Fame at last! Almost;) At least you're on the internet.
Those big fire trucks are impressive. I was at my local airport recently when suddenly an alarm went off. At this, all the instructors who were casually hanging around drinking coffee and smoking, charged off giving a good impression of Battle of Britain pilots scrambling. Confused I followed them only to see them leap aboard the fire truck, similar to the one in the report, and lumber out to the runway where a Piper single was about to land with a gear problem, successfully. I was duly impressed. Didn't realise that some instructors doubled as volunteer fire fighters.
So if the day ever comes when I auger in at my airport. It's quite likely that it will be one of my former instructors who arrive waving a fire axe to cut me out:aok
