FIRE BOSSES AND SUPER SCOOPERS

Dirk Jan de Ridder and Menso van Westrhenen spent a week with the pilot s of the Croatian Air Force’s Firefighting Squadron, who are among the most respected in their field. CROATIAN FIREFIGHTERS CL-415 888 drops a 6,000-litre water ‘bomb’ over the Adriatic Sea during a training flight from its Zadar base. All photos Dirk Jan de Ridder and Menso van Westrhenen SOME CHILDREN dream of becoming firefighters, others want to become pilots. Combining both may seem like a dream