I’m always amazed by the variety of things you can learn about on this channel. Everything from aviation to firefighting, motorcycles to music, now rice farming. This is the real learning channel.
Those pilots are hero's. My best friend clipped power lines. His funeral service was held in his hanger and 1,200 people mouners turned up. Three of his compatriots cranked their planes up and respectfully flew a formation pass. Vale Francis James Lynch, Gairdner West Australia
Many years ago I used to build rice driers and elevators and install them in Sutter Ca. and Richvale Ca. there's a lot of 'High Steel' work involved in installing the equipment..............thanks Juan, people should know where their food comes from and how hard farmers have to work to feed the world.................
This made this NorCal girl’s heart sing. When I go from Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, to Chico I drive past miles upon miles of rice. It is so beautiful and lush. I live in PA now but go “home” once or twice a year to check on my property in downtown Chico. When I tell people here in Pennsylvania about what a huge crop rice is in California people don’t believe it. Great episode, Juan. Thank you.
JB that was amazing! What an enjoyable video! Most people don't realize rice has been grown in California for many many decades. During the 70's California draught, rice farmers were blasted for taking so much water that they were subsidized for, taking away water from citizens (we had enough water for everyone but farmer's had their quota). A McClatchy friend of mine wrote a paper on it (water rights for the Fresno Bee), and yes, was his dad's newspaper (The Bee newspapers). I'll have to reach out to him and get that story. Thanks again! So much fun to watch.
Juan I delivered a new 172 to Fall River Mills and met up with a Ag pilot who was telling me of the greatest danger of crop dusting, I never considered it before but was an eye opener when told.
Enjoyed very Much! Thank You 🙏 I’m from Texas, born and grew-up in Ranching/Farming/Oil & Gas Production and Refining in the Victoria City and Victorio County area and I currently live in Sugar Land, Southwest of Houston. My Uncle owned a rice farm in the El Camp area and he was also an auto mechanic, AG pilot and Fidler/Guitar musician. I remember being on his farm and seeing the Flagging while he seeded his own rice fields before GPS in the 60’s.
Well, it's no mystery how I got here - via Blancolirio channel, but I never thought I'd spend more than thirty minutes, absolutely rapt with interest in growing rice. A commodity I thought was limited to the far east for production. Thank you for your enthusiasm and obvious sense of awe in what could be a very dry subject. I loved the phrase; "Last bastion of stick and rudder flying."
Dang Juan and Matt. Every piece you guys do educates the rest of us about how many pieces there are to getting rice to our tables, as well as how aviation informs and enhances those processes. We who only consume are smarter and more grateful that there are such dedicated and specialized professionals in each part of that process. We are also made aware that if we do not live in a state where this production is not part of our economy we need to encourage our congressional delegation to support legislation that this agriculture depends on. So few doing so much for so many. Thank you.
Great video Juan. As I said before my Brother is an Ag Pilot for Jones Flying service in Biggs. These pilots literally fly by the seat of their pants. They can climb into a plane or helicopter which they haven't flown in for months. And they will get the job done as safe as possible. The strips they use are barely long enough, and they use every inch of them. Time, after time, after time. Kudos to these brave men.
Juan!! Everytime I keep learning tons of new subjects with your videos! Very interesting.This food chain supply issues are truly affecting me big time since I'm in the trucking side of the deal..thanks once again for another awesome video!
Fabulous coverage about something i love to see while traveling down the I-5. Never knew so much work went into our rice crop. Thanks for the great coverage. Now it’s time for a little video coverage from inside the Ag cat cockpit. Be healthy.
😎👍👍👍 ANOTHER, AWESOME 👌🏻 AWESOME 👌🏻 AWESOME 👌🏻 REPORT JUAN 😎 That "air application " AIN'T changed much EXCEPT GPS over the last 50+ years,,, SO NEAT. Back in 1960's I flagged for helicopter (small hughes) spraying corn and beans mostly in southern MN. We flew off the top of a truck with spray and fuel tanks aboard truck. BE SAFE THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR REPORTS 😍😍😍😍😍 🙏
I just happened to re-watch the first time you had Matthew on your channel last night. That video made me a subscriber with him . This video is a true joy.
WOW !! Does that ever bring back memories. I started my love of aircraft/flying in the rice fields of Daisetta, Texas (west of Beaumont) in the early 60's. That guy stuffing the seed into the hopper was me at 16 yrs old when I first started. Fell in love with the sound of the Pratt&Whitney R985 and 1340. Not a more beautiful engine sound than a round engine at idle. Gradgeeated to flagman summer of my senior year. No GPS crap in those days lol. I flagged for M&M Air Service (Liberty, Tx) and Farm Air Service (Nome, Tx) and loved every minute of it. Chief pilot for M&M was a feller named Earl Adkins (Atkins) who, if I'm not mistaken, was pilot of a B-29 for the CAF when it headquartered in south Texas. Great memories. He once took me for a ride in his T-6. In the mid 70's Earl ran a Crop Dusting School in Liberty. I had gotten all my instruction for my commercial from him and had passed my written and was waiting on my checkride when another student flipped the Steaman two-hole trainer on its back due to the brakes locking up on rollout. I never finished up my training to be an ag pilot. God took me in another direction after that. Thanks for sharing that video.
Great video Juan! You have picked an awesome companion with Matthew to explain his air seeding methods. Very interesting to follow and enjoy the commentary you both offer. Happy Planting Season Matthew! -Bob...
Another great report that gets right to the heart of the matter with facts, facts, facts. Altogether a fascinating look behind the scenes of something we just take for granted. Keep ‘em coming Juan!
I love the sound of the AG Cat engine after it passes overhead . Loved the music at the end of the vlog . Thank You Juan ! You are da man . You Go Guy !!
Good one !!! Like going back to the Dam Project. Educational and positive since something is being created instead of reporting on something negative. Nice to see the "positive" stuff again in spite of all the negative that cannot be avoided. Thanks Jaun !!! Stay safe !!!
Juan, way back in '78 I was a student pilot and I had a great instructor and we talked about flying and the different jobs for pilots.......... he also mentioned "Crop Dusting" as one of the killers of many pilots so I put that thought aside ....... As I watch some of these dusting/ flying videos I do believe now I missed some great flying....... Every time I pass through the Sacramento area I'll stop and watch the Dusters at work..... might have been a better direction for me but...... too late now. GREAT VIDEO... THANK YOU and I'm still dreamin' 'bout Dusting.
What is amazing with you is that, whatever the topic, your analytical and narrative skills are impressive due to your mental articulation which must have served you a lot as a pilot (I love that one video as I am an old French agronomist with a large worldwide experience and I enjoyed a lot these Californian farmers). Bravo!
Libre penseur Saintongheais Have a look at Matt Sligar's Rice Farming TV channel if you enjoy California farmers: ua-cam.com/channels/hGgTSaa-uh9u5EQWX4H1Zg.htmlplaylists.
Thanks for an excellent report. So many people have no clue about where their food comes from and what kind of work it takes to get it to the table. I hope we don't have to learn too much the hard way in the future. Good luck and best wishes for a good season.
Wow Juan, all your videos are so awesome and to pick a favorite would be like choosing your favorite child, with that said this one is one your best EVER!! So neat to learn about the rice growing process. And yes California is so diverse and a great place (although getting pretty price). Keep up the great work and all the best for you and family!
I remember that movie you mentioned, "North by Northwest". We saw it at a Reno drive in as a first run movie. I guess this really dates me. Thanks Juan. This is interesting too about rice in northern California. My sister got a ride in a two seat crop duster. He gave her quite a show. She loved it!
Really enjoyed watching this. We haul the anhydrous ammonia on the railroad and deliver it to many fertilizer companies. It was great to see it further down the chain in your video. I get to see a lot of ag flying here in AZ. Awesome skills! As always I enjoy your channel!!
I remember years ago when they would burn the rice fields in the fall. It always gave us a smoky October in Northern California which I enjoyed because the sky was a beautiful orange and I love the smell of burning rice fields. They can no longer burn like they used to. I guess it is better for the environment, but I miss those smokey Octobers!
Nice coverage of this operation. When I was flying out of Mather in my little tweety bird, I had a chance to meet with a crop duster out of Fresno. He was dropping pesticides and it didn't smell very good. The flying looked like fun but the smell was not good. Thank goodness the airlines opened up for us retired military pilots.
Thanks Juan. Great content -beautiful music! Brings back memories growing up in Yuma, Grumman Agcats & Cessna 188's everywhere. In the '60's two of my best friend's Dads on our street were Ag pilots. We lived on the last street of our 1/2 developed subdivision on old Agland. Farmer Homer Kryger sold it when the braceros complained of too many rattlesnakes! My dad killed a 6 footer in our backyard sandbox back then. So, at the time Mr. Robert DeShazo would commute home in his Bell 47 Ag-copter directly behind our house. One day he crashed - hung up in the power/tel lines in our alley. Walked away with a few scratches & a fractured wrist I think. BTW DeShazo was a veteran aviator (Korea, US Army 13th Trans. Co - most of them had such a background) the story goes one of these guys (cn't recall who) was asked by the original "Flight of the Phoenix" production crew to fly that cobbled contraption they created. He looked it over & politely declined. Fortunately so! DeShazo's sons Bobby & Gene were my age at the time (5 years-old). They both live in Blythe now. May I suggest getting in touch with them to tell you more about their Dad & other amazing aviators we grew up with like Glenn Curtis, Paul Burch (killed when an MCAS F-4 lost hydraulics on take-off & plowed thru the Burch Aviation Hangar/shop), & Orville McVey, Bob Wilbur, also Bob Woodhouse & Woody Jongeward (who sang Barbershop with my father, grandad, & uncles) "Spirit of Yuma" nonstop world record in 1949. My mother still lives there. To this day I cannot look at a can of reg. Coors without thinking of all those wonderful people in Yuma. Chretin's Mexican restaurant where Joe & Victor Chretin hosted decades of "Nachos Killed World Records" (+pitchers of Margaritas!) for the military. If you were a Marine Aviator stationed anywhere in the world 1960-1980, you weren't chit unless your squadron's sticker was on their wall. My uncle Dave spent his whole career as a pilot for TWA, lives in Tucson. Back in the '70's hijacking era his route for a while was Paris/Telaviv. Stories! Aloha from Kona.
This was a blast to watch, Juan! Thanks for getting right up close and personal with the aircraft there! First time I've ever seen how they seed. Those aircraft look like they'd be a blast to just play around in, if you could afford the Jet A bill. Douse your buddy's BBQ party with 1k gallons of water on a hot summer day ... 😁 Thanks for sharing! 👍🍻
It is wild to see how different rice production is in California versus here in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri. Farming rice is stressful enough as is for us! I can’t imagine the added stress from waiting for water, the need to knife in nitrogen fertilize, and relying on pilots to air seed your crop. My hats off to you boys
Fantastic vid. You, Mikey and Petter are putting some great things together on your blogs. Would love to see you and Petter back flying again. Hope soon. Stay safe.
Really enjoyed this video! I live on the Gulf Coast in Texas and remember as a kid watching them seed rice fields by air with radial engine ag cats. They used to land on the side of the fields to reload missing the fence and power poles. Also, flaggers used to hold the flag over their heads like an umbrella as the plane passed to keep from getting “rained on.”
In the early 70's I worked at the Grumman American factory at Cuyahoga County Airport in Cleveland. The Ag-Cat ferry flights would overnight there on the way out west from the factory.
That was brilliant! Gotta show this to my family and friends in the Philippines- it is all done by hand there, two to three crops per year and they dry it out on plastic sheets on the side of the road!
Show your family and friends Matt Sligar's videos (Rice Farming TV) in which he covers the entire process from draining the fields in late winter to drying the rice after harvest. ua-cam.com/channels/hGgTSaa-uh9u5EQWX4H1Zg.htmlplaylists
Today I was going down I five outside of Woodland I saw the right land being flooded and the yellow plane seeding them I wonder if it’s the same field as you showed your video then I come and saw your video Great job
Juan.Technology changes rapidly so work differently now but, GPS on AG planes operates a light bar out on the cowling that the pilot uses to keep on track. There are no connections to the flight controls. A monitor in the cockpit shows each swath. There are some videos on UA-cam that show this better than my explanation. Sandy in Nebraska
Oh yea. Watched it twice. Love a turbine cat. I got a kick out of you being so amazed at something new. I could just imagine thethousand questions you had for Matt and the spotter off camera.
From Oroville dam, to 737Max, to Rice farming. Never a dull moment on the Blancolirio channel! So educational! Great Job Juan!
I’m always amazed by the variety of things you can learn about on this channel. Everything from aviation to firefighting, motorcycles to music, now rice farming. This is the real learning channel.
AGREED!!
There are no limits for Juan and we're lucky he takes us along
👍
Those pilots are hero's. My best friend clipped power lines. His funeral service was held in his hanger and 1,200 people mouners turned up. Three of his compatriots cranked their planes up and respectfully flew a formation pass. Vale Francis James Lynch, Gairdner West Australia
What a culture.
Ag is the fighter of civ avaition
That and fire airmen.
@@MichaelOfRohan thankyou sir, I shed a tear today as always for my buddy Frank Lynch. God bless.
Many years ago I used to build rice driers and elevators and install them in Sutter Ca. and Richvale Ca. there's a lot of 'High Steel' work involved in installing the equipment..............thanks Juan, people should know where their food comes from and how hard farmers have to work to feed the world.................
This made this NorCal girl’s heart sing. When I go from Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, to Chico I drive past miles upon miles of rice. It is so beautiful and lush.
I live in PA now but go “home” once or twice a year to check on my property in downtown Chico. When I tell people here in Pennsylvania about what a huge crop rice is in California people don’t believe it.
Great episode, Juan. Thank you.
JB that was amazing! What an enjoyable video! Most people don't realize rice has been grown in California for many many decades. During the 70's California draught, rice farmers were blasted for taking so much water that they were subsidized for, taking away water from citizens (we had enough water for everyone but farmer's had their quota). A McClatchy friend of mine wrote a paper on it (water rights for the Fresno Bee), and yes, was his dad's newspaper (The Bee newspapers). I'll have to reach out to him and get that story. Thanks again! So much fun to watch.
Grew up spotting them from the car as we traveled up and down the valley. Thanks for the close up look about the hardworking California farmers.
I love your coverage of the hidden heroes of modern society. Keep up the outstanding work, Juan
Juan I delivered a new 172 to Fall River Mills and met up with a Ag pilot who was telling me of the greatest danger of crop dusting, I never considered it before but was an eye opener when told.
Awesome Juan. Watched this stuff since a kid - 60 years ago - and love your coverage of rice seeding.
Enjoyed very Much! Thank You 🙏
I’m from Texas, born and grew-up in Ranching/Farming/Oil & Gas Production and Refining in the Victoria City and Victorio County area and I currently live in Sugar Land, Southwest of Houston.
My Uncle owned a rice farm in the El Camp area and he was also an auto mechanic, AG pilot and Fidler/Guitar musician.
I remember being on his farm and seeing the Flagging while he seeded his own rice fields before GPS in the 60’s.
Well, it's no mystery how I got here - via Blancolirio channel, but I never thought I'd spend more than thirty minutes, absolutely rapt with interest in growing rice. A commodity I thought was limited to the far east for production. Thank you for your enthusiasm and obvious sense of awe in what could be a very dry subject. I loved the phrase; "Last bastion of stick and rudder flying."
Dang Juan and Matt. Every piece you guys do educates the rest of us about how many pieces there are to getting rice to our tables, as well as how aviation informs and enhances those processes. We who only consume are smarter and more grateful that there are such dedicated and specialized professionals in each part of that process. We are also made aware that if we do not live in a state where this production is not part of our economy we need to encourage our congressional delegation to support legislation that this agriculture depends on. So few doing so much for so many. Thank you.
I love the reference to "North By Northwest", best movie ever. The crop duster scenes are well worth looking up.
Great video Juan. As I said before my Brother is an Ag Pilot for Jones Flying service in Biggs. These pilots literally fly by the seat of their pants. They can climb into a plane or helicopter which they haven't flown in for months. And they will get the job done as safe as possible. The strips they use are barely long enough, and they use every inch of them. Time, after time, after time. Kudos to these brave men.
I’m glad you and Matt are joining up I love both of your channels! As I’m a farmer and a aspiring pilot
thank you Juan and all the best to Matt for bringin' it home....America appreciates all that you guys do!!
Collaboration on Rice and Planes it was really great to watch you both!
Thanks guys!
Just love watching this process. Also, it is always great to see you and Matt together. Thanks for entertaining and educating us.
Juan!! Everytime I keep learning tons of new subjects with your videos! Very interesting.This food chain supply issues are truly affecting me big time since I'm in the trucking side of the deal..thanks once again for another awesome video!
@navigator333 I truly appreciate your support Sir!! It's been rough!!
Thanks Juan for all the information you send out. Here in Iowa we seem to be doing OK on ammonia. Fields are being tilled and seeded.
A big thanks to he American farmers that keep us fed. Another educational episode, I had no idea that aerial seeding of rice was possible.
Fabulous coverage about something i love to see while traveling down the I-5. Never knew so much work went into our rice crop. Thanks for the great coverage. Now it’s time for a little video coverage from inside the Ag cat cockpit. Be healthy.
😎👍👍👍 ANOTHER, AWESOME 👌🏻 AWESOME 👌🏻 AWESOME 👌🏻 REPORT JUAN 😎 That "air application " AIN'T changed much EXCEPT GPS over the last 50+ years,,, SO NEAT. Back in 1960's I flagged for helicopter (small hughes) spraying corn and beans mostly in southern MN. We flew off the top of a truck with spray and fuel tanks aboard truck. BE SAFE THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR REPORTS 😍😍😍😍😍 🙏
I just happened to re-watch the first time you had Matthew on your channel last night. That video made me a subscriber with him . This video is a true joy.
WOW !! Does that ever bring back memories. I started my love of aircraft/flying in the rice fields of Daisetta, Texas (west of Beaumont) in the early 60's. That guy stuffing the seed into the hopper was me at 16 yrs old when I first started. Fell in love with the sound of the Pratt&Whitney R985 and 1340. Not a more beautiful engine sound than a round engine at idle. Gradgeeated to flagman summer of my senior year. No GPS crap in those days lol. I flagged for M&M Air Service (Liberty, Tx) and Farm Air Service (Nome, Tx) and loved every minute of it. Chief pilot for M&M was a feller named Earl Adkins (Atkins) who, if I'm not mistaken, was pilot of a B-29 for the CAF when it headquartered in south Texas. Great memories. He once took me for a ride in his T-6. In the mid 70's Earl ran a Crop Dusting School in Liberty. I had gotten all my instruction for my commercial from him and had passed my written and was waiting on my checkride when another student flipped the Steaman two-hole trainer on its back due to the brakes locking up on rollout. I never finished up my training to be an ag pilot. God took me in another direction after that. Thanks for sharing that video.
I live here in northern California wright in the Ag area around Oakdale California what a good show taught me a lot even living around here
Awesome! Excellent peek into the complexity and WORK that goes into something you can just grab off the store shelf. Good job.
Great video Juan! You have picked an awesome companion with Matthew to explain his air seeding methods. Very interesting to follow and enjoy the commentary you both offer. Happy Planting Season Matthew! -Bob...
Excellent film. So nice to see how much hard work and risk goes into putting food on out tables. Nice job.
Great Job Juan. You’re getting very good at this. I really enjoy watching. Thanks for covering/producing these types of stories.
I LOVE rice. God Bless you all producing food. This shows how people work hard to produce food for people to be wasting it. Gods Grace.
Another great report that gets right to the heart of the matter with facts, facts, facts. Altogether a fascinating look behind the scenes of something we just take for granted. Keep ‘em coming Juan!
Shark teeth on that duster is absolutely cool!
I love the sound of the AG Cat engine after it passes overhead . Loved the music at the end of the vlog . Thank You Juan ! You are da man . You Go Guy !!
Good one !!! Like going back to the Dam Project. Educational and positive since something is being created instead of reporting on something negative. Nice to see the "positive" stuff again in spite of all the negative that cannot be avoided. Thanks Jaun !!!
Stay safe !!!
Juan, thanks for the education. Who knew rice was planted like this. Your videos are always spectacular!
Juan, way back in '78 I was a student pilot and I had a great instructor and we talked about flying and the different jobs for pilots.......... he also mentioned "Crop Dusting" as one of the killers of many pilots so I put that thought aside ....... As I watch some of these dusting/ flying videos I do believe now I missed some great flying....... Every time I pass through the Sacramento area I'll stop and watch the Dusters at work..... might have been a better direction for me but...... too late now.
GREAT VIDEO... THANK YOU and I'm still dreamin' 'bout Dusting.
What is amazing with you is that, whatever the topic, your analytical and narrative skills are impressive due to your mental articulation which must have served you a lot as a pilot (I love that one video as I am an old French agronomist with a large worldwide experience and I enjoyed a lot these Californian farmers). Bravo!
Libre penseur Saintongheais Have a look at Matt Sligar's Rice Farming TV channel if you enjoy California farmers: ua-cam.com/channels/hGgTSaa-uh9u5EQWX4H1Zg.htmlplaylists.
Great subject sir and you covered it well,friendly people in the Ag world,they work hard on our behalf to keep the food chain going,much respect guys.
Scott Palmer did a good video showing fertilizer ops from the cockpit. It shows the GPS guidance display above the dash.
Thanks for an excellent report. So many people have no clue about where their food comes from and what kind of work it takes to get it to the table. I hope we don't have to learn too much the hard way in the future. Good luck and best wishes for a good season.
Over 50 years ago my dad ran a crop dusting company in Homedale, Idaho. Things sure have changed from the old days of flying Stearmans and N3Ns...
Excellent video ! Of the 168 pounds of rice planted , I was amazed of the yield being 10,000 lbs. Thank you.
Great video! This has to be one of my favorite videos that you have done to date!
Thanks Juan, what a lot of work goes into producing food. And, those Ag Cats are amazing machines. That kind of flying is no joke.
It’s always a treat when two of my favorite UA-cam creators are in the same video! Thanks, Juan, you ask good questions.
My two favorite UA-camrs! Good job, guys!
Nice to see how our food gets to us. Wow, 160 lbs gives 10,000 lbs, if all goes well and the creek don't rise.
Juan, you've found one of my favorite channels. Thank goodness!
Wow Juan, all your videos are so awesome and to pick a favorite would be like choosing your favorite child, with that said this one is one your best EVER!! So neat to learn about the rice growing process. And yes California is so diverse and a great place (although getting pretty price). Keep up the great work and all the best for you and family!
Awesome job JB and Matt like the collaboration....
Thanks for covering this one. I see that bird flying all the time out here. Tell him to wag Wings when he sees the freight trucks. We are jealous
One of my faves from you. Fascinating to see aviation at work. More of this would be amazing. Thx for showing us this unknown industry.
Really great how the PT6 has given new life to older aircraft. I was surprised to see the ol Grummans still operating
I remember that movie you mentioned, "North by Northwest". We saw it at a Reno drive in as a first run movie. I guess this really dates me.
Thanks Juan. This is interesting too about rice in northern California.
My sister got a ride in a two seat crop duster. He gave her quite a show. She loved it!
Great video! Very interesting to see all that goes on behind the scenes getting food to our tables.
Really enjoyed watching this. We haul the anhydrous ammonia on the railroad and deliver it to many fertilizer companies. It was great to see it further down the chain in your video. I get to see a lot of ag flying here in AZ. Awesome skills! As always I enjoy your channel!!
great video Jaun , i love ag flying videos and especially this one showing the behind the scenes !
I remember years ago when they would burn the rice fields in the fall. It always gave us a smoky October in Northern California which I enjoyed because the sky was a beautiful orange and I love the smell of burning rice fields. They can no longer burn like they used to. I guess it is better for the environment, but I miss those smokey Octobers!
I live about 3 miles from the former Schweitzer Aircraft complex in Big Flats, NY. They produced Ag Cats for many years.
My home state is the most interesting place in the world! Lot of great people there "EXCLUDING" Sacramento! Great job Juan!
Nice coverage of this operation. When I was flying out of Mather in my little tweety bird, I had a chance to meet with a crop duster out of Fresno. He was dropping pesticides and it didn't smell very good. The flying looked like fun but the smell was not good. Thank goodness the airlines opened up for us retired military pilots.
Great job! The new and improved California Gold!!!
Juan, all of your video’s are great but this one just.may be your BEST. Love the channel it’s UA-cam’s best!!!
Coordinated cooperation with all the
participants functioning flawlessly. Sweet.
Very cool video and I loved seeing the turboprop biplanes work, I could watch that all day. Take care.
Thanks Juan. Great content -beautiful music! Brings back memories growing up in Yuma, Grumman Agcats & Cessna 188's everywhere. In the '60's two of my best friend's Dads on our street were Ag pilots. We lived on the last street of our 1/2 developed subdivision on old Agland. Farmer Homer Kryger sold it when the braceros complained of too many rattlesnakes! My dad killed a 6 footer in our backyard sandbox back then. So, at the time Mr. Robert DeShazo would commute home in his Bell 47 Ag-copter directly behind our house. One day he crashed - hung up in the power/tel lines in our alley. Walked away with a few scratches & a fractured wrist I think. BTW DeShazo was a veteran aviator (Korea, US Army 13th Trans. Co - most of them had such a background) the story goes one of these guys (cn't recall who) was asked by the original "Flight of the Phoenix" production crew to fly that cobbled contraption they created. He looked it over & politely declined. Fortunately so! DeShazo's sons Bobby & Gene were my age at the time (5 years-old). They both live in Blythe now. May I suggest getting in touch with them to tell you more about their Dad & other amazing aviators we grew up with like Glenn Curtis, Paul Burch (killed when an MCAS F-4 lost hydraulics on take-off & plowed thru the Burch Aviation Hangar/shop), & Orville McVey, Bob Wilbur, also Bob Woodhouse & Woody Jongeward (who sang Barbershop with my father, grandad, & uncles) "Spirit of Yuma" nonstop world record in 1949. My mother still lives there. To this day I cannot look at a can of reg. Coors without thinking of all those wonderful people in Yuma. Chretin's Mexican restaurant where Joe & Victor Chretin hosted decades of "Nachos Killed World Records" (+pitchers of Margaritas!) for the military. If you were a Marine Aviator stationed anywhere in the world 1960-1980, you weren't chit unless your squadron's sticker was on their wall. My uncle Dave spent his whole career as a pilot for TWA, lives in Tucson. Back in the '70's hijacking era his route for a while was Paris/Telaviv. Stories! Aloha from Kona.
Fascinating stuff ! Really enjoyed this one. Looked like Carrier flight deck ops loading out !
This was a blast to watch, Juan! Thanks for getting right up close and personal with the aircraft there! First time I've ever seen how they seed. Those aircraft look like they'd be a blast to just play around in, if you could afford the Jet A bill. Douse your buddy's BBQ party with 1k gallons of water on a hot summer day ... 😁 Thanks for sharing! 👍🍻
Love to see an interview with that pilot. So many questions... A GoPro on that GPS working would be cool too.
It is wild to see how different rice production is in California versus here in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri. Farming rice is stressful enough as is for us! I can’t imagine the added stress from waiting for water, the need to knife in nitrogen fertilize, and relying on pilots to air seed your crop. My hats off to you boys
What a wonderful story to follow Juan! Thank you so much!!
Fantastic vid. You, Mikey and Petter are putting some great things together on your blogs.
Would love to see you and Petter back flying again. Hope soon. Stay safe.
Really enjoyed this video! I live on the Gulf Coast in Texas and remember as a kid watching them seed rice fields by air with radial engine ag cats. They used to land on the side of the fields to reload missing the fence and power poles. Also, flaggers used to hold the flag over their heads like an umbrella as the plane passed to keep from getting “rained on.”
Juan is a really good journalist in his few areas of expertise.
I've seen the big rice fields north of Sacramento, huge acreage! I had no idea they seeded by air. Nice job showing different flying.
In the early 70's I worked at the Grumman American factory at Cuyahoga County Airport in Cleveland. The Ag-Cat ferry flights would overnight there on the way out west from the factory.
Very interesting. Thank you JB for the ongoing education.
That was brilliant! Gotta show this to my family and friends in the Philippines- it is all done by hand there, two to three crops per year and they dry it out on plastic sheets on the side of the road!
Show your family and friends Matt Sligar's videos (Rice Farming TV) in which he covers the entire process from draining the fields in late winter to drying the rice after harvest. ua-cam.com/channels/hGgTSaa-uh9u5EQWX4H1Zg.htmlplaylists
The end of the video said it all a rice family. Great video Juan.
Excellent video. I'm in SE OR, only one local ag op. I have a lot of respect for those guys
Rice farming looks like a fun type of farming! Never realised all that went into producing rice. Very interesting.
Super Production right up there with National Geographic!! Well done.
Mr. Brown thanks for the great content. Always look forward to your stuff! Best to you and your family. Hang tough!
Today I was going down I five outside of Woodland I saw the right land being flooded and the yellow plane seeding them I wonder if it’s the same field as you showed your video then I come and saw your video Great job
Juan.Technology changes rapidly so work differently now but, GPS on AG planes operates a light bar out on the cowling that the pilot uses to keep on track. There are no connections to the flight controls. A monitor in the cockpit shows each swath. There are some videos on UA-cam that show this better than my explanation.
Sandy in Nebraska
I don't see drones doing this for a longtime!!!
Wow! Cool footage and story, thanks Juan!
Great story Juan! Thank you for sharing!
Oh yea. Watched it twice. Love a turbine cat. I got a kick out of you being so amazed at something new. I could just imagine thethousand questions you had for Matt and the spotter off camera.
I like the "North by Northwest" comment Juan. Cary Grant being buzzed!
Never saw the tractors. But, we know what you were mainly focused on ... Those Magnificent Men in their Flyinh Machines ..!! 🛫✈🛩🛬
Very nice to see such a complex operation pulled off. I have no idea what it took put rice on the table. Thanks for the video.
Two of my favorite UA-camrs! 👍
Amazing, never seen this type of seeding before, thanks for your efforts.
Fascinating, great film/documentary. Looks fun!
That was great!ive been following Matt since you introduced him to us a few years ago.
Great presentation! Loved the shots at the end. This is the California I love.
Wow what a great informative video Juan thank you for all your videos.
Some of that beautiful California rice will be on our dinner table tonight ☺️👍