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A Whiteman
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Cutting the Grass
New Zealand style (1960s)!!
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Rich Eagle
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Re: Cutting the Grass
I had a friend who was a crop duster. He said it was 98% boredom and 2% shear terror. 
When did I do that?
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Re: Cutting the Grass
Crop dusting is an interesting thing. My family has had several relationships with crop dusters for one thing or another.
My grandparents raised peaches outside Modesto Califunny for many years beginning in the late '20s until my grandfather finally retired in 1964. In the '50s, he had about a hundred acres of ranch, and 90 acres of peach orchard in two locations. The main ranch was on relatively high ground (roughly level with about 99 percent of Califunny's central valley. The several barns and house were on that level, however, there were some number of acres on the "low land" alongside the creek (enunciated as "crick" around their place!). When we the grandkids were little, and we would be coming over to visit, if they were planing on dusting the trees, they would schedule the dusting so that we could watch from an upstairs window looking down over the low land. It was magical to look DOWN on the airplane as he dusted the trees and watch as he would rise up above the house into a roll or flip. They knew the pilot very well, and he liked to add a little show for the kids.
My grandparents raised peaches outside Modesto Califunny for many years beginning in the late '20s until my grandfather finally retired in 1964. In the '50s, he had about a hundred acres of ranch, and 90 acres of peach orchard in two locations. The main ranch was on relatively high ground (roughly level with about 99 percent of Califunny's central valley. The several barns and house were on that level, however, there were some number of acres on the "low land" alongside the creek (enunciated as "crick" around their place!). When we the grandkids were little, and we would be coming over to visit, if they were planing on dusting the trees, they would schedule the dusting so that we could watch from an upstairs window looking down over the low land. It was magical to look DOWN on the airplane as he dusted the trees and watch as he would rise up above the house into a roll or flip. They knew the pilot very well, and he liked to add a little show for the kids.
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Roz
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Re: Cutting the Grass
When I was young and dumb my brother and I would try to fly low enough over my uncle’s corn field to knock the tassels off. If we saw him out in the field we would bomb him with paper sacks of flour.