Nomin Munkhtumur-Aerial Work

Aerial work operations 

Aerial Work – An aircraft operation in which an aircraft is used for specialized services such as agriculture, construction, photography, surveying, observation and patrol, search and rescue, aerial advertisement, etc.

General aviation and aerial work include flying as diverse as aerial photo mapping and a weekend visit back home; as different as emergency medical evacuation and inspection trips to remote construction sites; as complementary as aerial application to keep crops healthy and airborne law enforcement to keep the peace.

Essential services provided to the public by aerial work for police, emergency medical services and search and rescue make all of our lives safer and more productive. Aerial survey, agricultural application and pipeline/powerline patrol add significantly to many aspects of the economy. And, for the many remote areas of the world, life and civilization would not be possible without the benefits provided by aerial work operations.

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Agricultural aircraft operation-the operation of an aircraft for the purpose of:

• Dispensing any economic poison
• Dispensing any other substance intended for plant nourishment, soil treatment, propagation of plant life or pest control
• Engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture, horticulture, or forest preservation, but not including dispensing of life insects

Agricultural pilots treat more than a million acres of cropland each year, boosting production of the world’s agricultural bounty. The majority of all commercially employed crop protection is applied by air. Planting, too, can often be done more efficiently by air. 

AERIAL WORK FACILITATES LAW ENFORCEMENT

General aviation aircraft have revolutionized law enforcement in federal, state and local jurisdictions. Police use light airplanes and helicopters to patrol highways, apprehend suspects, back up ground units, monitor national borders and locate lost children.

AERIAL WORK FLIGHTS SAVE LIVES

Every day, general aviation transports blood supplies, vital transplant organs, and other time-critical, life-saving elements. Air ambulances carry out medical evacuation rescues and provide urgent transportation to trauma and other emergency centers. Many pilots volunteer their services (and often the use of their own aircraft) to transport patients who can not endure land travel to distant specialized treatment centers. Local volunteer pilot organizations provide such services at no cost to needy patients. Helicopter emergency medical evacuation is nearly doubling survival rates by getting accident victims to hospitals within the first critical “Golden Hour.”

AERIAL WORK PROTECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT

The most efficient and cost-effective way to conduct wildlife surveys, map wetland losses and soil erosion, follow bird migrations, patrol parklands and detect pipeline spills is with general aviation aircraft. Specially equipped government and private aircraft gather information vital to the work of wildlife specialists, park rangers, prospectors, environmentalists and others. Aerial work has long been our forward line in fighting forest fires. Helicopter and fixed-wing water bombers save millions of acres of woodlands each year, protecting homes, national parks and the nation’s precious forests.

AERIAL WORK FOR PHOTOGRAPHY & CONSTRUCTION

On a trip, you’ll use maps drawn and updated from aerial photo data. That basic information is also used by urban planners, engineers and government agencies to plan street and highway construction and improvements in the infrastructure.