In the early post-Second World War era, aerial agriculture experienced something of a boom. Purpose-designed agricultural aircraft were, however, some years off and the ready availability of cheap war-surplus aircraft led to the use of marginally-suitable types such as the ubiquitous Tiger Moth.

Not surprisingly, the accident rate was very high in this demanding role and DCA began to take a close interest in standards of training and operation within the industry, as the newspaper cutting below from the 6 April 1957 edition of the Perth News shows:

The desire of DCA to improve industry standards also led to the issue of DCA Publication 34 Aerial Agriculture in January 1958 - click here for more.

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