Fly Over That Fire
The scene is
a newspaper office. The editor says to one of his reporters,
“There's a fire raging
out of control west of town and I want you to get out there fast. And above all, get some
good shots. If that means you have to hire an airplane, just do it. Don't worry about the
expense.”
So, the reporter calls the local FBI and orders a plane. He rushes out to the airport,
spots a small aircraft with a young pilot in it, pulls open the door, jumps in and says to
the pilot,
“Let's go,
take off.”
As directed, the pilot takes off, gets up to altitude, and the reporter then
tells him,
“See that
fire raging to the west? I want you to fly over that and get down as close as
you can.”
Incredulous, the pilot says,
“You want me
to fly over that fire?”
“Sure, the reporter says, I am a photojournalist and that's why I am here
- to take dramatic shots of the fire!”
The pilot looks over with a quizzical look on his face and says,
“You're not
the flight instructor?”