

[@nathanwycoff4627]

great video jimbo

[@MichaelShaw_vk2hms]

I want this in flight sim 😀 Thanks for sharing Jimbo

[@ronnieandpatriciamackinnon4958]

Soo nice to have u back sir!!!! Missed u man!!!lol Listen, visibility appears better in the fletcher.. And iam nor sure why,, but the fletcher seems like a less intimidating aircraft!! I think perhaps because it has a more g.a. appearance.. Love ur vids in either plane though!! Thank you!!

[@JimboBurgess]

Cheers. That question is worthy of a video explanation, I'd say. Thanks 😎

[@ronnieandpatriciamackinnon4958]

Haha!! Excellent!!

[@grantmiller6570]

Hoo Roo

[@1hornet1]

Cool video. Why are you fertilizing the hills?

[@JimboBurgess]

Help the grass grow, and help hold the hills together 👍

[@johnjordan4647]

Hey Jimbo how often do you get nice flat airstrips like this one. In my experience most of on farm airstrips are usually on fairly pronounced gradients on ridges. Thanks for the video mate

[@JimboBurgess]

There's more on hills than flats, where I've been working. I prefer the ones on the hills 😎

[@bobjoe5893]

That seven minutes went by way too fast ! Do you have a personal favorite ag aircraft ?

[@JimboBurgess]

Love em all! 😎

[@bernardanderson3758]

Love to know more about flying and what is the requirements to complete this type of job

[@ShortField]

Does the automatic system adjust the flow to ground speed? Love a Jimbo flying vid good work.

[@JimboBurgess]

Sure does 😎

[@Rahhhhhnman]

This 502 seems quite a step up as far as instrumentation goes....nice. Could you explain your use of a bit of flap in tight turns please?

[@fathertorque4504]

plane turns using horizontal component of lift so flaps help with tighter, further from stall turns.

[@JimboBurgess]

Father Torque has the idea. I'll add this to the to-do video list 😎

[@darrynmorgan4358]

Great vid Jimbo. I'm a BOP boy - trying to work out roughly where that strip is?? Waimana or Ōpōtiki way?

[@JimboBurgess]

I'm not too sure where, I think ESE of Whakatane 🤔

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

Why No taxi flaps?

[@JimboBurgess]

That's really only effective on light aircraft 😎

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

@@JimboBurgess Nope. I used them on Piper Aztecs, twin Commanders not light when Bush Pilot in the Americas. They give you some lift so you can use less prop rpm to taxi, which saves prop from damages..

[@jamesdunlap7931]

Flaptractor

[@JimboBurgess]

I like that 😆

[@talananiyiyaya8912]

How much does this pay?