Anyone recognize this ag pilot working in the Boulder/Longmont, Colorado area? My friend with a 400mm telephoto lens got some amazing pictures of him flying yesterday and we hoped we could get the pictures to him. This was taken above a field in Longmont. Looks like the tail number is registered to Air Tractor.

Tail N402Z
AT-402B

Have more pictures, and in higher resolution if anyone knows who it is.

Thanks,
Asa

That's Derek Smalls. I think it's only his part time gig.

Zzz wrote:That's Derek Smalls. I think it's only his part time gig.

Thanks, thats good to know. Does he post on here?

asadarnell wrote:

Zzz wrote:That's Derek Smalls. I think it's only his part time gig.

Thanks, thats good to know. Does he post on here?

Haha I'm just messin' with ya man. Spinal Tap (1984)

I sent that name to my friend who took it and he just replied "You got punked, man."

haha

I don't know the pilot - and I could be wrong - but I believe that plane is working out of Easton Valley, near Greeley - at least I believe I saw it loading up there last saturday. I'd call the strip owner (Robert Easton) listed if you really want to get in touch with the pilot:

https://skyvector.com/airport/11V/Easto ... w--Airport

Your "friend" is not trying to drop a dime on this guy is he? If so, here he is going through airport security:

Zzz wrote:That's Derek Smalls. I think it's only his part time gig.

Aka "Biggie" Smalls?

Nerd here wants to know: what's the white bar in front of the windscreen?

tom

Light bar for the GPS. Keeps you aligned on the pass and displays other critical info so you don't have to look inside.


WHAT CAN THE LIGHT BAR DISPLAY?

•Cross Track Error (XTrack)
•Angle of Intercept (AOI)
•Optimal AOI (best angle to target swath)
•Track Angle Error (TAE 0/180)
•Two Horizontal Bars for XT and AOI


•Sprayed Coverage (SPA)
•Average Spray Speed
•Ground Speed
•Ground Track
•Area Size


•Target Swath/Line Number
•Distance To Go to area boundary
•Spray Height
•Flight Mode
•Waypoint Number


•Waypoint Track
•Waypoint Distance
•Boundary Approach Indicator
•Spray On/Off Indicator
•Aircraft Inside/Outside Area Indicator

([email protected]) Send your pics to Jessica Freeman. She runs our state Aerial Applicators Association, and she knows all the pilots by sight. She will definitely know who is in your pics.

That's the cleanest spray plane I have ever seen.