Top Gun undoubtedly had some of the best air-to-air combat scenes ever put on film, but watching crop duster pilot Butch Fisher skim this field and then barely pull up in time to miss a towering tree ...

Aerial application of pesticides, or crop dusting, is a crucial part of modern agriculture, increasing crop yields and reducing losses by billions of dollars annually. The job of an ag pilot is ...

WEBBERS FALLS, Okla. -- Paul Gould is a pilot in a career that could be flying into the sunset. His dad was a crop-duster; he didn't want the same for his son. But Paul loved the work too much. Still ...

As the war in Ukraine drags on, Ukrainian forces have apparently found a new way to take on the ever-present threat of Russian drones: strap a bunch of missiles to a decades-old crop duster as a new ...

Big or small, crop dusters need more than great piloting and multitasking skills to succeed — and even survive — in their dangerous profession, which the National Transportation Safety Board said ...

Crop dusting pilots play a crucial role in agriculture, applying fertilizers and pesticides to protect and cultivate crops, and also performing other tasks like drying crops. Becoming a crop duster ...

DILWORTH, Minn. — If you love your job, why retire ? One day spent with crop duster pilot Gary Jerger of rural Clay County, you quickly find out there is a reason he's been flying the "600-horse ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Stephen Austin's job has been up and down since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. On Monday it was down. He and other Bootheel crop-dusters, along with their counterparts nationwide, ...