Mark S. Daniels Ramp and Action
Shots
A Douglas DC-4
Tanker of the Nevada Department of Forestry
departs to fight a brush fire east of Reno, as
two AT-6 Class trainers turn into Outer Pylon One
at Stead. Race Control handled Tanker Operations
simultaneously with NGS course traffic. These
very busy pilots were heavily taxed on Sunday at
the "new guy school" Fighting a fire
east of Reno all day.. As the day ended,
thunderstorms moved in and quite literally,
ringed the area with brush fires… A comment
on the radio from one of the pilots to the tower
after the tower said "you guys are making
some money today" … summed it up. The
tired pilot on the other end of the conversation
said: "by the bucket full."
Photo:
copyright © 2000 Mark S. Daniels
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