Great feedback chaps ,Farm Aviation later used Enstone and Little Staughton with Mike Pruden(Kings Cup DH Chipmunk winner)as boss. Cliff Annis was in charge of Lincs Aerial Spraying. Pat Miller survived a take off Pawnee incident at Boston and formed Miller Spraying at Wickenby becoming an Ag-Cat operator. There was a Cessna 188 operation out of Hardwick in Norfolk but the name escapes me. A whole book could be written on the UK crop spraying scene,now back to the original thread !

A belated comment, but just been reading ‘Six Feet Over – Pleasures and Perils of Aerial Crop Spraying’ by Peter Charles, which is a well written and enjoyable insight into the world of crop spraying.

Starting his aviation career in the ATA as a ground engineer, he followed up as an LAE working for various airline and charter companies and was involved in the Berlin Airlift, before eventually emigrating to Australia and obtaining a CPL after learning to fly on Tiger Moths. The world of crop spraying beckoned and he experienced life in various countries, while the firms he flew for before starting his own firm Peter Charles (Airfarmers) included Crop Culture, ADS and Westwick Distributors.

Thoroughly recommended if you can get hold of a copy.

Wicked Willip :diablo: