Flight Line One: Controlled Burning from Aircraft (1971)

By June 1st, 1971

Widespread controlled burning of Australian forests has often been proposed as a fire protection measure.

Widespread controlled burning of Australian forests – reducing the amount of combustible litter on the ground by burning off at regular intervals – has often been proposed as a fire protection measure.

This film shows how aircraft are used in the routine application of this technique in the Jarrah forests of Western Australia.