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February 9th 06, 08:01 PM
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Mid-air in New Zealand
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February 9th 06, 09:22 PM
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"george" wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3567413a10,00.html Pretty crowded skies: no less than four aircraft involved. First a near miss with a helicopter, then a collision of the two planes at 450 meter altitude, and the wreckage raining down in front of a "top-dressing plane [flying] just metres above the ground." What's a "top-dressing plane?"
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February 9th 06, 10:02 PM
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Jim Logajan wrote:
"george" wrote: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3567413a10,00.html Pretty crowded skies: no less than four aircraft involved. First a near miss with a helicopter, then a collision of the two planes at 450 meter altitude, and the wreckage raining down in front of a "top-dressing plane [flying] just metres above the ground." What's a "top-dressing plane?" Crop Duster
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February 9th 06, 10:46 PM
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A very fast crop duster - 150 meters in less than a second - 291 knots.
-- Gene Seibel Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html Because I fly, I envy no one.
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February 9th 06, 11:25 PM
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Gene Seibel wrote: A very fast crop duster - 150 meters in less than a second - 291 knots. Yeeah right. :-) around 95-120 knots might be a little more accurate..
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