The Farmer's Air Force - a photo on Flickriver

            A photo of a crop duster spraying a bean field near Caseville, Michigan taken on August 8, 2024. Coincidentally, a plane doing crop dusting crashed a few days later near Bay Port on Saturday, August 19 about 5 miles south of this location. The plane that crashed was red, so it wasn't this plane and according to multiple news outlets, the pilot was not injured. There are lots of hazards and obstacles: aerial utility lines, radio towers, drones and there is a huge field of wind turbines behind the tree line here. This can be a risky business.

Crop dusters are occasionally referred to as the "Farmer’s Air Force”. Agricultural aircraft have been a fixture in the USA for the past 100 years. The first agricultural aircraft was developed shortly after WWI to kill catalpa sphinx caterpillars in Ohio. After WWII, many surplus training biplanes were converted for use as crop dusters. By the 1950s, special planes were being designed, built and dedicated to crop dusting.   

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Taken in: United States / Michigan / McKinley Township (show map)

Taken on: August 8, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, 55mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS Rebel T6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	55mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Action (High speed)
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
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