The Ayers Turbo Thrush certainly has enough power for the job. I get to
see them spraying cotton fields out here. They can pull up sharply at the end
of a swath, make a tight hairpin turn, then return for the next swath. Got to
take a ride in one once. That PT-6 engine is just right.
But armed? Maybe with a pair of Daisy air rifles.
>
>As to the converted Ag airplanes, this process was apparently started by
>a US Govt. project to destroy fields where narcotic crops were grown.
>They were armored, and possibly armed, because the fields were
>defended. The market widened and many of these machines ended up in the
>Middle East, where, I agree, governments can be repressive.
>
Chris
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