Actual WWII era flight training manual for the P-38 -- how cool! Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2006 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. Lockheed P-38 Lightning Pilot Flight Operation. P-38 Flight Manual. P38 Service Instructions (T.O. No. 01-75FG-2, August 5, 1942) Pilots Manual Lockheed P-38 Lightning Pilot Training Manual. Airacobra V-1710-E4. P-39 flight. P-39. P39D flying. Pilot's Manual Bell P-39Q-1. P-40 Erection and Maintance. P-40 Flight Manual. Lockheed P-38 Lightning Pilot's Flight Manual | Originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor, the P-38 was the first U.S. fighter of WWII to compare 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. 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 Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Lockheed p-38 Lightning Pilot's Flight M by Periscope Film.Com (2006, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Pilot's Manual for the Lockheed P-38 Lightning CD Lockheed P-38 Lighning Pilot's Manual Regular Price $15.95 Description Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions for Army Models P-38H Series, P-38J Series, P-38L-1, L-5 and F-5B Airplanes -- 72 pages. In Adobe Acrobat file format on Mac & Windows compatible CD-ROM. Free software included. WWII Lockheed P-38 Pilot Training Manual - AviationShoppe Why the P-38 Flunked Europe. Celebrated as one of the Pacific War's best fighters, Lockheed's Lightning earned a less-than enviable reputation in European air combat. The American fighter pilot spotted two indistinct shapes cutting diagonally across a road just slightly above and in front of him. They were blemishes in motion. another episode in the how to fly serries The P-38 was the Armys fastest and most heavily armed fighter. The concentration of firepower in the Lightnings nose was so effective that a one-second burst could destroy an enemy plane. In the Pacific Theater, Lightning pilots downed more Japanese aircraft than pilots flying any other allied plane. By the end of production in 1945, 9,923 P AbeBooks.com: Pilots Manual for Lockheed P-38 Lightning (American Flight Manuals) (9780879940195) by US Army Air Force. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. AbeBooks.com: Pilots Manual for Lockheed P-38 Lightning (American Flight Manuals) (9780879940195) by US Army Air Force. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was an American fighter aircraft used by the US Air Force during the World War II. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the pilot and armament. The aircraft was used in a number of different roles, including dive bombing The P-