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Aviation History
1959
1959 - 0284.PDF
'— 23 January 1959 Agricultural Implements FOUR U.S. APPROACHES r TO THE SUBJECT OF AERIAL APPLICATION 137 Jft "COR long a sphere in which special adapta- -*• tion of standard aircraft was the rule, agricultural aviation today has no shortage of designs tailored to fit the needs of farming. This type of flying is an expanding activity, as indicated by the recent formation of the European Agricultural Aviation Centre at The Hague, and the appearance last year in the U.S.A. of yet two more new farm aircraft. A representative group of U.S. agricultural machines is illustrated on this page. Directly above and below is the Ag-2 (600 h.p. Pratt and Whitney R-1340) produced by Transland Aircraft of Torrance, California. Right is the Callair A-4, powered by a 150 h.p. Lycoming O-320 and featuring a sturdy overturn struc- ture and side-by-side layout of cockpit and hopper. The heading picture is of Piper's new PA-25 Pawnee (150 h.p. Lycoming), an initial batch of which are being built at Lock Haven, and below it the first production model of the Grumman Ag-Cat (220 h.p. Continental). X
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