アマゾンのライフラインを支える人たちは相当な苦労、危険を冒しているとのことです。
The daredevil pilots of Colombia
Lifeline
For the people of places like Acaricuara, a small Indian village, the arrival of one of the planes is a major event. They stop there only once or twice a month, with a cargo featuring vegetables, beds, dogs, chickens and television sets.
There is no control tower in Acaricuara so everything must be done the old-fashioned way - on intuition, judgement and experience.
And what passes for a runway - a slippery landing zone pitted with holes - is far too short so pilots must be able to land virtually where the runway begins.
Without the DC3, the 100 or so people who live in Acaricuara would be completely isolated.
But Captain Raul never spends more than 15 minutes on the ground there - just long enough to unload. He is particularly keen to steer clear of the crowds of children who gather round and get in the way during takeoff.
"Kids don't realise the danger. They run around playing on the landing strip," he says. "I have to take great care when they scatter around the plane."
There is no control tower in Acaricuara so everything must be done the old-fashioned way - on intuition, judgement and experience.
And what passes for a runway - a slippery landing zone pitted with holes - is far too short so pilots must be able to land virtually where the runway begins.
Without the DC3, the 100 or so people who live in Acaricuara would be completely isolated.
But Captain Raul never spends more than 15 minutes on the ground there - just long enough to unload. He is particularly keen to steer clear of the crowds of children who gather round and get in the way during takeoff.
"Kids don't realise the danger. They run around playing on the landing strip," he says. "I have to take great care when they scatter around the plane."
僕らもアマゾンをライフラインにして相当楽な暮らしをしてますけどね。
