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 ...

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 ...

80-year-old Layton man dies in hospital weeks after Idaho crash An 80-year-old man from Layton died in a hospital several weeks after he was hit by a vehicle in Idaho.Idaho State Police responded to ...

Top Gun undoubtedly had some of the best air-to-air combat scenes ever put on film, but watching crop duster pilot Butch Fisher skim this field and then barely pull up in time to miss a towering tree ...

HANNA, Ind. (WGN) — A video shows a crop dusting plane nearly hitting a semi-truck in Northwest Indiana on Tuesday. At around 4 p.m., Clifton Howard, 26, was driving on U.S. 30 when he noticed a crop ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CEDAR VALLEY, Okla. (KFOR) — Drone ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HANNA, Ind. — A video went viral showing a ...

OGLE COUNTY, Ill. — Officials have identified the pilot and sole occupant of a plane that crashed Tuesday morning in northern Illinois. The sheriff's office said 23-year-old Alexander Leamon of Lena ...

LAWTON -- It might be more difficult to make a living than it was in crop dusting's glory days, but pilots say there's still a place in agriculture for aerial chemical application. The industry has ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HANNA, Ind. (WGN) — A video shows a crop ...