Category Archives: Random rantings
Greece is no vacation
Originally posted on Helicopter Pilot, will travel:
Tampa airport. The white zone, is for happy reunions and brave goodbyes. A last kiss, a look back and then its off to Greece and three weeks of firefighting in the Air Crane.…
Greece is no vacation
Tampa airport. The white zone, is for happy reunions and brave goodbyes. A last kiss, a look back and then its off to Greece and three weeks of firefighting in the Air Crane. Airline travel is a grind. This day … Continue reading
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. — Helen Keller.
Holding the Line Revisited
Recently a friend had asked me if fighting fires with the Helitanker was different from country to country? It is different for the obvious reasons, in the same way that Italy is different from Australia or Greece or Canada. Our … Continue reading
I seem to have hit a nerve
I wrote a blog a while ago about some firefighting I did in Northern Saskatchewan . I worked in many small towns and villages and most of them were pleasant experiences. A few towns were less than pleasant and one … Continue reading