A copy of the Vought F3U-1/FG-1/F3A-1 Erection and Maintenance Manual. Dated 7 September 1942. Report 5562.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
Manned and Unmanned Flights to the Moon
A copy of the wonderful book on Manned and Unmanned Fligts to the Moon. Written by Terry Tredwell and dated 2024.
Friday, October 4, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Consolidated PBY-6A Pilot’s Handbook
A copy of the Consolidated PBY-6A Pilot’s Handbook (AN 01- 5MC-1. Dated 15 October 1946.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Sikorsky UH-60L Blackhawk Flight Line Suppliment
A copy of the UH-60L Blackhawk Flight Line Suppliment. Dated December 2008.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
NASA Sounding Rockets (1958-1968)
A copy of the booklet NASA Sounding Rockets (1958-1968) A historical Summary. NASA SP-4401. Dated 1971. Lots of good info and photos!
Monday, September 30, 2024
Technical Order TO 1-1-4 (Earlier Copy)
Friday, September 27, 2024
Avro Lincoln I & II Pilot’s Notes
A copy of the AP 2847A&B-PN Avro Lincoln I & II Pilot’s Notes. Dated June 1947.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Chance Vought F4U-7 Corsair Flight Handbook
A copy of the Flight Handbook (AN 01-45HDB-1) for the Chance Vought F4U-7 aircraft. Dated 15 April 1954. Credit:Metrallaroja
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Chance Vought AU-1 Corsair Flight Handbook
A copy of the Flight Handbook (AN 01-45HGA-1) for the Chance Vought AU-1 aircraft. Dated 15 September 1954. Credit:Metrallaroja
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Chance Vought F4U-5/F4U-5N/F4U-5NL/F4U-5P Pilot’s Handbook
A copy of the Pilots Handbook (AN 01-45HD-1) for the Chance Vought F4U-5/F4U-5N/F4U-5NL/F4U-5P aircraft, Dated 15 February 1952. Credit:Metrallaroja
Monday, September 23, 2024
F-15 A Thru D Article
A very nhice article on the F-15 A thru D eagle aircraft. From the January 2008 issue of the Lotnictwo magazine. While it is written in Polish, it has many good photos and drawings.
Friday, September 20, 2024
Chance Vought F4U-5/F4U-5N/F4U-5P Erection and Maintenance Instructions
A copy of the Erection and Maintenance Instructions for the Chance Vought F4U-5/F-4U-5N/F4U-5P aircraft. Dated 1 July 1948.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Chance Vought F4U-5P Photographic Equioment Manual
A copy of partial of the AN 01-45HD-1 manual with the Chance Vought F4U-5P Photographic Equioment detailed.
Note: Does anyone have the entire manual?
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Avro Vulcan B/K Mk 2 Spare Parts Manual
A copy of theAvro Vulcan B/K Mk 2 Spare Parts Manual (AP4505B-V3-SPM). Dated June 1960.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Building Engines for War
A copy of Building Engines for War: Air-Cooled Radial Aircraft Engine Production in Britain and America in World War II. Dated 2024.Witten by Edward M. Young
Monday, September 16, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
Bell Jet Ranger III Flight Manual
A copy of the Bell Jet Ranger III 206 B3 Helicopter Flight Manual. Dated 8 October 2000.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
To Hanoi and Back: The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973
A copy of the booklet To Hanoi and Back: The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973.
“After nearly eighteen months of the largely unsuccessful bombing campaign called Operation Rolling Thunder, the US Air Force began to look for ways to overcome technological, geographical, and political challenges in North Vietnam and use limited air power more effectively. In 1972 the two Linebacker campaigns joined with other air operations to make a dramatic, although temporary, difference. While they unleashed powerful B-52 area bombers, the campaigns also demonstrated the efficacy of newly developed laser-guided precision bombs.”
Written by Wayne Thompson. Mr Thompson is chief of analysis at the Air Force History Support Office.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Allison Model V-1710-35 Aircraft Engine Flight Instructions
A copy of the Alllison Division of the General Motors Corp, Model V-1710-35 Aircraft Engine Flight Instructions. (TO.02-5AD-1) Dated October 25 1941.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
F-4 Fly-By-Wire Phantom II Photo
Nice color photo showing “Old 122” (YRF-4C 62-12200) in her Fly-By-Wire configuration.
Monday, September 9, 2024
F-15 Aircraft Development
A chronologicall listing of the F-15 deveopment journey.Dated July 29 2005.
Friday, September 6, 2024
F-4G Wild Weasel Photos
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Boeing Model 247 Maintance and Service Manual
Boeing report D-1050 on the Model 247 Maintance and Service Manual . Dated June 1933. Credit: Museum of Flight
Contains: “General information -- Power plants -- Fuselage assembly -- Control surfaces and systems -- Wing-- Landing gear -- Electrical system -- Fuel system -- Oil system -- Vacuum systems -- Heating and ventilating system -- Instruments -- Radio telephone system -- Unsatisfactory performance charts.”
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Supersonic Transport Special Articles
Several articles on Supersonic Transport (SST) aircraft, The entire magazine of Flying Review International Vol 22 No 07.(March 1967) Covers Boeing and Concord and TU-144 aircraft,
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Article
A nice article on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft. From the Italian Magazine Aerei Modellismo 1981.
Monday, September 2, 2024
Friday, August 30, 2024
NASA Sounding Rockets 1958-1968
A copy of NASA Sounding Rockets 1958-1968 A Historical Summary. Dated 2014,
“The development and use of sounding rockets is traced from the Wac Corporal through the present generation of rockets. The Goddard Space Flight Center Sounding Rocket Program is discussed, and the use of sounding rockets during the IGY and the 1960's is described. Advantages of sounding rockets are identified as their simplicity and payload simplicity, low costs, payload recoverability, geographic flexibility, and temporal flexibility.”
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
NASA’s First 50 Years
A copy of NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives from the NASA History Division. Dated 2008.
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft
A copy of the NASA publication Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft begins with the creation of NASA itself and with the definition of a manned space flight program to follow Mercury. It ends with Apollo 11. Dated 1979.
Monday, August 26, 2024
On the Shoulders of Giants - A History of Project Gemini
A copy of the NASA document 19780012208, On the Shoulders of Giants - A History of Project Gemini. Dated January 1 1977.
Friday, August 23, 2024
Vanguard Rocket - A History
A copy of the Vanguard Rocket - A History from NASA’s Historical Series. Written by Green and Lomask. Dated 1971.
Vanguard was the first U.S. rocket designed for the specific purpose of launching satellites, and represented the first program on Cape Canaveral that was not tied to a weapons system.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Saturn V Walk Around Photos
A number (66) of Saturn V Walk Around Photos from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Howard Mason
Note: this a large file of 230 Megs!
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
FMA IA 58 Pucará Flight Manual
A copy of the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FMA) FMA IA 58 Pucará Flight Manual. Dated 1986.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Chance Vought F4U-4 Illustrated Assembly Brealdown
A copy of the Chance Vought F4U-4 Illustrated Assembly Brealdown. Dated September 1944.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Atlas Rocket Walk Around Photos
Sixty photos of an Atlas Rocket walk around from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center collection. Credit:Howard Mason
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
Erickson Company Brochure
A copy of the Erickson Company Brochure on all their products including the CH-54. Dated 2017.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Northrop T-38A Thunderbird Flight Differences
A copy of the Northrop T-38A Thunderbird Flight Differences manual. Dated 1 September 1974.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Majestic–12 Group Special Operations Manual
Now something different! The UFO Bible. A copy of the Majestic-12 Group Special Operations Manual No. 1 -01 (SOM1-01). EXTRATERRESTRIAL. ENTITIES RECOVERY. AND DISPOSAL. TECHNOLOGY, OPERATION. Dated April 1954.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Piper PA-48 Enforcer Walk Around Photos
A large number of photos (98) of the Piper PA-48 Enforcer in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Monday, August 5, 2024
Friday, August 2, 2024
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Boeing Trainer Airplane Characteristics
A copy of the Boeing Trainer Airplane Characteristics. Dated Jan 1925. Lots of photos.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
F-18 High Angle of Attack Article
A very nice article on the F/A-18 High Angle of Attack program of NASA. This is the:NASA research program that integrates F/A-18 flight test and wind tunnel data with computational fluid dynamics predictions and produces validated database that will be used by designers of highly maneaverable and stall/spin-resistant military aircraft in the future. Dated May 22, 1989.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Boeing B-29 Mechanic’s Field Service Data Book
A copy of the Boeing B-29 Mechanic’s Field Service Data Book. Dated June 1945
Monday, July 29, 2024
Tupolev Tu-22B Bomber Flight Manual
A copy of the Tupolev Tu-22B Bomber Flight Manual. An English translation. Dated ?
Friday, July 26, 2024
Curtiss Model OX Aero Motor Handbook
A copy of the Curtiss Model OX Aero Motor Handbook. Dated 1918.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Boeing Model 247 Maintenance & Service Manual
A copy of the Boeing Model 247 Transport airplane Maintenance & Service Manual. Dated June 1933. Credit: Museum of Flight
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Consolidated Liberator PB4Y-1 Pilot’s Guide
A copy of the Consolidated Liberator PB4Y-1 Pilot’s Guide. Dated 1944. Credit: Museum of Flight