Been a very busy firefighting season(although I hear that the NWT firefighters are twiddling their thumbs with a wet season and no outside work). Here is some interesting pics and footage of a variety of aircraft.

http://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth ... -wildfires

I have been lucky. Most of my GA flights out west have been when the smoke was blowing in other directions and relatively clear.

Picture of an MD-80 tanker in this article about the shortage of firebombers...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... smartbrief

Fire bombing is an interesting job when you are actively working on fires, however there can be long periods of doing nothing except sitting at a fire base waiting to be dispatched on a fire.

It also pays a fairly good wage.

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What else happens when one is not flying .?

We mostly read and watched videos and I always watched videos on history, science and theology.