Aerial Firefighting

by Wolfgang Jendsch

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764330683
• ISBN13: 9780764330681
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 5.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.3" x 12.0"