'We have the worst record in the world': the deadly business of Brazil's bush pilots

Clinger Borges do Valé made a fortune flying supplies to garimpeiros – illicit gold miners – in the Amazon but also lost three brothers to aviation accidentsTo lose one brother in an air crash may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two is a tragedy; but to have three siblings die in separate aviation accidents shows just how insanely dangerous the job of a bush pilot can be in Brazil’s Amazonian wild west.
Clinger Borges do Valé is a survivor in what could well