SANTA ROSA, NM - - Thanks to a friend's information, I got a lead on the crop duster pictured in yesterday's blog. The plane in question is a 1978 Grumman G 164-B better known as the Grumman AgCat, a purpose-built agricultural biplane which began production in May of 1957.
This model AgCat is powered by a radial Pratt & Whitney R 1340 (9 cylinders) producing 600 horsepower. It has a constant speed, two blade prop. By Google-ing the tail number I found that the plane belongs to Foshee Dusting Co., Inc. of Natchitoches County, LA.
In other news, we're 600 miles farther down the road in Santa Rosa, New Mexico...600 interstate miles but the scenery is getting better.
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