“Tanker 47 rears up as helicopter pilot Darren Davies settles it to hover over the Encino Reservoir, a half-mile-wide artificial lake perched on the shoulder of a hill overlooking the San Fernando Valley. He holds steady a dozen feet over the water as the flight mechanic in back, John Trivellin, lowers a 23-foot-long retractable snorkel into the reservoir.” Read the full story here in the Intelligencer from New York Magazine… https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/helicopter-pilots-waterbombing-palisades-fire.html