Original sentence: Bill Harrison heading up "B-17s Around the World," in 1978 funded the purchase of the aircraft, which had been parked in open storage in Dothan, Alabama for two years.In 1947, the Vero Beach Import and Export Company purchased  "740" to serve as a cargo hauler hauling cattle in Florida and Puerto Rico, a role that necessitated adding a strengthened floor.In 1949, Aero Service Corporation bought the aircraft and turned it back into an aerial photography and mapping platform.Its next role was in agricultural aerial application and firefighting with first Chris Stolzhus and Associates in 1962 and Dothan Aviation Corporation in 1966 where it had a chemical hopper and spray bars fitted under the wings, before winding up its postwar career in 1976
Edited sentence: After operating as a pest control, forest dusting and fire fighting aircraft, the aircraft wound up its postwar career in 1976.Bill Harrison heading up "B-17s Around the World," funded the purchase of the aircraft, which had been parked in open storage in Dothan, Alabama for two years.In 1947, the Vero Beach Import and Export Company purchased  "740" to serve as a cargo hauler hauling cattle in Florida and Puerto Rico, a role that necessitated removing the original radio compartment and floor, replacing it with a strengthened floor.In 1949, Aero Service Corporation bought the aircraft and turned it back into an aerial photography and surveying platform.In 1978, Dr.In this role, during the next 12 years, the B-17 carried out mapping operations over Arabia, Libya, Lebanon, Iran, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt and Jordan.Its next role was in aerial application with first Chris Stolzhus and Associates in 1962 and Dothan Aviation Corporation in 1966 where "740" had a chemical hopper and spray bars fitted under the wings