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| Aerial spraying and dusting keep more than 6,000 planes busy. The helicopter is one of the newest type of aircraft to prove useful in insect pest control. Compared to regular airplanes, helicopters can operate from nearby open fields without the need for extensive airport facilities, can hover over a target, and the downwash from the rotors, as shown, helps put the insecticide deep into the foliage of dense trees.
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