Skip to content

Fire Aviation

News & commentary about aerial firefighting, air tankers, and helicopters

  • Home
  • Links
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
Fire Aviation

Tag: laser

Aerial ignition by laser?

Aerial ignition by laser?

I wonder if one day wildland firefighters will be igniting prescribed fires, backfires, and burnouts with lasers. One thing to consider, of course, is the difference between accidently hitting a person on the ground with a plastic sphere vs. a laser.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • Google
  • Pocket
  • Tumblr
  • WhatsApp
Author Bill GabbertPosted on June 30, 2017July 4, 2017Categories HelicoptersTags aerial ignition, laserLeave a comment on Aerial ignition by laser?
BFX
Coulson
Coaxsher

Most viewed posts last 48 hours

  • CAL FIRE Super Huey on the Moffat Fire
    CAL FIRE Super Huey on the Moffat Fire
  • Forest Service contracts for aircraft onboarding analysis
    Forest Service contracts for aircraft onboarding analysis
  • Montana company purchases first civilian-owned CH-47D Chinooks
    Montana company purchases first civilian-owned CH-47D Chinooks
  • Aero Spray is now Dauntless Air
    Aero Spray is now Dauntless Air
  • After a 13-year hiatus the K-MAX is back in production
    After a 13-year hiatus the K-MAX is back in production
Waterax
Pixels
Coaxsher
“Global
Columbia Helicopters
Federal Employee Defense Services
Check out our sister site, Wildfire Today

Fire Aviation Recent Articles

  • CAL FIRE Super Huey on the Moffat Fire
  • Forest Service contracts for aircraft onboarding analysis
  • Aero Spray is now Dauntless Air
  • 10 years ago this month pilot Gert Marais was killed while fighting a fire at Fort Carson
  • 34 Type 2 helicopters awarded contracts
  • After a 13-year hiatus the K-MAX is back in production
  • Meg Gallagher named branch chief for NPS aviation
  • Air tanker traffic in Abilene heavier than average
  • CAL FIRE’s acquisition of new helicopter fleet still up in the air
  • K-MAX lifts vehicles out of Grand Canyon

Wildfire Today Recent Articles

  • Mike Rowe honors wildland firefighters
  • Drought monitor, April 19, 2018
  • California newspaper wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of North Bay wildfires
  • Fire Chief finds charred sky lantern on his roof
  • Red Flag Warnings, April 20, 2018
Follow us on Twitter, and check out the Air Tanker shirts at CafePress.

Top Tags

  • 10 Tanker Air Carrier
  • 747
  • accident
  • Aero Flite
  • Air-Crane
  • Air Spray
  • Arizona
  • Australia
  • Avro RJ85
  • BAe-146
  • Blackhawk
  • British Columbia
  • C-23
  • C-27J
  • C-130
  • California
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • CL-415
  • Colorado
  • Coulson
  • crash
  • DC-10
  • Erickson Aero Tanker
  • Global SuperTanker
  • HC-130H
  • Idaho
  • LODD
  • MAFFS
  • MD-87
  • Neptune
  • New South Wales
  • Oregon
  • P2V
  • Photo by Bill G
  • SEAT
  • Sherpa
  • South Dakota
  • T-131
  • T-132
  • T-910
  • T-912
  • T-944
  • UAV
  • Victoria
Pixels

Archives

Comments

We love comments. Click here for the rules.

Subscribe to Fire Aviation via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Fire Aviation and receive notifications of new posts by email. Your email address will remain private.

  • Home
  • Links
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
Fire Aviation Proudly powered by WordPress