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crop dusting [′kräp ‚dəst·iŋ] (agriculture) Applying fungicides or insecticides in powder form to a crop; usually done from a low-flying aircraft. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Army pilots and Ohio entomologists conducted the first major aerial crop dusting in 1921, spraying lead arsenate over six acres of catalpa trees to control the sphinx caterpillar. If you compare The Fugitive with Hitchcock's North by Northwest (another fugitive movie), you can see the difference: Harrison Ford hurtling down the waterfall was a well photographed stunt, but Cary Grant chased by the crop dusting plane was Kafka exploded into spectacle. It was used for crop dusting and later served as a firefighter aircraft. |
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