Anyone who sees a biplane flying low over Powell is likely witnessing the ongoing work of an exceptional career. Charles Orville Moore just turned 80, but he’s still one of the best and most experienced crop sprayers in Wyoming, if not the United States.

“Some people think I’m pretty good,” he told Cowboy State Daily. “I’ve been doing it long enough that I don't have to worry about the flying part.”

Moore has been the go-to pilot for spraying crops in Powell since he moved there in 2004. He’s finishing up the 48th year of his career and intends to keep going.

“I want to get at least two more seasons, which would give me 50 years,” he said. “If my body holds up, which I’m hoping it will, I don't see any reason to quit.”

Those who do it usually prefer to be call crop sprayers rather than “crop dusters,” but are usually too polite to say anything about it.