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Dog-faced pony soldier
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: A Rock Surrounded by a Whole lot of Water
Posts: 34,187
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Agreed - I had a Canadian guy who needed a US Instrument Rating to get hired by the US Forestry Service to fly tank planes (to put out fires). He was a bit nuts, but a damn good stick-and-rudder pilot. Fun times...
I always why one needed an Instrument Rating to fly 100' off the deck through smoke (in total violation of Instrument Flight Rules Minimum Safe Altitudes, etc.) but whatever - it was a requirement for the job.
Tank plane guys have balls of steel - crazy SOBs but damn they know how to fly...
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