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Show P T r. Vv' ? su,f ?sHv- - 5. ifi ffle(oji r ,f, vtgr' 3C ,i - vY v , i s? uiififl,3T by SHERRIL STEELE-CARLI- N & TV xt Vt3v Mindens Heroic Firebombers ! ; Graceful as a swan, the huge airplane j of bright its cargo, leveling out ahead of the flames before climbing back to safer air space above the fire. Ziomek's DC-- 4 firebomber emerges from a doud of smoke to drop (re retardant ahead of flames below. The firebomber, also called an air tanker, is based for part of and water. In 2001, drought conditions made the western United States a tinderbox, the summer in Minden, Nev., (pop. 2,836) just south of Carson City. The plane is and the firebombers had one of their busiest seasons. Berlin flew Airlift the Aircraft. It in 1944 built a by Douglas during in 1948 and belonged to the U.S. Navy until the 1970s. During the season, the plane and its crew wait for fire calls. In a matter of minutes, for craft around the is outfitted the they can be in the sky, heading toward another blaze. When they first arrive, retardant Today, firefighting, flying country during DC-is dropped ahead of the flames in hopes of slowing the fire and knocking down its Inside the wildfires when a common. are summer belly, huge weather, hot, dry reach. of red holds mixture a of 2,000 gallons Firefighters on the ground then move in to control it. phosphates, clay, bright hopper The crew, captain Matt Ziomek and Will Hollenbeck, fly because they love it. Ziomek owns the plane and has been piloting it for 15 years. Hollenbeck, ADVERTISEMENT a teacher during the winter at Embry-Riddl- e University in Prescott, Ariz., has been flying the DC-- 4 since 1995 and says its his dream job. There are more openings to be an NFL football player than there are to be a tanker pilot," another captain told him. Its very hard (for people with families)," Hollenbeck says. We work six days a week, 12 to 14 hours a day, and theres no guarantee were going to be home at night. We keep two weeks worth of clothes on the airplane. Every morning when have to give up an ounce of flavor at home or at you frequently suffer from abdominal we leave the house, we leave like we're nor going to be home for a month. Do certain foods make them worse? your favorite restaurant. In simple, We're a public aircraft and a national resource, Hollenbeck continues. If theres book shows you language, this any of these symptoms sound familiar, fire that Bowel how foods avoid a to Irritable If have in Montana thats calling for air tankers, they start pulling the closest aircraft. (IBS). your Syndrome you may colon, and eat foods that soothe and regulate it. Since weve been in Minden, weve spent a month in Florida, a weekend in Oregon, you do, you're not alone. Although often swoops down on a ridge of flaming pine trees. 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To order your copy of Eating For IBS by phone, call toll-fre- e To mail in your order, send your name, address, zip code and check for $16.95 plus $2.95 for postage and handling to: Publishers Choice, Box 4174, Dept. CC62-AHuntington Station, NY 11746. (CA and NY residents please add applicable sales tax.) vwt our wanm pMbmciioiciMi Syndic bum Inc General Office 6 Commerad Street, HkHovtUc, NY 1801 and close to a month in Battle Mountain (Nevada). Only 44 of these vintage aircraft still fly around the country as air tankers. Because the fire season starts earlier on the East Coast, the men usually fly there first, gradually moving westward as the season heats up. Their contracts, issued by the U.S. Forest Service on a national basis, normally run from April 1 to Oct. 1 , but if the fire season is especially bad, contracts can be extended. No day is typical for plane and crew. Sometimes they clean and polish the plane or work on the engines and wait. But when a fire call comes, all are in action. There have been times I have crawled on this airplane at 9 oclock in the morning and not stepped off it until 7 oclock that night, Hollenbeck says. But the gleam in his eye reveals the love for his job and the ancient plane he flies. The men and women who fly these vintage aircraft save countless firefighters and homes every season while placing their own lives on the line. During 2001 , two tanker pilots lost their lives in California, and the crew of a helicopter was lost fighting a fire in Wyomings Yellowstone National Park. A cross between firemen and stunt pilots, the firebombers of Minden routinely and come away heroes. place themselves in the direct path of danger Sberril Steele-Carl- in is a frequent contributor to American Profile. |