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00:00Agricultural aviation has more than 100 years of history.
00:07It appeared in Brazil in 1947 and today our country has the second largest fleet of aircraft dedicated to the field.
00:16There are more than 2,700 planes and helicopters spread across every corner of our country.
00:30Agricultural aviation is a tool for farmers that brings so much aerial spraying, that we will work with different types.
00:39It performs several functions in the liquid area, but solids also come into play.
00:44Agricultural aviation also applies solids, so it can apply solid fertilizer and sow seeds as well.
00:52It is a fundamental market, because, for example, without agricultural aviation we don't have cotton, we don't have rice, we don't have soy, we don't have corn, we don't have wheat.
01:01These are crops, there is no sugarcane, for example, which are crops that are highly dependent on agricultural aviation at some stage of the crop's development.
01:09The use of aircraft to apply agricultural pesticides is one of the pillars that allows production to reach the consumer more quickly and with quality.
01:25Agricultural aviation is in Tiago's family DNA.
01:29He is the commercial director of Tangará Aeroagrícola here in Orlândia and he tells those at home, Tiago, where does this DNA for agricultural aviation come from?
01:42I come from the second generation, the company founded in 86 by my father.
01:46I am already, I come here to the part of the first succession of the agricultural aviation company.
01:53My father is a pilot, I am a pilot, the passion for aviation is an inexplicable thing, you acquire it and never let it go.
02:02And since then, when I followed in my father's footsteps, I started to like aviation, I followed the work of agricultural aviation and it stayed in my blood, to this day we run the company with great pleasure.
02:13Is flying a plane an easy task?
02:16It is a task that requires a lot of responsibility and that is where training, education and study come in so that the person can do it with excellence, efficiently, let's say.
02:31Tiago, with all this existing technology, agricultural aviation is no longer just about planes and helicopters.
02:39We live in a world of drones and drones are also part of this universe, right?
02:45Yes, drones are here to add to the service in the field, helping farmers in many areas, especially those areas that were initially done using backpacks.
02:56Today, producers can maintain product distance, application distance and greater distribution efficiency with drones.
03:04And it has also been growing and complementing the work of the aircraft.
03:07There is no competition.
03:08Today, drone work is very important for us.
03:11It can be applied to areas that perhaps would not be suitable for the aircraft and the aircraft ends up doing the job it was designed to do.
03:20Large areas, areas that have a very good yield and that, when the two work together, work very well in agriculture.
03:28The drone also meets the demand for a lack of labor in the sector.
03:33This is a reality in agriculture. Is it also a reality in your sector?
03:38I'm not talking about labor. It comes to fill a need that has existed for a long time.
03:45As a businessman and coordinating flights, I saw a lot of farmers looking for me to work in the area.
03:51I said, unfortunately I can't do your area.
03:53For various reasons, from the profile, relief or even legislation, it would be impossible to build that area.
04:01And then came drones, which occupied this space and are consolidating themselves in the aerial spraying market as a very effective tool.
04:10I will take our Espírito Santo as an example, which is an area with many hills.
04:15For a plane it is almost impossible.
04:17And that's where the drone's work comes in.
04:19Yes, a mountainous region, where it is difficult to even build a landing strip for the plane.
04:25In many regions you would have to work 50, 60 kilometers to find a plain to build a track.
04:30So in these areas where there is coffee, in the south of Minas Gerais too, where there are mountainous areas, the drone comes with a tool that solves the farmer's problem.
04:40With each takeoff, a silent and fundamental work for Brazilian agriculture begins.
04:56Agricultural aviation, in addition to being one of the greatest contributions to the country's production, is also synonymous with technological innovation.
05:05Gabriel, we are in a hangar here at the company.
05:15Here we have a specimen of an agricultural aircraft.
05:19And looking from the outside, we can't imagine it, but there's a lot of technology in there, right?
05:24The greatest value of the aircraft, in this sector, is embedded inside the aircraft.
05:29On the outside we can see the shell, right? The structure.
05:32Now what really has value and makes this operation efficient, makes precision agriculture, is inside.
05:39Which allows us to control each drop that comes out in the applications.
05:42Tiago, we just followed a flight.
06:09The pilot is just landing and is coming to this area here.
06:14What is this area behind us?
06:15This area here is where the aircraft is refueled and washed.
06:19It is known as a decontamination yard under Brazilian law.
06:24Is it mandatory?
06:25It is mandatory.
06:26Here, all the water that falls on this patio is taken to a treated pool and goes to a drying tank,
06:36where it is kept in this tank so that it is not dumped into any tributary stream or into the normal sewage system.
06:42Every flight like this one that we followed, where the aircraft is just parking,
06:48she is all clean.
06:49The entire aircraft must be cleaned.
06:52Yes, at the end of each operation, it stops, we decontaminate it, wash it,
06:58to be able to finish, start a new service.
07:01Rogério is one of the pilots here at the company.
07:08He was the one who carried out this flight that we just witnessed.
07:11Rogério, tell me a little about what it’s like to be an agricultural pilot.
07:16Oh Bruno, for me it's a dream come true, right?
07:19It's a childhood dream, I always wanted to be a pilot.
07:21And since I started to get interested in the career and discovered that I wanted to be a pilot,
07:29I already knew that I wanted to be an agricultural pilot.
07:31So all my training was focused on agricultural aviation.
07:35I ended up not going to the executive or commercial department, I went straight to the agricultural department and I'm still here today.
07:40And what changes from one to the other?
07:42The type of work changes, right?
07:45For example, agricultural aviation is aviation specifically for spraying,
07:50work in fields, fire fighting and everything that is necessary with the agricultural aircraft.
07:56In executive aviation, you will be the pilot who will transport passengers,
08:01an executive, a farmer, a businessman who has his own plane.
08:06And commercial aviation, which are the larger companies that transport large amounts of people and cargo.
08:15It is important to make it clear that agricultural aviation activity in Brazil
08:22is regulated by the National Union of Agricultural Aviation Companies, SINDAG.
08:31There is no sector that works with spraying pesticides in this country or in the world.
08:37that has both the regulation and agricultural aviation.
08:41We have federal regulations in the Ministry of Agriculture, in ANAC, in IBAMA, in the Secretariat of Civil Aviation.
08:48There we have it in the states and also in the municipalities.
08:51And this is one of the factors, in our interpretation, that leads the sector to be so organized.
08:55Indeed, there is absurd supervision, even too much in some cases, but in our opinion
09:00It is very positive, because it only allows those who are truly professional and organized to take part in the activity.
09:06Gabriel, SINDAG recently launched this booklet on safety and importance, facts and myths of aviation.
09:18And I'm going to use some facts and myths here and you're going to say whether it's a myth or whether it's true.
09:24When doing agricultural spraying, the pilot has an area that he is going to spray.
09:31But many people think that it is impossible to spray only in that area, that the fertilizer, the biological, will spread.
09:41Is it myth or truth?
09:42This is a myth.
09:42It is certainly possible and we guarantee, with the technology we have here, that we can control any and all aerial applications.
09:49Furthermore, agricultural aviation contributes to increased poisoning.
09:57Myth or truth?
09:58Myth too.
09:59After all, everything that leaves this aircraft is controlled.
10:03We have absolute control over the application of what is done here, precisely because of the technology that is on board.
10:10Furthermore, agricultural spraying kills bees and the surrounding fauna.
10:16Myth or truth?
10:17Myth too.
10:18We have several projects, including, that show.
10:21We have many success stories, where we work together with the plane, we work together with the beekeeper.
10:27As long as they talk, as long as they have a good environment for coexistence, planning and organization,
10:32it is possible to have space for everyone, because we need the bee, we need the plane,
10:36We need rural producers, we need everyone in this food production ecosystem.
10:40In other words, agricultural aviation is safe and reliable.
