1940's crop dusters

[Glenn]

I'm working on a project, and need to know what type of nozzles were used for crop-dusting in the 1940's? On the web, I found info on what aircraft were used, from Ford Tri-motors and JN-4's, up to the present day, but...........the equipment all looks different.
Any links out there, please!
Lyn

[Tophe]

Dear Lyn,
In the 1990s I hesitated to buy a book which was devoted to agricultural aircraft, an encyclopaedia of this subject, and probably there was a History part before the encyclopaedia of nowadays types. I did not buy it because it was too expensive as brand new, but maybe it is affordable now with second-hand worldwide lists and search tools as Abebooks'. Alas , I don't remember the title of this book, nor the author name, the publisher. Maybe one of us will know...  

[Captain Canada]

Try this !

Hey Lyn,

Try FPL, or Forest Protection Limited out of fredericton, New Brunswick. They used Avengers for years, and are now using Air Tractors.

They'll help you out, I bet !

There's a place near here, in St. Thomas, Ontario, that hosues about 30 or 40 Dromaders and the like. Now there's a big single !

I've got loads of pics as well, if you'd like to have some.

Cheers !

[elmayerle]

There's a place near here, in St. Thomas, Ontario, that hosues about 30 or 40 Dromaders and the like. Now there's a big single !

Is the Dromader the one I think it is, the turbofan biplane?  That's a wild-looking aircraft, anyway.

[Jschmus]

There's a place near here, in St. Thomas, Ontario, that hosues about 30 or 40 Dromaders and the like. Now there's a big single !

Is the Dromader the one I think it is, the turbofan biplane?  That's a wild-looking aircraft, anyway.

See what you made me go and do?  I knew I had seen something about a jet/biplane cropduster aircraft, but the Dromader turned out to not be it.  The Dromader looks a bit like a Grumman AgCat as built in Poland.  Undeterred, I Googled different combinations of jet and biplane.  All I got were references and photos of some chap who flies a biplane (Stearman or something) at airshows, fitted with a J85 under the fuselage.  He's billed as the pilot of the world's only jet-powered biplane.  I guess nobody told him about this:

PZL 15 Belphagor

There's another plane to add to my model want list.

[Tophe]

PZL 15 Belphagor

... featuring a very good-reason to be a twin-boom Pi-tail (double T-tail, yes, JHM): no drops on the tailplane.    

[Tophe]

below:

[Ollie]

You.re talking about Jim Franklin and his WACO.  Well, he sure has the only fabric-covered jet-powered bipe in the world!!

And Evan, the Dromader is like an Agwagon on steroids with a PZL 1000 engine.

Airliners.net a search on it and you'll see...


 

[John Howling Mouse]

... featuring a very good-reason to be a twin-boom Pi-tail (double T-tail, yes, JHM): no drops on the tailplane.  

mmmmmm....DOUBLE T-tail...