Displaying items by tag: ALAN BECK

John and Janet Spence are unique in the agricultural aviation scene in New Zealand.

Business-minded people are needed to run agricultural aviation as a business – not a bunch of enthusiastic amateurs.

Alan Beck a pilot and chairman of the NZ Agricultural Aviation Association, says it’s now socially unacceptable for farmers not to remove electric fence or television wires strung across gullies.

Fertiliser application is slightly ahead of last season says a Taranaki helicopter company chief.

Farmers don't seem to get it. So says New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association (NZAAA) chair Alan Beck, commenting on farmers understanding their responsibilities to make their farms a safe workplace for agricultural pilots.