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Development of an Aerial Spraying Contract Service
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2023
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This talk should perhaps begin with a brief reference to the initial development and research made by the Company into the helicopter as a crop spraying machine Many will remember the early experiments made by Dr W E RIPPER, using one of the original Sikorsky R4 helicopters These trials were made at Henley and Cambridge m the early part of 1945 The results were sufficiently encouraging to consider helicopter possibilities in this industry However, the flying limitations of the R4 helicopter did not allow a full investigation into operational and economical findings
- Type
- Ordinary Meeting, 6th November, 1953
- Information
- The Journal of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , January 1954 , pp. 147 - 156
- Copyright
- Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954