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Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough, if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this is done on the Internet.

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Aero Linx: Female Power On Display During Ferguson Fire

From the Mariposa Gazette, a story about a 19-year-old woman who is fighting fires out west as copilot of a CH-54A Skycrane helicopter.

Along with her captain, Gregg Deacon, she has been flying into dangerous areas near the fire and dropping water and retardant to douse the flames. “At most times out here, people ask if I’m with my dad or grandpa,” said Hansen in an interview while stationed at the Mariposa Yosemite Airport. “I look young for my age, like I’m still in high school.”

FMI: www.mariposagazette.com/articles/female-power-on-display-during-ferguson-fire