Dusty Crophopper is a racer and a firefighter from Propwash Junction, Minnesota, USA. His racing number is 7.

He competes in various aero races and sports events, including the Wings Around the Globe Rally, Reno Air Races, Jetsky 100 and Red Bulldozer World Championship, in all of which he had a championship title. He debuted in the aerial racing scene in 2013 when he took part in the Wings Around the Globe Rally, which he won that year.

He is Ishani's love interest (later husband).

He was formerly a crop duster but he quit his job as a crop duster and became a racer in 2013 and then became a firefighter in 2014.

Dusty is inspired by the Air Tractor AT-502, Cessna and the PZL M-18 Dromader. But his actual model is an Air Tractor AT-502B. His wingspan is 23 feet (7 meters).

Dusty's crop sprayer is a M5000 model.

In his turbo design, Dusty is equipped with a four-bladed Sky Slycer Mark Five propeller and two T33 wings.

He is painted orange and white, with black stripes, a single propeller with 3 blades and two long wings.

For the first two legs of the Wings Around the Globe, he has a white "D7" on his vertical stabilizer, and the Jolly Wrenches insignia on his model.

In Germany, his black stripes are replaced with different-shaped blue stripes and a black-outlined white circle with the number 7 on his sides and right wing. His name is also inscribed on the sides. His tailplane is also changed from orange to blue.

In his turbo design, the blue stripes on his wings are changed back to black. The white at the bottom back of him is changed to orange, and his front is changed from orange and white to gray. His vertical stabilizer and tailplane additionally have a bit of gray. The orange on Dusty's wings is removed and put on the ends.

After being honored by the Jolly Wrenches, he has a gray navy paint job.

At the start of Planes: Fire & Rescue and now, he goes back to his original racing paint job while keeping the wings.

After arriving at Piston Peak National Park, Maru replaces his landing gear with gray pontoons that have ocean blue and black stripes, and removes his tip tanks.

After he gets certified as a firefighter by Blade Ranger, he is painted red with "07" printed on his vertical stabilizer in white, and on his right wing in black. His pontoons are colored white with black stripes, and his fan cowl door is painted black.

His engine is a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG turboprop with 5,000 horsepower.