Mike Lynn has been in aerial fire-fighting for 42 years. He started at Hawkins and Powers flying the CV-P4Y, C-119 and C-130. He flew as a leadplane pilot for the US Forest Service and ended his government career as a Leadplane/ASM pilot for the BLM. After retiring from the BLM, Mike went to work for Aero-Flite, Inc. as Director of Flight Operations.