Grant County Mosquito Control District 1’s twin-engine Cessna Skymaster 337 (the second engine is in the back) modified to spray mosquitocide sits in a rented hangar at the Grant County International Airport in front of 1,000-pound bags of insecticide. Despite being based at the Moses Lake Municipal Airport, the district uses the longer runway at GCIA to take off and land because it’s safer for its heavily-laden sprayer aircraft, according to District Manager Ann Belchik-Mos…
May 23, 2022
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Battling our deadliest predator
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