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.

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


Book Information
ISBN 9780764330681
Author Wolfgang Jendsch
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Schiffer Military
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 2318g