Pilot Training Manual for the Thunderbolt P-47N
Pilot Training Manual for the Thunderbolt P-47N

Author: United States. Army Air Forces

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-09-14

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0359087930

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Pilot training for the P-47N Thunderbolt. AAF Manual 51-127-4.Sections include: The P-47N; Description; Canopy; Cockpit; Flight Controls; Power Plant; Induction System; Carburetor; Propeller; Throttle Quadrant; Power Settings; Water Injection; Detonation; Long Range Cruising; Fuel System; Oil System; Hydraulic System; Electrical System; Radio Equipment; Lighting System; K-14 Gunsight; Armament; Armor Protection; Oxygen System; Automatic Pilot; Personal Equipment; Pilot's Preflight Check; Cockpit Check; Starting; Taxiing; Take-off; Landing; Flight Characteristics; Emergencies; Acrobatics; Dives; Formation Flying; Instrument Flying; Night Flying; Ground Gunnery; Extereme Weather Operation; Bailout and Ditching; P-47N-15; P-47N-25.The Power Plant section describes the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft R-2800 "C" series engine.The Acrobatics section describes Chandelle, Lazy 8, Split-S, Slow Roll, Barrel Roll, Loop, and Immelmann maneuvers.

Undefeated
Undefeated

Author: Jim Noles

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2018-11-10

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1612005128

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“A provocative, arresting, put-you-there account of a forgotten 1940s Army basketball team that we now realize shouldn’t be forgotten” (Lars Anderson, New York Times–bestselling author). In 1943, the West Point basketball team, the Cadets, had only managed a 5-10 record, and for the 1944 season, coach Ed Kelleher’s hopes of reversing Army’s fortunes rested on his five starters. They consisted of three seniors—team captain “Big Ed” Christl, John “Three Star” Hennessey, and class president Bobby Faas—and two juniors, Dale Hall and Doug Kenna. As the new season opened in January of 1944, Kelleher’s strategy paid handsome dividends. By the end of January, West Point was 6–0; by the end of February, the team boasted a 13-0 record. Of course, during those weeks, it only took a glance at the newspaper headlines to be reminded that there were far bigger contests than intercollegiate basketball afoot in the winter of 1944. The world was at war. The US Army needed its finest on the front line more than on the court, and the three seniors were soon destined for other battles . . . In the years that followed, the Army’s basketball team would never again have a chance to play in the NCAA tournament, and in the modern era, few remember West Point’s perfect 1944 season. Although West Point’s home basketball court is named the Edward C. Christl Arena, and the National Invitational Tournament’s trophy is named after his coach, Edward A. Kelleher, too few people fully appreciate why. But after reading Undefeated, they will. “Hoosiers meets Band of Brothers.” —Col. Scott Maytan

Vanished Hero
Vanished Hero

Author: Jay A. Stout

Publisher: Casemate

Published: 2016-09-30

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1612003966

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“A superb, edge-of-the-seat account of [Elwyn] Righetti’s stellar combat career during the final months of the air war against Germany” (Eric Hammel, author of Two Flags over Iwo Jima). A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most unknown, yet most compelling, colorful and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the England-based 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis during the closing months of the fight with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the group from a middling organization of no reputation into a headline-grabbing team that made excuses to no one. Indeed, Righetti’s boldness paid off, as he quickly achieved ace status and scored more strafing victories—twenty-seven—than any other Eighth Air Force pilot. Ultimately, Righetti’s calculated recklessness ran full speed into the odds. His aircraft was hit while strafing an enemy airfield only four days before the 55th flew its last mission. Almost farcically aggressive to the end, he coaxed his crippled fighter through one more firing pass before making a successful crash landing. Immediately, he radioed his men that he was fine and asked that they reassure his family. Righetti was never heard from again. Vanished Hero tells a story “worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster . . . It is a fitting tribute to both Righetti and the man who collected his life’s journey” (Military Heritage). “An excellent biography of a true American hero . . . a worthy contribution to an understanding of the application of air power in the Second World War.” —History News Network