RETURNING GOOD FIR TO THE LONGLEAF PINE

摘要

Soon the wisp of light grey smoke began to rise out over the forest canopy below the whole right side of my open door. I can feel the aircraft slowing, and I move my right leather fire boot back out into the slipstream sweeping by the helicopter. Withthis slower speed, my boot is much easier to hold down onto the skid, and I hang my right knee comfortably outside as well. It is nice riding in the rear with the passenger door off, flying five hundred feet up in our Bell 407 helicopter above a deep green needle-sea of longleaf pine.The firing boss comes over the mic. "You can turn the machine on and prepare to start firing."