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Lockheed P-38 Lightning Pilot's Flight Manual Paperback – April 19, 2006

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Originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor, the P-38 was the first U.S. fighter of WWII to compare favorably with the Spitfire and Me-109. The twin-tailed, single seat "Fork Tailed Devil" carried four .50-caliber machine guns and a 20mm cannon, and could fly at speeds above 400 mph. An extremely successful design, over 9500 Lightnings were built by V-J Day in 1945. Originally classified "Restricted", this 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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Paperback: 92 pages
Publisher: Lulu.com (April 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1411690133
ISBN-13: 978-1411690134
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.2 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 7 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #573 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Transportation > Aviation

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None better to learn how this gem from the mind of ...

Byiaminthevineyardon January 29, 2017

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None better to learn how this gem from the mind of Kelly Johnson that continues to wow audiences at airshows all over the country.

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Copy of a copy of an original

ByAllen G.on March 3, 2012

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I was so excited when this arrived. It had a nice, shiny, new cover, with labeling from Lockheed and "restricted" on the front, so it appeared very legit.

After opening it, though, my excitement disappeared somewhat. The entire manual, while still being very official, appears to be a copy of a scanned document, not a direct copy of the original document. You can see pixellation of smaller text and charts. Very small writing is virtually unreadable. Graphics with labeled items are hard to distinguish.

While it is very cool to have the "original" pilot's flight manual in-hand, I would have expected a bit better quality from the product's description. For someone who just wants to have a bit of nostalgia, this is a perfectly fine product. However, for a serious historian or someone wanting to really research the minute details of the P-38, the product is a bit lacking due to the quality of the reproduced images.

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Some of the pages were harder to read as this ...

ByBen Cartwrighton December 16, 2014

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Some of the pages were harder to read as this is a scanned copy of the original document but they are still readable and it is a very valuable resource. Highly recommended

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Byspringduckon December 26, 2014

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I am a fan of the P-38 so I love it.

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ByD. Perezon January 19, 2009

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Nice book for anyone interested in what a flight manual looked like from back in the day (from a historical stand-point...) Reasonable price too.

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ByEugene G. Hellicksonon September 30, 2008

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This book is a reproduction of a manual with new cover art work. The quality of the copying could have been better. Some photos are less than ideal and overall, just not very crisp.

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Actual WWII era flight training manual for the P-38 -- how cool!

ByFullFathomFiveon July 1, 2006

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It's one thing to read books about the P-38 Lightning, and to built model kits. It's another thing to have this training manual, which tells you all about how to fly this plane. What's surprising is that it's not a bunch of technical gobbledy-gook, but a pretty entertaining read filled with photos and diagrams, and even cartoons, that tell you how to fly this amazing warbird. I showed this to some friends at an airshow and they all wanted to steal it from me! So I guess that's as good a compliment as any. I highly recommend this and the other Flight Manuals in the series.

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