Photos from the WFIWC Archives:
Equipment and Methodology

In 1927, Paul Keen flew in this Forest Service fire patrol airplane to photograph western pine beetle-killed trees on the Modoc N.F., California. Piloted by Capt. Boggs, they donned goggles and parachutes and were "off like a Chalcophora scared from a tree ... over the plot I unbuckled the safety belt, knelt on the seat and hung out over the side ... (Boggs) shut off the motor, turned the nose up and tilted the plane to the side and ... I clicked the camera ..." Photo no. 6515 by J.M. Miller, WFIWC archives. (Furniss & Wickman 1998, Fig.8 A)

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