The Daily Reporter
Since spring, planes have been buzzing over area farm fields. Known as “crop dusters,” the flights create numerous calls to the Branch County sheriff with claims nearby homes are being sprayed.
Mike Fry, the ground manager this week at the Branch County Airport for Mike s Flying Service from LaGrange, Ind., said “so many people have the misconception we re poisoning the world. That’s not the case.”
Modern planes are GPS-controlled with highly sophisticated electronics. The cockpit looks more like a fighter jet than those open planes featured in old movies.
The planes this company flies are Air Tractors from Texas, the largest of the agricultural aircraft manufacturers. The planes fly at 166 mph with a 1,200 horsepower engine. They can cost over $750,000.
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