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The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great bush fire. Smoke at the scene was too thick to get any good shots, so he frantically called his office to hire a plane.
"It will be waiting for you at the airport!" he was assured by his editor.
As soon as he got to the small, rural airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway.
He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, "Let’s go! Let’s go!" The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air.
"Fly over the north side of the fire," said the photographer, "and make three or four low level passes."
"Why?" asked the pilot.
"Because I’m going to take pictures! I’m a photographer, and photographers take pictures!" said the photographer with great exasperation and impatience.
After a long pause the pilot said, "You mean you’re not the instructor?"
"It will be waiting for you at the airport!" he was assured by his editor.
As soon as he got to the small, rural airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway.
He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, "Let’s go! Let’s go!" The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air.
"Fly over the north side of the fire," said the photographer, "and make three or four low level passes."
"Why?" asked the pilot.
"Because I’m going to take pictures! I’m a photographer, and photographers take pictures!" said the photographer with great exasperation and impatience.
After a long pause the pilot said, "You mean you’re not the instructor?"
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I heard of one in my company a bit like that - a true story.
The Co plane was flying one of our top folk out to South Africa. He could be somewhat pugnacious at times.
They were flying over the northern end of Burundi, where Rwanda, Congo Rep and Uganda come together with the country; Lake Tanganyika and the Rift Valley below (and very beautiful it is too - been there to Bujumbura). Anyway the pilot comments on the beauty of the valley.
"Take her down and let's do a couple of passes then."
"Sorry, Sir, I can't do that."
"Take her bloody well down and let's have a look."
"With respect, Sir, I can't."
"I pay your bloody wages. Why not?"
"Because there's a vicious war going on down there between the Hutus and the Tutsies."
"Carry on then, as you are."
The Co plane was flying one of our top folk out to South Africa. He could be somewhat pugnacious at times.
They were flying over the northern end of Burundi, where Rwanda, Congo Rep and Uganda come together with the country; Lake Tanganyika and the Rift Valley below (and very beautiful it is too - been there to Bujumbura). Anyway the pilot comments on the beauty of the valley.
"Take her down and let's do a couple of passes then."
"Sorry, Sir, I can't do that."
"Take her bloody well down and let's have a look."
"With respect, Sir, I can't."
"I pay your bloody wages. Why not?"
"Because there's a vicious war going on down there between the Hutus and the Tutsies."
"Carry on then, as you are."
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