Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Blake7 on February 07, 2009, 03:38:57 PM

Title: B17 Pilots Manual
Post by: Blake7 on February 07, 2009, 03:38:57 PM

Looking around on the net and found this cool web sight dedicated to the B17.
It contains the complete pilot instructional manual.
you will need a recent version of Adobe Acrobat to view it but it is FREE TO DOWNLOAD
 here is the link lets us Know if you downloaded it and what you thought.

http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/B17STUFF.html

Also Check out This link which has exerpts from the official U.S.A.A.F. Pilot Training Manual for the B-17 Flying Fortress.

http://www.stelzriede.com/ms/html/mshwpmn1.htm

On this sight there is fantastic footedge of Restored P-38G Glacier Girl Flying in formation with an Republic A-10a Thunderbolt ii
(Watch For the "Glacier Girls" Roll as she splits formation with the A-10a! And boy that engine sound)
As some of you may Know P-38G Lightning "Glacier Girl" was found and restored to Flight after spending over 50 Years under ice In Greenland where it had forced landed in bad weather on a ferrying flight to the U.K.

Title: Re: B17 Pilots Manual
Post by: Banshee7 on February 07, 2009, 03:58:03 PM

forgot the [ before your /URL

Title: Re: B17 Pilots Manual
Post by: Banshee7 on February 07, 2009, 05:28:43 PM

Quote from: Blake7 on February 07, 2009, 03:38:57 PM

(Watch For the "Glacier Girls" Roll as she splits formation with the A-10a! And boy that engine sound)
As some of you may Know P-38G Lightning "Glacier Girl" was found and restored to Flight after spending over 50 Years under ice In Greenland where it had forced landed in bad weather on a ferrying flight to the U.K.

Glacier Girl was a P-38F-1

Title: Re: B17 Pilots Manual
Post by: Blake7 on February 07, 2009, 05:54:55 PM

dam need to gen up on my aircraft recognition
check out the vid though its cool

Title: Re: B17 Pilots Manual
Post by: Banshee7 on February 07, 2009, 05:59:12 PM

Quote from: Blake7 on February 07, 2009, 05:54:55 PM

dam need to gen up on my aircraft recognition
check out the vid though its cool

I watched it.  Was pretty cool  :D

Title: Re: B17 Pilots Manual
Post by: DustyR on February 08, 2009, 06:51:43 AM

I watched it, very nice! Thanks   :noid :salute