Flying 10 Feet Off the Ground: Inside the World of an Ag Pilot

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Meet Austin Fontenot—a small-town Louisiana kid who went from racing dirt bikes down gravel roads to flying turbine-powered crop dusters across America. In this episode of Flight Tales, Austin shares the unfiltered truth about becoming an ag pilot: the training, the tight tree runs, the bird strikes, the fertilizer loads, and the weird-shaped fields that make every job different. He talks about: Why vet school wasn’t in the cards Learning to fly in high school Tailwheel and swath training in Bastrop Working fields from Louisiana to Minnesota Flying just 10-15 feet off the crops Hitting birds, dodging power lines, and landing on grass strips The real cost of flight training and what he wishes he did differently Tips for anyone dreaming of getting into agricultural aviation If you’ve ever seen a crop duster and thought, “What the heck is going on up there?”—this one’s for you. Owens Flight Training is a flight school based in Lafayette, Louisiana. www.owensflighttraining.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/owensflighttraining Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/owensflighttraining