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the explorer to make these notes, the pilot has 

 covered the ground in such a manner that a 

 complete photographic mosaic has also been ob- 

 tained. The portion of this area of value to 

 the concern interested may then be explored on 

 foot, and the tramp through the burnt-over and 

 swamp eliminated. The increase in the value 

 of this combined information, viz, aerial obser- 

 vation, photographic mosaic, and ground re- 

 port, over the old method of ground explora- 

 tion can be well appreciated. 



Machines used solely for the purpose of fire 

 patrol will undoubtedly prove expensive, and it 

 is through the performing of work such as out- 

 lined above, that fire protection work can be 

 carried on. While in the air on other missions 

 fires can be as effectively spotted as though ma- 

 chines were there for that special reason. The 

 objection is, of course, raised that this auxiliary 

 patrol work would prove inefficient, owing to the 

 fact that machines would only be m the air when 

 required by the concerns operating them, but 

 .their schedule of operations could quite readily 

 be arranged in such a manner that the best 

 possible surveillance of the whole area would 

 coincide with the other work to be done. 



CARRYING MEN AND PUMPS. 



With a slight alteration in the suction pipe of 

 the Fairbanks-Morse fire pump, any medium- 

 sized seaplane can transport this apparatus to a 

 lake or river near a fire in a very short space 



"She's away!" 



of time. Several pumps and a number of men 

 can, in this manner, be placed on the scene 

 very rapidly. Practice has shown that one ot 

 these pumps is as effective against a conflagra- 

 tion as the labors of fifty men. Whether 'planes 

 are being operated by Forest Protective As- 

 sociations, or other lumber interests, forest fires 

 must be given priority over all other work, and 

 some agreement must always exist whereby a 

 private concern may be reimbursed for work in 

 connection with fires their planes have been in- 

 strumental in extinguishing, on other lands than 

 their own. 



They're all on the wing now in Centre Quebecl Here is Mr. Henry Blermans, Managing- 

 Director of the Belgo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Company, Shawinigan Falls, who wanted to 

 take a look at the bush country and did it by booking a forward berth on the Flyer. 



