Aerial Firefighting [Hardcover]

Wolfgang Jendsch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0764330683 | ISBN-13: 978-0764330681

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

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (October 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764330683
• ISBN-13: 978-0764330681
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #808,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wings of fire, January 2, 2009

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tigerstripeblue (san diego ca. usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aerial Firefighting (Hardcover)

This is just the book for people who love planes, but also firefighting to boot.Lots of information and lots of pictures of aerial firefighting from around the world.What is that red goo they drop on fires? You will find out what it is and how it works.You will see how these aircrew live and work,and(sadly)die, be they tanker crews, helitak teams, smoke jumpers, and spotters, not just in America, but all over the world, from Russia to Korea and all points in between.You will also learn of the danger these crews face and why bigger, faster, high tech jets may look good on TV,but may be a bad idea in reality when it comes to fire fighting, and why smaller may be better.You will also learn that these crews and their planes may be flying into uncertain times. Everyone wants them around, but no one wants to pay to keep them going. This is a wonderful book for 'wing nuts'and 'fire fanatics'. The book was translated from German, so some of the sentance structure and phrases are a bit off..but it is still very readable.Also a picture of a tanker swooping over a deep canyon is captioned as being in Florida..(?)But overall a great book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GOOGOOCHAMP, October 13, 2008

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Sharon S. Battreall "GOOGOOCHAMP" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aerial Firefighting (Hardcover)

I JUST VIEWED A COPY OF THIS BOOK AND FOUND IT TO BE BOTH INFORMATIVE AND VISUALLY INSPIRING. IT REFLECTS THE ROMANCE OF AERIAL FIREFIGHTING AND THE COURAGE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE PART OF THE TEAM OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO PROTECT ARE NATIONAL FORESTS, PARKS AND COMMUNITIES.