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    ERIK HAKENEN

    Jul 01, 2019 4 minutes

    Erik Hakenen helps put out wildfires in a very special way. He does it from the sky. It takes enormous skill, concentration, and commitment to do his job.

    People yell and cheer when they see him swoop down in a tanker plane to drop red-colored retardant on a fire. Firefighters really cheer when the fire is dangerously close to them.

    Hakenen’s home base is Northern California where he flies for CalFire, the state’s firefighting agency.

    HOW DID YOU BECOME AN AIR TANKER PILOT?

    I took a job at a small airport when I was 21 and in college. I did everything from fueling planes to selling

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