William H. 'Bill' Mensing dies at 88; maker of water-drop tanks
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 00:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The tanks he helped design for firefighting helicopters were widely used, becoming known as the Sheetcraft tank or the L.A. tank.William H. "Bill" Mensing, the owner of an aircraft sheet-metal business whose improved water-drop tanks made for Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopters in the early 1970s became widely used, has died. He was 88.