I know so.

Care to elaborate on that a little?

SuperCub with a climb prop is 100% safe at or near stall speed, saves fuel since rpm is minimized, and spends more time exposing the banner. Normally you would fly a little faster for peace of mind, but it isn't necessary and actually is a great way to keep your senses attuned.

I know it can be done, I did it, I had fun, and I know you are mistaken here. You say elsewhere you towed banners...what plane did you use?

There's no old bold pilots but Cubs are the most docile aircraft ever invented. You have my blessing to take one out and do a stall.

[QUOTE=learav8r;158759]$175,000 crop dusting? don't think so....




You would be very surprised at the pay a working Aerial Applicator (PC term for Crop Duster) could make. If youi are willing to follow the crops (peas in Michigan in the summer, Citrus in FL or CA in the cold months, Rice in TX, cotton, etc) you can make what senior captains at GOOD airlines (legacies, FedEx, etc) make. Of course you are going to work much harder and the flying is dangerous, no pass priveledges, etc. You can make a lot of money though. Many pilots will work different seasons - 4-6 months and that is it - they can make $75 to $100k in that amount of time.

Is 250 hours a month legal? If it is, I've been lied to for a long time

J-3, J-5, PA-11, PA 12, PA 18, and Husky. About 2000 hours total.


Towing a sign and stalling for fun is stupid, save it for training. :cool:


I don't know much about the crop dusting industry but I do know that they do NOT make $175,000 like the other guy said.


Thanks for the offer but I have done many stalls in the cub. I used to teach tailwheel training and some banner training. I have to agree the cub is very gentle. :)

learav8r I;m not going to get in a ****in match with you but i do know what i am talking about. I also slept in my own bed every night throughout my career. T.C.

That's it! Here on out I shall be known as "PussMothDriver". I can't take the heat on this thread. You guys have shamed me in public for the LAST TIME. ;)

Van Wagner is a great company. I flew for them all last summer. New hires get topped out at $40/hr now.

I was towing well over 100 hrs a month, flew a ton of xc, saw lots of the country, and still have opportunities to fly for them when I have the time off. Sometimes I wonder if I should just tow banners for the rest of my life... then I remember what it was like to **** in a bottle all day while sitting in a windy box 3 ft away from the open pipes for 12 hrs a day.

Towing a sign and stalling for fun is not stupid. It is a non event. You generally tow close to stall speed anyways and should be very comfortable there. As if a stall in a cub wasn't benign enough all you have to do is get a big old banner tied to the back to make it even less exciting.


Check your hook.

I don't know much about the crop dusting industry but I do know that they do NOT make $175,000 like the other guy said.




You admit you do not know much about the Crop dusting industry, but then you state conclusively that you KNOW they do not make $175k.

What you are failing to realize is that you are wrong. Some of the current Ag planes cost upwards of $1.1-1.5 MILLION dollars. If it wasn't lucrative, how do you think the operators could swing the note on that airplane, plus the gas, plus the maintenance, and still make huge profits. You really should not put out information as conclusive within the same statement you admit to knowing little about a given topic - it tends to kill credibility.

Here is a site to educate your self on the equipment and costs - www.airtractor.com

Since you guys are all pros when it comes to crop dusting, I am out of this debate. Obviously I have nothing to add that is credible. Seems to me that if the job paid $175,000 a year than more people would be doing it. Every ag pilot I ever met wasn't making near that amount so you must be special.

I was talking about pilots not operators.

As for you guys towing signs that want to go out there and stall the airplane for fun at 500ft off the beach good luck (no big deal). PM me your name and I'll call Jimmy Butler for you and see what he thinks.

You want to be professional than act like it.