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Flight Manual for B-24 Liberator (American Flight Manuals)

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I am very pleased to own this manual. The publication covers the early versions of the B-24, I would love to have had the manual on the B-24J but in the meantime I now have a lot more information than I had. I wish I had found the manual prior to my several flights on the Collings Foundation B-24J "All American", it would have helped me appreciate the flights more. If you are a B-24 fan you may want to read a book written by Eddie Picardo, "Tales of A Tail Gunner".

Every B24's buff must have one! First of all, iy's my opinion that anyone interested in historical technicalities should have a book on aircraft design and production evolution; then he 'd move to original reference as maintenance or flight manuals to get a deep kwnoledge from inside.

This book is about the "D" version( glazed nose),widely employed at early stages of II war on every theater and absolute protagonist of the famous operation "Tidal Wave", the strike on Romanian oil fields near Ploesti. The type ranked second in the production run, being outnumbered by the most famous "J" version (Consolidated or Emerson 2 gun nose turret). Here you can find normal and emergency checklists,systems description and above all, true aircraft perfomances (maps and charts available in original forties' format!). And if you are a WWII sim buff, this reference should help you to get the real touch with handling and flying characteristics. The lattice glass nose compartment lacked a power turret (being retrofitted later, especially in the Pacific squadrons) but at least this version was the easiest to fly. In fact the "Libs" never get rid of handling and foward visibility problems, these were exarcerbated by adopting a nose turret, weighty and inducing excessive drag. So the "D" models were "user-friendly" only for the bombardier position, lacking defensive armament and small field of fire in frontal sectors. Enjoy the discover!