Aerial Firefighting

by Wolfgang Jendsch

Overview

Over 400 vivid color photos show aircraft used around the globe to fight forest and open-range fires. Includes fire-extinguishing planes known as airtankers, firefighting helicopters, transports, and direction and command planes essential to successful firefighting. Many rare, never-before-published images show firefighting aircraft in action. The detailed text provides technical descriptions of forest fire fighting and speculates on the future of firefighting aviation. This book is a must for every reader fascinated by aviation or firefighting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764330681
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	09/12/2008
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	12.22(w) x 9.36(h) x 1.35(d)

About the Author

Wolfgang Jendsch is a forest-fire-fighting expert, editor, and member of the International Association of Wildland Fires.