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P-38 Flight Characteristics

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Channel: airailimages · 2013 · Autos & Vehicles

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This classic film from World War II features outstanding color motion picture film of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning in flight, including great onboard movie cameras long before the advent of today's compact video sports cameras.

Film specifics:
National Archives and Records Administration

P-38: FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS

War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947)

ARC Identifier 2773 / Local Identifier 18-AF-109. Shows normal and emergency operating characteristics of the P-38. Demonstrates precautions and techniques for taking off, flying, and landing, showing in detail how controls and apparatus should be manipulated. Explains how to take off and fly with only one engine, and shows how to bail out.

Made possible by a donation from John and Paige Curran.


This movie is part of the collection: FedFlix

Producer: National Archives and Records Administration
Language: English
Keywords: archives.gov; public.resource.org
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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