Forestry Memories

Dollar Helicopter G-AZNI aerial fertilising

Dollar Helicopter G-AZNI aerial fertilising

Date Added: 07 June 2012 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1980 Picture No: 1143

Image courtesy of Forest Research Newton, Elgin.

Dollar helicopter company working with a Lama? G-AZNI about to lift a bucket of fertiliser from its loading base. The Unimog type truck/vehicle has a hydraulic lifting arm which lifts the filled fertiliser bags over the empty bucket following which the bottom is cut and the material flows in. The picture is very shaky and difficult to make out the detail. Note the large air filters on the engine air intake.
The large picture shows the fertiliser, most likely unground rock phosphate, streaming from the rotary disc at the bottom of the bucket.

Can anyone identify the location from the background in the large picture?

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Groups: Aircraft in Forestry Work, Forestry in Action, Other Vehicles and Machines

1 Comment

I think my father, Ken Hall, is the pilot in this picture. He doesn’t remember the location unfortunately. Comment left on 01 February 2023 at 18:28 by gareth hall
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