B-17F Airplane

B-17F Airplane
Author: United States. Army Air Forces
Publisher:
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1942
Genre: Airplanes, Military
ISBN:

Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. by

Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. by
Author: United States. Office of Flying Safety
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2017-01-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781542494076

Airplane; B-17F and B-17G; Power Plant; Wright R-1820-97; Turbosuperchargers; General Electric B-2; Propellers; Automatic Engine Control; Hydraulic System; Fuel System; Oil System; Electrical System; Heating; Vacuum and De-icing System; Oxygen System; Communication Equipment. Section 2: Pilot's Operating Instructions Restrictions; Operational Equipment; Control Panel; Checklists. Section 3: Emergency Instructions Hand cranks; Emergency Operation of Landing Gear; Emergency Operation of Tail Wheel; Emergency Operation of Bomb Bay Doors; Emergency Bomb Release; Fire in Flight; Emergency Brake Operation; Warning Signals; First Aid Kits; Abandoning Airplane in Flight; Forced Descent at Sea; Emergency Operation of Radio Equipment. Section 4: Bombardier's Compartment Bomb Controls; Bomb Release Sequence Diagrams; Maximum Airplane Glide and Climb Angles for Bomb Release; 1100 pound M-33; 300 pound MK.I MK.IMI; 100 pound M-38A2; 100 pound M-30; 2000 pound M-34; 600 pound M-32; 600 pound MK.IMI MK.IMII; 300 pound M-31; 100 pound MK.I MK.IMI MK.IMII 500 pound M-43; 1100 pound MK. III; 1600 pound MK. III; 1000 pound M-44; 100 pound M-39; Bombardier's Guns; Interphone; Oxygen; Bomb-sight Window Defroster; Windshield Wiper and Anti-icer; Bomb-sight Heating Pad. Section 5: Navigator's Compartment Lighting; Fire Extinguisher; Interphone; Oxygen; Heating and Ventilating Inlet; Drift Meter Master Switch; Radio Compass Receiver; Aperiodic Compass. Section 6: Upper Turret General; Preflight Check; Adjacent Equipment. Section 7: Bomb Bay Lighting; Oxygen; Emergency Equipment; Bomb Rack Selector Switches; Hand Transfer or Refueling Pump; Auxiliary Wing Fuel Cell Shut-off Valves; Relief Tube. Section 8: Radio Compartment Lighting; Emergency Equipment; Oxygen Controls; Heating and Ventilating Inlet; Interphone Controls; Communications Equipment; SCR-274-N Command Set; SCR-287-A Liaison Set; SCR-269-G Radio Compass Set; RC-36 Interphone Equipment; RC-43 Marker Beacon Equipment; SCR-518-A Radio Altimeter; SCR-535-A IFF Radio Set; Frequency Meter; Radio Compartment Gun; Camera Pit; Type T-3A Installation; Type K-3B Installation; Type K-7C Installation. Section 9: Ball Turret General; Entering the Turret; Preflight Check; Operation; Interphone; Suit Heater; Oxygen; Adjacent Equipment. Section 10: Side Gunner's Compartment Lighting; Interphone Controls; Suit Heater Outlet; Oxygen; Emergency Equipment; Gun Operation. Section 11: Tail Gunner's Compartment Entrance; Lighting; Interphone; Oxygen; Suit Heater Outlet.

B-17 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual

B-17 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
Author: Periscope Film LLC
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2006-03-28
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1411687256

The Boeing B-17 was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. Used throughout World War II for strategic bombing, the plane earned a reputation for its toughness and versatility. Carrying a crew of ten, and 8,000 pounds of bombs on long range missions, the '17 wreaked havoc on Germany during the critical years 1942-45. The ""Memphis Belle,"" the first B-17 to fly 25 missions over Europe, is perhaps the most famous plane to emerge from the European Theatre. Originally printed by the United States Army Air Force in December of 1942, the B-17 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual taught pilots everything they needed to know about the "Queen of the Skies." Originally classified "Restricted," the manual was declassified long ago and is here reprinted in book form. This affordable facsimile has been reformatted, and color images appear as black and white. Care has been taken however to preserve the integrity of the text.

Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Author: Army Air Forces
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2018-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0359088015

Pilot's manual for the B-17F and B-17G Flying Fortress.Section 1: DescriptionAirplane; B-17F and B-17G; Power Plant; Wright R-1820-97; Turbosuperchargers; General Electric B-2; Propellers; Automatic Engine Control; Hydraulic System; Fuel System; Oil System; Electrical System; Heating; Vacuum and De-icing System; Oxygen System; Communication Equipment.Section 2: Pilot's Operating InstructionsRestrictions; Operational Equipment; Control Panel; Checklists.Section 3: Emergency Instructions

Northrop X-4 Bantam Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions

Northrop X-4 Bantam Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
Author: United States Air Force
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 1935327100

Designed without horizontal stabilizers, the X-4 Bantam had a semi-tailless design that bore some resemblance to Germany¿s Me-163 rocket plane. The small, twin-jet craft relied on combined elevator and aileron surfaces ¿ known as elevons ¿ for pitch and roll control. The role of the X-4 was to explore the transonic speed zone, and to determine whether the design would lessen the stability and control problems affiliated with compressibility. Although two Bantams were built, only one proved mechanically sound. The second was flown over eighty times by Northrop, Air Force and NACA pilots. They learned that the X-4 was sensitive in pitch, and showed a tendency to ¿hunt¿ about all three axes as it approached Mach 1.0. Thus, the X-4¿s design proved a failure. Originally printed by Northrop, NACA and the USAF, this handbook provides a fascinating glimpse inside the cockpit of this experimental plane. The manual was recently declassified and is here reprinted in book form.