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Pilot Training Manual for the Lightning P-38

Fredric Arnold

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Description:Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 Lightning. Washington DC Headquarters - U.S. Army Air Forces. 1944. This manual is profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps, diagrams, charts, etc. It is made up of thin 4to. Punch and clip bound in stylized titled colored pictorial wrappers. Furthermore, this manual is classified "Restricted" on each page and is a copy of the original December 2, 1944 issue. During its time, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was considered the most sophisticated aircraft Lockheed had ever built. In February 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps released Specification X-608, a daunting requirement that called for speed, range, and climb capabilities impossible to achieve at that time with a single-engine aircraft. In Burbank, California, a Lockheed design team led by Hall Hibbard, and assisted by a young engineer named Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, immediately began a series of designs that would culminate in the contract-winning XP-38. Jim Gerschler became project engineer on the aircraft.The XP-38 (it was many months before it was called the Lightning) was of an extraordinarily advanced conception, an all-metal, mid-wing monoplane with twin Allison engines using General Electric turbo-superchargers, a central nacelle for the pilot and armament, contra-rotating propellers, twin-booms and rudders, and a tricycle landing gear. Nothing like it had ever been seen before, and it would be the only single-seat, twin-engine aircraft to reach mass production status during World War II. The distinctive sight and sound of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning would make it one of the best-known aircraft of the war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pilot Training Manual for the Lightning P-38. To get started finding Pilot Training Manual for the Lightning P-38, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 93

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: S.E. Maxwell Publishers

Release: 1991

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Description: Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 Lightning. Washington DC Headquarters - U.S. Army Air Forces. 1944. This manual is profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps, diagrams, charts, etc. It is made up of thin 4to. Punch and clip bound in stylized titled colored pictorial wrappers. Furthermore, this manual is classified "Restricted" on each page and is a copy of the original December 2, 1944 issue. During its time, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was considered the most sophisticated aircraft Lockheed had ever built. In February 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps released Specification X-608, a daunting requirement that called for speed, range, and climb capabilities impossible to achieve at that time with a single-engine aircraft. In Burbank, California, a Lockheed design team led by Hall Hibbard, and assisted by a young engineer named Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, immediately began a series of designs that would culminate in the contract-winning XP-38. Jim Gerschler became project engineer on the aircraft.The XP-38 (it was many months before it was called the Lightning) was of an extraordinarily advanced conception, an all-metal, mid-wing monoplane with twin Allison engines using General Electric turbo-superchargers, a central nacelle for the pilot and armament, contra-rotating propellers, twin-booms and rudders, and a tricycle landing gear. Nothing like it had ever been seen before, and it would be the only single-seat, twin-engine aircraft to reach mass production status during World War II. The distinctive sight and sound of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning would make it one of the best-known aircraft of the war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pilot Training Manual for the Lightning P-38. To get started finding Pilot Training Manual for the Lightning P-38, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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