What it takes to become a firefighter in the sky

As Canada braces for what’s expected to be an incredibly active wildfire season, Abbotsford, B.C., company Conair is hustling to train aerial firefighters. The National’s Ian Hanomansing spends a day in the cockpit learning what it takes to fight fires from the sky.
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