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.
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Gewebe-Einband
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Höhe: 312 mm
Breite: 235 mm
Dicke: 35 mm
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978-0-7643-3068-1 (9780764330681)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Wolfgang Jendsch is a forest-fire-fighting expert, editor, and member of the International Association of Wildland Fires.
