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A Review of Current Developments in Agricultural Aviation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

W. E. Ripper
W. E. Ripper*
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Dow Agrochemicals Ltd., King's Lynn
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The increasing importance of agricultural aviation can best be judged by a table setting out the area treated in the U.S.A., U.S.S.R., U.K. and other countries, which was compiled from recent publications. Fig. 1 shows how important a sector of aviation agricultural aviation has become.

Like other aircraft operations, agricultural aviation is not particularly profitable. Therefore a certain amount of work has gone into economic studies and into development work on methods for improving the service rendered to agriculture in order to improve the economy of aircraft operation.

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Agricultural Aviation Group
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 65 , Issue 611 , November 1961 , pp. 739 - 748
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1961

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