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P-38 Flight Characteristics

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

WWII color training film produced by Lockheed describing the P-38 Lightning. The film shows operating characteristics of the P-38, demonstrates techniques for takeoff, landing, and combat flying, and shows operating controls and procedures.    

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Bailing Out of a P-38 Lightning

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

From the “Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 Lightning”:     BAILOUT Many stories have been circulated that you can’t successfully bail out of the P-38. Rumor had it that you wouldn’t have a chance of missing the horizontal stabilizer, … Continue reading →

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