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B-29 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual Paperback – April 7, 2006

by Periscope Film.com (Author)

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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 is one in a series of historic flight manuals and military documents republished by Periscopefilm.com

Paperback: 98 pages
Publisher: Lulu.com (April 7, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1411687795
ISBN-13: 978-1411687790
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.2 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,729,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5268 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Transportation > Aviation

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B-29 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual

ByWarrenon June 12, 2011

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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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B-29 Pilot's Flight Operations Manual

ByEggnogon February 16, 2011

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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.