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B-29 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual

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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.

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.