This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain RK Smithley, a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody ... the tanker base, with the mechanics who keep us rolling, the air ...
Operated by 10 Tanker Air Carrier out of New Mexico ... team installs the fabricated retardant tanks needed to turn the DC-10 into a firefighter, a task requiring a special FAA operating ...