What’s it like to fly a wildfire air tanker?

What’s it like to fly a wildfire air tanker?

When big wildfires flare, ground crews do the grunt work where theyre often too deep in the back country to see, but we usually can see fire tankers and their air drops.It takes careful coordination to make the drops where they help block the fires progress. That can mean steering the plane into tight spots.We had a chance to talk to tanker pilot Adam Dimich. He was on standby at an airport in Mesa, waiting to answer a call to fly against a fire…