PDF 14 WWII REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT MANUALS "THE JUG" R-2800 DVD-ROM
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This is a collection of 12 WWII-vintage military manuals on the P-47 Thunderbolt (a.k.a "The Jug") fighter, delivered on DVD-ROM. This airplane was used mostly in the European theater and was known for its durability and survivability. With an engine that was more powerful than that of its more agile companion, the P-51, it could carry more armament and could be used for a number of different tasks. The manuals have been scanned at high quality (400 lpi). The color illustrations are faithfully reproduced. The wide fold-out pages were captured on a large-format scanner. Each page has been hand-edited to eliminate blemishes as much as possible. Collection includes a searchable full-text image of all the manuals. You can search for "armament" and find every place in the manuals where that word is used.Free shipping within US. $13 for overseas. Foreign buyers, please contact me about the possibility of shipping refund.Manuals include the following:These Pilot Training Manuals are full-color, somewhat cartoon-ish in style, but loaded with information for the pilot. One particularly harrowing page is entitled "Compressibility". It describes how to recover from a steep dive where the air speed gets so close to the speed of sound that the controls don't respond properly. The technique for recovery is described something like "it has been
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