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Almanac: The first crop dusting flight

Name: Almanac: The first crop dusting flight
Uploaded: 2014-08-03T09:25:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Description: On August 3, 1921, a new form of agriculture first took flight when Army pilot John Macready took off from an Ohio airfield on the first demonstration of crop dusting by plane. Charles Osgood reports.

On August 3, 1921, a new form of agriculture first took flight when Army pilot John Macready took off from an Ohio airfield on the first demonstration of crop dusting by plane. Charles Osgood reports.