Kōrero: Topdressing

The Fletcher topdressing aircraft (1 o 2)

The Fletcher topdressing aircraft

The 300-horsepower FU-24 PAC Fletcher aircraft was designed especially for spreading fertiliser. Since 1953 it has been the main workhorse in aerial topdressing in New Zealand.

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Photograph by David Harding

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

John Maber, 'Topdressing - Commercial developments of aerial topdressing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16562/the-fletcher-topdressing-aircraft (accessed 5 May 2024)

He kōrero nā John Maber, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008