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Kōrero: Topdressing

The Cresco

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The Cresco

A later development is the 750-horsepower PAC Cresco aircraft. This is a turbo-prop powered development of the Fletcher aircraft, made by the Pacific Aerospace Corporation in Hamilton, New Zealand. It can carry a bigger fertiliser load than the Fletcher and has short take-off and landing distances.

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by David Harding

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John Maber, Topdressing – Commercial developments of aerial topdressing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16563/the-cresco (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Maber, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.