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 ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Robert Ray Cottingham took off in his crop duster from an Attica airport about 5:40 p.m. July 22. He had about 50 minutes left to live, according to a preliminary report from the ...

FOWLER, Ind. ― Robert Ray Cottingham is the crop-duster pilot killed Monday evening in a plane crash southwest of Oxford, Benton County Coroner Matt Rosenbarger said Wednesday in news release.

Neighbors living near Blue Diamond Road are demanding answers after seeing what looked like a crop duster flying extremely ...

LAPLACE, La. — The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office reports that a crop duster plane crashed in LaPlace field. The sheriff’s office says it received a call at approximately 9:12 a.m. on ...

NASHVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot of a crop-dusting plane was killed in a crash in a rural field in south Georgia. Berrien County Sheriff Ray Paulk tells multiple news outlets that 31-year ...

OROVILLE — The engine of a Gruman G164 Ag Cat, a common crop-duster plane, roared across the campus of the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District on Thursday, preparing for its maiden ...

WASHINGTON -- The FBI has questioned more than 3,000 pilots and aircraft owners, most of them in the past year, amid persistent concerns that terrorists might use crop-dusting planes to mount a ...

PLEASANTON - A crop dusting pilot was unharmed Tuesday evening after the plane he was flying clipped power lines in northern Buffalo County. Around 5:15 p.m. a crop dusting plane was spraying a ...

DES MOINES The Federal Aviation Administration was investigating crashes involving two crop dusting planes in separate incidents in Iowa. Both pilots were injured, one seriously. Neither pilot's name ...