Detailed B-47 pilot’s manual. Excellent scan. July 1, 1950.
This is an excellent quality manual that covers the operational equipment and procedures for the USAF B-47A Stratojet.
SECTION I – DESCRIPTION
- Airplane
- Engine
- Oil System
- Fuel System
- Electrical System
- Hydraulic System
- Flight Control System
- Automatic Pilot
- Landing Gear System
- Front Gear Steering System
- Brake System
- Canopy Control System
- Drag Chute System
- ATO System
- Instruments
- Miscellaneous Equipment
- Emergency Equipment
- Operational Equipment
SECTION II – NORMAL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
- Before Entering Airplane
- Entering the Airplane
- Fuel System Management
- Alternate Fuel Grade Operating Limits
- Before Starting Engines
- Starting Engines
- Before Taxiing
- Taxi Instructions
- Before Take-off
- Take-off Instructions
- Climb
- Flight Characteristics
- Wing Flap Operation in Flight
- Stalls
- Spins
- Acrobatics
- Diving
- Night Flying
- Turbulent Air and Thunderstorm Flying
- Descent
- Approach
- Landing
- Stopping Engines
- Before Leaving Airplane
SECTION III – EMERGENCY OPERATING IN STRUCTIONS
- Emergency Exits and Entrances
- Fire
- Engine Failure
- Two-engine Endurance
- Emergency Landings (ground)
- Ditching
- Bail-out
- Emergency Ground Starting on Battery
- Emergency Taxiing
- Operation With Surface Power Control Failure
- Fuel System Emergency Operation
- Electrical System Emergency Operation
- Hydraulic System Emergency Operation
- Landing Gear Emergency Operation
- Wing Flap Emergency Operation
- Brake System Emergency Operation
SECTION IV – OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT
- Cabin Heating, Ventilating, and Pressurizing System
- Anti-icing Systems
- Communications and Associated Electronic Equipment
- Lighting Equipment
- Oxygen System
- Navigator’s Equipment
- Bombing Equipment
- Photographic Equipment
- Gunnery Equipment
APPENDIX I
- Operating Data
- Exhaust Temperature Correction
- Thrust Calculation

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