The Ceres cropdusters of Australia

[Sprocket]

Who would have thought...replenishing fish stocks using cropdusters?




Original photo here:
http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-av ... /ceres.htm

[papituwall]

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[expat]

Who would have thought...replenishing fish stocks using cropdusters?

If you tried that today, PETA and the Bunny Huggers would got apoplectic....

Matt

[CHUCK79]

Who would have thought...replenishing fish stocks using cropdusters?

https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 569071.jpg

If you tried that today, PETA and the Bunny Huggers would got apoplectic....

Matt

Shhhhhh!.....don't tell PETA

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/1 ... 74768.html

This is actually a common method for fish restocking in remote areas of the U.S.

[jcj78]

Nah, they still do it all the time.

The USFS uses modified King Air 200's as drop planes now.
Here's a cool video. Hard to believe how high he is when he drops his fish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkLo5XElVSw





Several western states contract with a company that uses modified Cessna 185's


http://thefisheriesblog.com/2012/01/16/high-sierra-trout-stocking/


Here's a good video of the C185 from under the belly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpLcs199Z8&feature=player_embedded

And of some passes (Way up in yellow on the asi too).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=situxqwzgrc



South Carolina just drops them out of a regular old Bambi bucket, slung under a Bell 205. Looks a lot easier on the fish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LLJkqKkjg


edit: I just realized that Chuck beat me to it, and already posted a link to some restocking articles. My bad.