The Boeing B-29 was one of the most sophisticated aircraft of WWII. It featured many innovations including guns that could be fired by remote control and pressurized crew compartments. It was also the heaviest production plane of the war with terrific range and bomb carrying capabilities. Carrying a crew of ten, the Superfortress devastated Japan in a series of gigantic raids in 1944-45. In the end it would be the B-29s "Enola Gay" and "Bock's Car" that dropped the atomic bombs and effectively ended the conflict. Originally printed by the United States Army Air Force in January of 1944, the B-29 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual taught pilots everything they needed to know about the "Superfort" 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.
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This manual would be especially attractive to a pilot, retired or active. As a retired pilot I expected to find just what the name of the manual inferred, Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions.Although I found the manual to be interesting, it sorely lacked information originally contained in these manuals, such a airplane flight characteristics, take off and landing procedures,and performance information, i.e., airplane and engine limitations, take off and landing distances, including climb, cruise and range data. Had I have known of these deficient areas of information prior to ordering the manual, I would have by-passed the opportunity to purchase it.
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The manual is very informative and I'm very glad to have it as a research tool. I was disappointed, however, that the flight performance data (speeds, rate of climb, etc.) were not included in the manual, but were rather referenced to a subsequent publication.It would be nice to include this as an insert or supplement for future purchasers. I will probably never fly a B-29, but would like to know landing speed (flaps up, flaps down), stall speeds, best rate of climb speed, and weight and balance data as well as other technical performance data. I have tried searching the web and have not found any such data that is complete enough for reference.
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a. GENERAL.-The B-29 heavy bombardment airplane is a midwing monoplane with a design useful weight of 105,000 pounds and a maximum alternate gross weight of 128,000 pounds fully loaded. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
antenna transfer switch, crystal check point, solenoid shield, rear pressurized compartment, auxiliary switch panel, compass control box, liaison receiver, liaison transmitter, interphone jack box, relay shield, power transfer switch, receiver control box, tuning crank, cabin superchargers, interphone amplifier, nacelle doors, compass receiver, rear bomb bay, auxiliary panel, sighting station, auxiliary power plant, antenna tuning unit, tuning meter, aisle stand, forward bomb bay Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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a. GENERAL.-The B-29 heavy bombardment airplane is a midwing monoplane with a design useful weight of 105,000 pounds and a maximum alternate gross weight of 128,000 pounds fully loaded. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
antenna transfer switch, crystal check point, solenoid shield, rear pressurized compartment, auxiliary switch panel, compass control box, liaison receiver, liaison transmitter, interphone jack box, relay shield, power transfer switch, receiver control box, tuning crank, cabin superchargers, interphone amplifier, nacelle doors, compass receiver, rear bomb bay, auxiliary panel, sighting station, auxiliary power plant, antenna tuning unit, tuning meter, aisle stand, forward bomb bay Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
System Flow Diagram, Army Air Forces New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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