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Following the renewal of the Duster line-up last autumn, and in a similar vein to the limited-edition Aventure version of the model that was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in 2013, Dacia is to introduce the limited-edition Duster Air which will be available with either two- or four- wheel transmission.
While the Duster Aventure focused on the car’s adventurer spirit and all-terrain ability, the Duster Air takes its inspiration from the world of aviation and pilots.
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The feeding tentacles of a feather duster worm (Sabellastarte sp.). Fish Rock Cave, South West Rocks, NSW
The Museum's Huff-Daland Duster is one of eighteen airplanes that were specifically designed by Huff-Daland to perform aerial crop dusting. In addition, the Huff-Daland Duster was the first aircraft to be used by the forerunner of the international airline Delta Air Lines.
Dr. B.R. Coad, a government entomologist, conceived the idea that dusting the cotton industry's nemesis, the boll weevil, would be more efficient if it could be done from the air rather than from mule-drawn wagons. Initial trials with Curtiss Jenny biplanes convinced him that researchers were on the right track, but also highlighted the need for an aircraft specially designed for crop dusting. The Huff-Daland Manufacturing Company of Ogdensburg, New York received the contract to design and produce the Duster biplane which was completed in 1925. It was a derivative of a Huff-Daland military/commercial design, called the Petrel 5, which was used by the U.S. Navy both in landplane and seaplane versions. Fairchild Aerial Survey Company also used it for aerial photography.
The Huff-Daland Duster was a fabric-covered, cantilever-winged biplane that was structurally designed so that it had none of the wing brace wires that were common of the biplane designs of that era. The fuselage and tail surfaces were made of welded steel tubing and the wings were single-piece units made of spruce and mahogany. The entire airplane, except for the area behind the engine, was fabric covered. The wing struts and landing gear were made of streamlined steel tubing. The landing gear was a conventional double-tripod split-axle type with 26x4 wire wheels and used Oleo struts for absorbing the landing loads. The dust hopper carried 800 pounds of calcium arsenate. Although some documentation says the Petrel 5's 200 hp Wright J-4 Whirlwind air-cooled 9-cylinder radial was replaced with a 400 hp Liberty 12 engine for the Duster, Delta officials said that their Dusters flew with the J-4B.
In 1923, C .E. Woolman, an agricultural engineer and research assistant with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, joined the Huff-Daland Duster Company, located in Macon, Georgia, a subsidiary of Huff-Daland Manufacturing and the first company devoted to dusting operations. Three years later the Huff-Daland Duster Company relocated to Monroe, Louisiana. Because of the seasonal nature of the crop dusting business, Woolman began to operate in Peru in 1926 during the North American off-season, dusting more than 50,000 acres in Peruvian valleys in 1927. He expanded their business during 1928 by carrying passengers and freight in a Fairchild FC-2 and other aircraft, in association with Peruvian Airways Corporation, however the chronically unstable South American political climate caused him to abandon crop dusting and sell out this portion of the air service business.
Woolman returned to the U.S. in 1928 and found the Huff-Daland Duster Company in financial difficulty. Huff-Daland Airplanes, then part of Keystone Aircraft, wanted to divest itself of Huff-Daland Duster so Woolman took it over, and, with the help of some Monroe investors, founded a new company, Delta Air Service, headquartered there. Woolman became senior Vice President and General Manager and planned to carry passengers and freight as well as continuing in the crop dusting business. They inaugurated their passenger and mail service with a route between Dallas and Jackson, Mississippi, flying six-passenger Travel Air 6000s. Thus began what was eventually to become Delta Air Lines. Woolman became president of Delta in 1945 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in 1965. The Dusters remained in service as dusters until they were replaced by Stearman C3Bs.
Two original Huff-Daland Dusters were stored for many years at Monroe, but in 1963, they were removed from storage and brought to Delta's facilities in Atlanta, Georgia. Beginning in 1967, parts of one of the airplanes were restored to original condition by volunteer Delta Air Line personnel as a tribute to their founder C. E. Woolman. Although the fourteen original aircraft registration numbers are recorded, it was not possible to determine this particular aircraft's identity. A Wright Whirlwind J4B engine from the Museum's collection was installed on the aircraft along with a propeller.
In a formal ceremony on January 18, 1968, Delta dignitaries officially donated the airplane to NASM. It was displayed in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building for about six months before being earmarked for storage. The airplane was subsequently loaned back to Delta Airlines in the late 1970s for display in their own museum in Atlanta, Georgia. The airplane was temporarily displayed at the Louisiana World Exhibition from May to November 1984 and then was again temporarily relocated during 1997 at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport for their 50th Anniversary celebration. It then returned to Delta's Museum in Atlanta before finally being returned to NASM for display at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Virginia.
After the Korean War, the US Army made the decision to retire the M24 Chaffee light tank, as it was considered obsolete, and replace it with the M41 Walker Bulldog. To preserve commonality of parts, all vehicles based on the M24 chassis were also retired, to be replaced by those based on the M41. The M19 antiaircraft vehicle was based on the M24, but it was a simple expedient to take the M19's turret and place it on a M41 chassis. The result was the M42, nicknamed "Duster" by its crews for what it would reduce targets to.
The M42, like the M19 before it, was equipped with twin Bofors 40mm cannon, which were devastating to low-flying aircraft. However, this was only true for propeller aircraft or helicopters, as the Duster lacked any sort of radar tracking system and could only engage visually; against a jet fighter, the Duster fired too slowly, assuming the crew could find the range. It was also an open-topped design, vulnerable to weather, radiation on a nuclear battlefield, and enemy infantry. As a result, by 1960, the US Army mostly retired the Duster in favor of missile systems.
When the US became involved in the Vietnam War, the Army rethought its decision: the North Vietnamese were known to use Antonov An-2 biplanes as bombers. While unlikely that the North Vietnamese would be able to bomb airfields and firebases in South Vietnam, the Korean War had taught the US Army the lesson that aerial harassment was an effective tactic. As a result, many M42s were returned to service and deployed to Vietnam. Though the aerial threat never materialized, it was already known that twin 40mm were devastating to infantry as well as aircraft. Dusters then served to protect bases from North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks. Though not as effective in the jungle (due to the vegetation tending to detonate the 40mm shells before they hit their targets), in clear fields of fire--such as those surrounding firebases--the M42 was deadly. It would serve to the end of the Vietnam War.
After Vietnam, the M42 was retired from US Army service in favor of the M163 Vulcan Air Defense System, but others would remain in the service of friendly nations into the 21st Century.
This M42 Duster is on display at the Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Museum in Lordsburg, New Mexico. It was formerly assigned to the 4th Battalion, 200th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (New Mexico National Guard). This unit was among the last Army units to operate the Duster, replacing their batteries with MIM-72 Chaparral SAM batteries in 1986. This particular M42 retains 1970s-era Army camouflage, along with flash suppressors on the 40mm cannon. The museum was closed by the time I passed through in June 2022, but I was able to get a decent picture all the same.
Known as Dacia Duster in Europe.
The Dacia Duster was available beginning in 2010 but only recently launched in India in 2012 under the Renault badge.
The last thing you would guess this animal to be is a worm! Feather duster worms live in tubes and extend their huge plume outside to grab plankton.
Dacia Duster Pikes Peak No Limit race car driven by French ice racing champ Jean-Philippe Dayraut. To see whole gallery of The 90th Pike's Peak International Hill Climb (PPHIC), or Race to the Clouds, check out this link: PPIHC 2012
Who can resist a day-glo green Duster complimented by matte black paint! I have always loved this casting no matter what weird and wonderful liveries Majorette may give it, not many as it happens, and so was more than happy to get a second example of this "Andros Racing" variant.
This particular one was part of a three vehicle Racing themed set . Mint and boxed.
Following the renewal of the Duster line-up last autumn, and in a similar vein to the limited-edition Aventure version of the model that was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in 2013, Dacia is to introduce the limited-edition Duster Air which will be available with either two- or four- wheel transmission.
While the Duster Aventure focused on the car’s adventurer spirit and all-terrain ability, the Duster Air takes its inspiration from the world of aviation and pilots.
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