Aerial Firefighting (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780764330681)

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.

Author: Wolfgang Jendsch
ISBN-10: 0764330683
ISBN-13: 9780764330681
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.15lbs
Size: 12.00h x 9.30w x 1.30d