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B-17 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual

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Here is one really fascinating read: how to fly the B-17 bomber. You may have read a lot of books about the Queen of the Skies, maybe seen the excellent documentary film and the sort-of-okay Hollywood film, but this book adds a whole new dimension in your understanding of this aircraft. You'll see the whole layout of the plane, including all the gunner's positions, bombardier's position, etc. I never could figure out how the bombardier was situated till I saw this book, really neat! Plus all the information you need to really speak like an expert about this plane. I sometimes work as a docent in Tucson at the Pima Air and Space Museum, and plan to bring this with me to work, as it will really help the staff understand the exact specifications of this amazing aircraft. Truly this is a great thing to have on your shelf if you're a WWII aircraft enthusiast!

This is a book of low quality scans, the words are sometimes blurry due to the jpeg scan they were created in. Some of the first letters of words on the far sides are cut off from the scanned image.

it's great to have a B17 flight manual, but unfortunately, some pages are scanned in such a poor quality that the text is barely readable... also bad that the color was removed on some of the sketches.
Still a must have for aviation enthusiast!

I'm a little bit disappointed with the quality of the pictures and type in this book. In some cases, one cannot make them out. I don't regret getting the book, as it's a conversation starter, and in most cases it's readable. There are several websites that offer the same information for free as a pdf file, which I use when I can't make out the typing in the book. I have to give the publisher some credit for offering a book, which isn't much in demand.

Excellent for anyone interested in how the real thing works and flying it in simulation.

Nicely reedited technical text. Not much use instead you own a B-17 and want to pilot her.
As the large majority of the peolple who are reading this lines don't have a '17 on their backyard ( I don't either) they can only dream on a '17.
For them this book is a piece of history and a nice book to have in their bookshelves.
Don't agree? Then you don't love this aircraft and shouldn't have bought the book in the first place ;)