After almost a decade of working with the health industry in the US, we are pleased to be carrying out our first (still experimental) flight to control mosquitoes in Brazil.

There is still a long way to go in our country. While the most developed nations in the world use aerial spraying to combat disease vectors, our political, "academic" and NGO classes oppose this tool out of pure prejudice.

Aircraft can spray the same products as the well-known "ground fogging machine", but on a much larger scale, in a much faster manner and at a much lower cost. It is tragic that a country where thousands of people die every year from diseases such as dengue fever or malaria prohibits this activity, despite having the second largest fleet of spraying aircraft in the world.

In the other hemisphere, Zanoni's atomizers have already been tested and approved by dozens of operators, including agricultural aviation companies, companies specific to this sector and also government agencies. Since this is a completely different activity from spraying pesticides, the use and calibration of the equipment require special care.

Our friends at Terra Aviação Agrícola have already taken a step forward, seeking the necessary training and technology to carry out this work efficiently and responsibly. Still in a controlled environment and without chemical products, we carried out the first research protocols last month. We continue to seek to show the authorities that Brazil's agricultural air force has all the means we need to protect our population.

A special thanks to our friends at Turbine Conversions, Allen Aviation and VDCI for all the information shared and for trusting in our work.