How To Fly The P-47 - Pilot Familiarization (1943)

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How to Fly the P-47: Pilot Familiarization

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

ARC Identifier 2770 / Local Identifier 18-AF-107A. Describes flight characteristics of the P-47 Thunderbolt, including service ceiling, speed, power, fuel consumption, turbosupercharger system, use of turbo and throttled landing gear and flaps, armament, and switch and control panel. Shows use of the P-47 cockpit trainer.

Made possible by a donation from Aleksandr Milewski.

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[CWOSONIAN]

MUST HAVE THAT WALL POSTER!!!

[jvorus]

Thanks Boyd, I love these old videos. It just shows how far we have come within the aviation community.

-Jerome

[isukaman]

If the propeller is run electrically, then what is the purpose of the gas powered engine?

[cory2146]

I want to fly one of these now :(

[reneecalling]

I enjoyed these archived training films. Thanks for posting.

[WAKEUPshift111]

so this is what ppl did before powerpoint came out... interesting

[penumbra155]

@777cascade I agree. Graceful, elegant and murderous if you were on the receiving end of an F4U's six .50 cals. But my father, who flew F4Us during WWII, always insisted that the best fighter of the war was the Focke Wolf 190.

[jjohnston94]

I'll probably get flamed for "not respecting the P-47" for saying this, but compared to a modern high-performance, retractable single, like, say, a Bonanza, the cockpit of the P-47 surprisingly isn't all that complicated. Except for the tailwheel lock, the hand pump, and of course, the guns, there's pretty much a modern counterpart to every control (and I have flown a Bonanza variant called a Debonair).

[almirantenegro]

very nice ! historic !

[210mt]

I like the quote " the turbo system looks more complicated than it is" uhh no really it's extremely complicated! lol!! Matter of fact I know of one P47 that is still flying where the owners went out of their way to remove it because it was so troublesome.

[dror91]

Excellent video! I'm so glad you posted this up! Thanks!

[777cascade]

@CWOSONIAN No kidding!