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Pilots Take On California Blazes With Powerful Aircraft

10/26/2007 9:29:07 AM PDT · by Incorrigible · 25 replies · 76+ views
Newhouse News ^ | 10/25/2007 | Michael Milstein

Pilots Take On California Blazes With Powerful Aircraft By MICHAEL MILSTEIN Wayne Lannin, a pilot with Helicopter Transport Services Inc., readies for a firefighting flight. (Photo by Michael Milstein) OTAY MESA, Calif. — On California's border with Mexico, the furnacelike Harris Fire hopscotches ridgetops and cinders anything, including homes, in its path.Helicopter teams from Oregon are the first line of defense, sucking water from a lake and dumping it in air-raid style sweeps at the fire linThese chopper teams lead in this risky kind of work, as successfully navigating forests with choppers derives from logging experience in...

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