P61 Black Widow Fighter – Pilots Training Manual (OV001682)

P61 Black Widow Fighter – Pilots Training Manual (OV001682)

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• Pilot Training Manual for the P61 Black Widow
  
  The P61 is a very rare aircraft with less than 800 produced there are only 4 know survivors with two of these being wrecks, although the Chinese do claim to have two in storage they are willing to sell if anyone wants to buy one to go with this manual. This is an excellent Scanned copy. 121 Pages scanned as High resolution TIF images and then digitally cleaned page by page. Guaranteed the best quality copy of this manual you will find. Packed with invaluable data including many Photographs Diagrams & Drawings. Published Circa 1945 by the Headquarters AAF, Office of Flying Safety for the USAAF. This manual was printed as the standard training text for trainee pilots at the time. This manual does not relate to a specific model of P61 but is generic referring to various models in use at the time of publication. The pages can be printed out in high resolution.

  Index

  Absolute (Radio) Altimeter, How to Use
  
  Acrobatics, Advice On
  
  Acrobatics, How to Perform
  
  Acrobatics, Type Permitted and When
  
  Acrobatics, When Forbidden
  
  Aileron Pressure
  
  Airspeed Correction Chart
  
  Afterflight Check
  
  Afterflight Procedure (Arctic)
  
  Altimeter Correction Chart
  
  Approach Over Obstructions
  
  Armor and Armament
  
  Automatic Pilot, Operation Of

  Bailout, Controlled (Safest)
  
  Bailout, Quick
  
  Blackout Flying
  
  Blower, auxiliary, HIGH Gear Ratio
  
  Blower, auxiliary, LOW Gear Ratio
  
  Blower, Main Gear Ratio
  
  Blowers, How to Shift
  
  Blowers, How to Test
  
  Brakes, Warnings on Use of

  Changes incorporated in P-61B
  
  Checks and Inspections, Importance of
  
  Climbing
  
  Cockpit Check
  
  Controls, Location of
  
  Comparison of P-61 and P-70
  
  Compression Ratio
  
  Correction Graph (for Wing Tanks), How to Use
  
  Crew Chief, Talking Things Over With
  
  Critical Single-Engine Speeds, Table of
  
  Cross Country, Pilots preparation for
  
  Cruising
  
  Cruising, Oil and Cylinder-Head Temperatures
  
  Cruising Chart
  
  Cruising Chart, Explanation Of
  
  Cruising Chart, How to Use in Reverse
  
  Cruising Chart, Sample Readings From

  Detrola Radio Set
  
  Ditching
  
  Dives

  Electrically Operated Equipment List
  
  Emergency Air Brakes, Use Of
  
  Engines, Description
  
  Engine Failure During Flight
  
  Engines, How to Stop After Landing
  
  Engine Instrument Check (After Warm-Up)
  
  Engines, Preheating (Arctic)
  
  Escape Hatches
  
  External Wing Racks

  Fire Extinguishers
  
  Fires in Flight, How to Fight
  
  Fires While Starting Engines
  
  First-Aid Kits
  
  Flame Damping
  
  Flight Instructions (Arctic)
  
  Flight Instrument Check
  
  Form 1-A, Importance of Checking
  
  Fuel & Oil System
  
  Fuel Consumption, How to Check
  
  Fuel Pressure, Allowable
  
  Fuel Pressure Desired
  
  Fuel Pressure Minimum
  
  Fuel System Failure in Flight
  
  Fuel Transfer System

  Go-Around Procedure
  
  Gun Camera
  
  Gunsight, Pilots
  
  Gyros, Importance of Uncaging

  History of P-61s Design and Manufacture
  
  Headsets and Throat Microphones
  
  Heating and Ventilating System
  
  How to Get Back on Course
  
  Hydraulic System Failure
  
  Hydraulic System, Operation Of
  
  Hydraulically Operated Equipment List

  Icing Conditions
  
  IAS to TAS, How to Change
  
  Instruments, Location Of
  
  Interception, How to Figure
  
  Intruding, Character Of

  Lambert Conformal Map, How to Use
  
  Landing, Belly
  
  Landing, Cold Weather
  
  Landing, Crosswind
  
  Landing, Full-Flap
  
  Landing, Night
  
  Landing, No-Flaps
  
  Landing, Normal
  
  Landing Power-Off
  
  Landing, Short Field
  
  Landing, Single-Engine
  
  Landing Gear, Emergency Operation Of
  
  Landing Gear, How to Check Position Of
  
  Landing Gear Warning Horn
  
  Level Flight with Wheels Down

  Magneto Check (After Warm-Up)
  
  Maximum Performance
  
  Mercator Projection, Facts to Learn About
  
  Miscellaneous Equipment
  
  Mixture, Advice On
  
  Navigation, Pointers on
  
  Night Adaptation, How to Accomplish
  
  Night Adaptation, How to Preserve (In Flight)
  
  Night Adaptation, in One Eye
  
  Night Binoculars, Use of
  
  Night Checks and Inspections
  
  Night Navigation, Pointers On

  Oil Dilution of Engines in Arctic
  
  Oil Pressure, Desired
  
  Oil Pressure, Maximum
  
  Oil Pressure, Minimum
  
  Oil System Failure in Flight
  
  Oil Temperatures, Advice On
  
  Oil Temperatures, Desired
  
  Oil Temperatures, Maximum
  
  Oil Temperatures, Minimum
  
  Oxygen, Emergency Use of
  
  Oxygen, Normal Use of
  
  Oxygen System Failure

  Preflight Check (Arctic)
  
  Pre-Landing Check
  
  Pre-Starting Check
  
  Pre-Takeoff Check
  
  Prohibited Maneuvers
  
  Propeller Check (After Warm-Up)
  
  Propellers, Description Of
  
  Propeller Feathering (Emergency)
  
  Propeller Feathering (Practice)
  
  Propellers, Fixed Pitch Operation Of
  
  Propeller Gear Ratio
  
  Propeller Unfeathering
  
  Protection of Personnel (Arctic)
  
  Pyrotechnical Equipment (Very pistol, Signal Cartridges, Parachute Flares)

  Radio (Absolute) Altimeter, How to Use
  
  Radio Compass, How to Use
  
  Radio Equipment Pilot Must Know How to Operate
  
  Radius of Action to Alternate Base, How to Estimate
  
  Radius of Action to Same Base, How to Estimate
  
  Rendezvous, Preparations for

  SCR-695, How to Operate
  
  Seats
  
  Single Engine Failure on Takeoff
  
  Shoulder Harness
  
  Spins
  
  Stalling Speeds, Table Of
  
  Stalls
  
  Starting
  
  Starting (Arctic)
  
  Structure of P-61, Description Of
  
  Switches, Location Of

  Takeoff, Cold Weather
  
  Takeoff, Crosswind
  
  Takeoff, Night
  
  Takeoff, Normal (With Flaps)
  
  Takeoff, Normal (Without Flaps)
  
  Takeoff Over Obstacles
  
  Takeoff, Short Field
  
  TAS to IAS, How to Change
  
  Taxiing
  
  Trimming the Plane

  Unconventional Features of Design

  VHF Equipment
  
  VHF Equipment, Trouble Shooting on
  
  Visual Inspection, Outside the Airplane

  Warm-Up
  
  Warm-Up, Checks to Make During
  
  Water Injection, How to Test
  
  Water Injection, How to Use
  
  Weight and Balance
  
  Why Plane is Painted Shiny Black
  
  Wing Flaps, Operation Of