Unmanned aircraft developer Rotor Technologies is working through regulatory approval of a remotely piloted helicopter based on Robinson Helicopter’s R44, with hopes of tapping into the aerial ...

FORT RIPLEY, Minn. - A pilot is reported in critical condition after crashing his crop dusting helicopter into a barn in rural Morrison County late Wednesday morning. Morrison County Sheriff Michel ...

Crop dusters — or aerial applicators, which is their official name — also say they need thick skin to cope with what they call misinformation against their businesses. Environmentalists peg them as ...

The R550 Sprayhawk can carry up to 110 gal. of payload and cover more than 200 acres per hour. Credit: Rotor Technologies Brazilian civil aviation regulator ANAC has approved the use of uncrewed ...

When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying to navigate at night. The heart-stopping flights led to his research of unmanned ...

Upon arrival, officials said a crop duster helicopter was down in a local sugar cane field.

HANCOCK CO., Ky. (WEHT) – One got away with a broken leg after a helicopter crashed in Hancock County. The Hancock County EMA director says this happened at 10:45 a.m. A neighbor saw the crop duster ...

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) - The family of a 54-year-old crop-dusting pilot whose helicopter crashed near Charles City says he's left a hospital.

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