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Spray system, droplet size, calibration math, swath patterns, drift and inversions, label rules, WPS, pilot safety and spills. Every topic gets its own page: first the drawing, then what you need to remember. 69 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 65 topics.
It's 6 a.m. The sky is clear, there's no wind, and the smoke from a burn pile is lying flat across the field. You're loaded, and the grower wants it done before breakfast.
Inversions are part of the aerial category exam. But the manual covers them in three dense paragraphs about air layers and lapse rates. None of those words looks like the field in front of you.
In this book, the inversion is one page: cool air trapped under warm air, the smoke going flat, the clear dawn, the dead-calm wind, drawn the way you see it from the cockpit. The signs are in the picture, not buried in a paragraph.
Same with acres per minute, REI and PHI, the spray system piece by piece, triple rinsing and the six calibration formulas: each one gets its own page.
You spot the signs, you know why that spray would slide sideways, and you can explain the go/no-go call on the exam the way you'd make it in the field.
The license and the rules, aircraft and spray system, droplets and nozzles, calibration, swath patterns, drift and weather, the label and sensitive areas, safety and the exam review: 69 pages, all illustrated
Think of it this way:
It's the week before your exam and you hit a practice calibration problem: 60-foot swath, 130 mph, 2 gallons per acre. What's the GPM? The numbers start to blur together.
You open the book to Step 3 and see the aircraft over a strip of field: 60 times 130, divided by 495, is 15.8 acres per minute. Turn the page to Step 4: times 2 gallons per acre, 31.6 GPM.
Same with release height, temperature inversions, REI and PHI, the spray system and container rinsing: each one on its own page, drawn the way you see it in the field.
Aerial Applicator Illustrated is 9 parts and 65 topics, all drawn, and at the end the calibration formulas on one page, the most common calibration mistakes and a pre-flight checklist.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
Core plus aerial, what EPA 40 CFR Part 171 requires, FAA Part 137, congested areas, FIFRA and why the label is the law, recertification.
The spray system piece by piece, wind-driven vs hydraulic pumps, check valves, boom length and wingtip vortices, helicopter vs fixed-wing, dry spreaders, GPS and flow control.
Droplet size, the ASABE droplet classes, airspeed shear, nozzle angle, pressure and orifice size, aircraft nozzle types and the USDA-ARS nozzle models.
Calibration in four steps, always in the same order (effective swath, ground speed, acres per minute, gallons per minute), so you always know which number comes next. Plus checking GPA, nozzle sizing, ground output tests, hopper loads and dry calibration.
String and card pattern testing, holes, horns and off-center patterns, overlap and CV, back-and-forth vs racetrack, headlands and crosswind offset.
Particle vs vapor drift, release height, wind, how to spot an inversion, humidity, drift reduction tools, downwind buffers and the go/no-go call.
Reading a label in order, signal words, REI vs PHI, aerial restrictions, the WPS application exclusion zone, pollinators, water and endangered species, sensitive sites.
Wires and the field survey, pilot PPE, fatigue and exposure symptoms, the loading pad, mixing order and jar test, rinsing and disposal, spills, emergency landings and records.
The calibration formulas on one page, the most common calibration mistakes, drift and weather review, label terms and the pre-flight checklist.
At the end of the book: An exam review part: the calibration formulas on one page, the most common calibration mistakes and a pre-flight checklist.
Exam-style questions on calibration, drift, label reading and laws, each with the answer and the page to review, so you find your weak spots before test day.
The formulas, weather limits, droplet size classes and label terms on printable cards you can keep in the truck or the hangar for a fast review.
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PDF by email: We email you Aerial Applicator Illustrated as a PDF, together with the two free books. It's a single payment: no installments, no extra charges.
You get the manual's topics in the order you use them in the field, one drawing per page, so the math and the label stop being a pile of small print.
You review the calibration formulas, drift signs and label terms at a glance, and check your weak spots with the practice questions.
You keep it printed in the hangar or the truck: the formulas, the weather limits and REI vs PHI, ready for recertification or a quick check.
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Yes. It skips the basics you already know and goes straight to what gets asked: calibration math, drift, label rules and laws, one topic per page.
It covers the national material every state builds on: the National Aerial Applicator certification study guide, EPA 40 CFR Part 171, FAA Part 137, the Worker Protection Standard and FIFRA labeling. Each state adds its own rules, so those are flagged on the page for you to verify with your State Lead Agency.
No. It's an independent illustrated study book. It isn't issued or endorsed by EPA, FAA or any state agency, and it doesn't give you a certificate, a license or recertification credits.
No. It draws and organizes the topics so you can review them faster. Your state's official materials, the product label and required training still come first.
No. They're written for this book, in exam style, with the answer explained and the page to review. They aren't official exam questions.
The book and the 2 bonus books come as PDFs by email, to the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
Yes. The PDFs are printable, at home or at any print shop, so you can keep a copy in the hangar or the truck.
You have 30 days. We refund everything if the file won't open, if the book isn't what you see on this page, if you were charged twice or if the email doesn't arrive: just email us.
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