Banta was a photographer for a national magazine was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire Banta arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown Sure enough a small airplane was waiting He jumped in with his equipment and shouted Let`s go The tense man sitting in the pilot`s seat swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air though flying erratically Fly over the north side of the fire said Banta and make several low-level passes Why? asked the nervous pilot Because I`m going to take pictures yelled Banta I`m a photographer and photographers take pictures After a long pause the pilot replied: You mean you`re not my instructor?

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