A Mt. Vernon man was killed when his crop dusting helicopter crashed in rural Washington County on Monday. Donald L. Pruett, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:22 p.m. Monday by Washington ...

Crop dusters — or aerial applicators, which is their official name — also say they need thick skin to cope with what they call misinformation against their businesses. Environmentalists peg them as ...

The R550 Sprayhawk can carry up to 110 gal. of payload and cover more than 200 acres per hour. Credit: Rotor Technologies Brazilian civil aviation regulator ANAC has approved the use of uncrewed ...

HANCOCK CO., Ky. (WEHT) – One got away with a broken leg after a helicopter crashed in Hancock County. The Hancock County EMA director says this happened at 10:45 a.m. A neighbor saw the crop duster ...

BEAMAN, Iowa --- The risks are great. The job is seasonal, with this year's work basically finished. But crop-dusters --- "aerial applicators" in the modern parlance --- will say there's a real "high" ...

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) - The family of a 54-year-old crop-dusting pilot whose helicopter crashed near Charles City says he's left a hospital.

GRAND FORKS (AP) - The North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash of a crop-dusting helicopter in northeast North Dakota. The pilot was taken to a ...

For more than half a century, Daniel Webster College trained thousands of aviation professionals at its small campus in Nashua, New Hampshire. Conveniently located adjacent to Nashua Airport, the ...

When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying to navigate at night. The heart-stopping flights led to his research of unmanned ...

Don Bassett (left) and Tommy Bassett pose for a photo in front of their Bassett Helicopter Services helicopter at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds on Saturday night.

A glimpse into flying a crop duster, highlighting aerial techniques, safety measures, and the role of this aircraft in modern ...

The pilot of a crop duster was injured Tuesday when the plane crashed near Pierce, in northeast Nebraska, authorities said. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office had not released the pilot’s name, age or ...