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"WARBIRD CHECKOUT" AVIATION
VIDEO SERIES
Videos are available in VHS video
Pal Format and DVD (region 1 US and Canada) format. The
products will be shipped from the USA and delivered to
your door by the US based company "Historic Aviation".
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Warbird Checkout 10
Vol. Set - VHS
Video
Complete collections of 10 videos about legendary
aircraft.
1 - P-38 Flight Characteristics
2 - Intro to P-39 & Flying P-39
3 - How to fly the fabled Curtiss-Wright P-40.
4 - Flying the P-47
5 - Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
6 - Flight Characteristics of the A-20 + How to
Fly the B-25 + A-26 Flying Tips
7 - How to Fly the B-26
8 - B-29 Flight Procedures & Combat Crew Functioning
9 - How to Fly the B-24
10 - How to Fly the B-17
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Warbird Checkout #1
- VHS Video
P-38 Flight Characteristics - How to fly America's
most exotic World War II fighter. Milo Burcham, chief
engineering test pilot for Lockheed, is the instructor.
Here are the procedures for starting, take-off, stalls,
slow speed flight, emergency operations, approaches
and landings, and single engine flight. (Color, 36
min.) Reconnaissance Pilot - A dramatization, based
on a real life story, to stress the importance and
dangers of reconnaissance flying. Bill Holden stars.
(B&W, 29 min.) |
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Warbird Checkout #2
- VHS Video
Intro to P-39 & Flying P-39
Running time 1 hr. Introduction to the P-39 &
Flying the P-39 - A two part film made in 1942 on
how to fly the Airacobra "N". This low-wing
tricycle gear "hot rod" was designed as
a mount for a 37mm cannon. Includes cockpit check,
ground handling, take-offs, normal flight and landings
followed by confidence building maneuvers; 2 and 4
plane formation flying, aerobatics, gunnery practice
and then combat action with the P-39. B&W. |
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Warbird Checkout #3
- VHS Video
Running time 56 min. Ways of the Warhawk - How to
fly the fabled Curtiss-Wright P-40. In the cockpit,
instruction is intercut with actual flight experience.
Preflight, run-up, taxiing, take-off, aerobatics,
and emergency procedures are well demonstrated. Great
in-flight footage. (Color, 36 min.) Recognition of
the Japanese Zero - Ronald Reagan made this AAF training
film to dramatize the necessity of American pilots'
recognizing the difference between the P-40 and Japanese
Zero - mistaking the two was a common error. You'll
get to see some rare footage of a captured Zero used
to teach the importance of enemy aircraft recognition.
(B&W, 20 min.) |
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Warbird Checkout #4
- VHS Video
Running time 1:42 Flying the P-47 - In three parts,
almost anything you might ask about the famed Thunderbolt
fighter. Here is detailed coverage that begins with
pilot familiarization, ground handling, take-off,
normal flight, landings and high altitude flight and
aerobatics. Includes tips on what not to do. (B&W,
1 hr., 9 min.) Thunderbolt: Ramrod to Emden - The
story of the 56th F.G. (8th A.F.) P-47 escort mission
on Oct. 1, 1943. Covers the Thunderbolt pilot briefing,
the take-off, joining up and rendezvous with the B-17s
and B-24s. Excellent combat footage. We shoot down
a few Fw-190 bandits... but we lose some B-17s, too!
(B&W, 33 min.) |
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Warbird Checkout #5
- VHS Video
Running time 1:06 Flight Characteristics of the P-51
Airplane - The aircraft, its guns, armament and cockpit
check are described and the P-51 is given a complete
"wring-out": stalls, spins, aerobatics,
a dive from 38,000 ft. emergency procedures, etc.
(B&W, 30 min.) A Day with the A-36s - The A-36
Apache was an Allison engine powered P-51 with bomb
racks; see it dive bomb and strafe German installations
- pill boxes, ammo dumps, a railroad yard and more.
Great plane-to-ground footage and gun camera scenes.
A powerful documentary and an historical rarity. (B&W,
8 min.) Flying the P-61 Series Airplane - A comprehensive
pilot check-out program for the P-61A night fighter.
Includes vertical banks into a dead engine, a short
field landing and much more. (B&W, 28 min.) |
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Warbird Checkout #6
- VHS Video
Running time 57 min. Three films with exciting footage
on three of our most famous medium bombers. Each film
is a complete checkout. Covers ground and cockpit
checks, take-offs, landings, stalls, piloting techniques,
emergency procedures, single engine flying, etc. Flight
Characteristics of the A-20 (B&W, 19 min.) How
to Fly the B-25 (B&W, 21 min.) A-26 Flying Tips
(B&W, 15 min.) |
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Warbird Checkout #7
- VHS Video
Running time 1:07 How to Fly the B-26 - Dubbed the
Widow Maker, the hot B-26 Marauder frightened many
young pilots, but it got them through the toughest
missions. (B&W, 48 min.) Building a Bomber - The
story of the B-26, from molten metal to small metal
parts, through fabrication into major components until
it rolls out the door for flight testing. (B&W,
19 min.) |
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Warbird Checkout #8
- VHS Video
Running time 1:11 B-29 Flight Procedures & Combat
Crew Functioning - The fastest and mightiest bomber
built for WWII. This training film instructs the pilots
and crew on the aircraft and its incredible weapons
systems. Covers preflight, start of the R3350 engines,
take-offs, landings... and more. A razor-sharp film
with beautiful in-flight coverage. (B&W, 36 min.)
The Last Bomb - By midsummer, 1945, the 21st Bomber
Command B-29s were pounding Japan daily. This rare
color film covers the campaign as typified in a single
mission. Footage of preparations, take-off, formations,
bombing runs and return of more than 500 B-29s from
Wings based on Guam, Saipan and Tinian. In addition,
exciting footage of P-51 fighter escorts from Iwo
Jima attacking Japanese fighters and then strafing
ground targets. (Color, 35 min.) |
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Warbird Checkout #9
- VHS Video
How to Fly the B-24
A comprehensive pilot training film made by Consolidated
Aircraft for new pilots learning to fly the B-24.
"Though very large, the Liberator handles like
a small plane", the instructor quips as he conducts
an instrument by instrument preflight and engine start
up. Ride along as he instructs you on taxi, run-up,
takeoff, pattern work, prelanding check list, landings,
and all the way to shut down. Color. Running time
57 min. VHS |
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Warbird Checkout #10
- VHS Video
How to Fly the B-17
Comprehensive pilot training film made by the Army
Air Force and the Boeing Airplane Company for training
new pilots about to enter combat with the B-17. Walk
with the pilot as he does his pre-flight. Sit in the
cockpit as he checks all the systems, runs up the
engines and takes off to perform flight operations.
(B&W, 1 hr. 28 min.) Fortress in the Sky - Story
of the B-17 Flying Fortress from design concept, through
engineering, to production. Witness early test flights
and fly off to combat in 'Glamour Girl'. (Color, 22
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$19.95
Buy the video, get the book FREE - a $12.95 value!
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Warbird Checkout #8 -
VHS Video w/FREE Book - B-29 Pilot Manual
B-29 Flight Procedures & Combat Crew Functioning.
The fastest and mightiest bomber built for WWII. This
training film instructs the pilots and crew on the
aircraft and its incredible weapons systems. Covers
preflight, start of the R3350 engines, take-offs,
landings... and more. A razor-sharp film with beautiful
in-flight coverage. (B&W, 36 min.). The Last Bomb
- By midsummer, 1945, the 21st Bomber Command B-29s
were pounding Japan daily. This rare color film covers
the campaign as typified in a single mission. Footage
of preparations, take-off, formations, bombing runs
and return of more than 500 B-29s from Wings based
on Guam, Saipan and Tinian. In addition, exciting
footage of P-51 fighter escorts from Iwo Jima attacking
Japanese fighters and then strafing ground targets.
(Color, 35 min.). 71 total minutes. VHS
B-29 Pilot Operating Instructions. A reprint of the
official government handbook designed to show the
new cadet how to fly the aircraft. Heavily illustrated
with all the data. 81⁄4"x 103⁄4",
88 pgs., sfbd. |
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$19.95
Buy the video and get the book FREE - a $16.95 value!
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Warbird Checkout #9:
How to Fly the B-24 - VHS Video w/FREE Warbird Tech
Vol.1: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
A comprehensive pilot training film made
by Consolidated Aircraft for new pilots learning
to fly the B-24. "Though very large, the Liberator
handles like a small plane", the instructor
quips as he conducts an instrument by instrument
preflight and engine start up. Ride along as he
instructs you on taxi, run-up, takeoff, pattern
work, prelanding check list, landings, and all the
way to shut down. Color. Running time 57 min. VHS
Warbird Tech Vol. 1:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator. Johnsen. This
book is crammed full of excerpts from original military
tech manuals, overhaul handbooks, flight crew references,
original engineering drawings, and assembly line
and repair depot photos. Includes exploded views,
cutaways, and four-page insert of color photos.
104 pgs., 105 B&W and 24 color photos, plus
30 engineering diagrams. 81⁄2"x 11",
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Buy the video, get the book FREE - a $16.95 value!
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Warbird Checkout #4 -
VHS Video w/FREE Warbird Tech Vol.23: Republic P-47
Thunderbolt
Warbird Checkout #4 - VHS Video. Running time 1:42
Flying the P-47 - In three parts, almost anything
you might ask about the famed Thunderbolt fighter.
Here is detailed coverage that begins with pilot familiarization,
ground handling, take-off, normal flight, landings
and high altitude flight and aerobatics. Includes
tips on what not to do. (B&W, 1 hr., 9 min.) Thunderbolt:
Ramrod to Emden - The story of the 56th F.G. (8th
A.F.) P-47 escort mission on Oct. 1, 1943. Covers
the Thunderbolt pilot briefing, the take-off, joining
up and rendezvous with the B-17s and B-24s. Excellent
combat footage. We shoot down a few Fw-190 bandits...
but we lose some B-17s, too! (B&W, 33 min.)
Warbird Tech Vol. 23: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Johnsen.
Not as glamorous as the P-51 Mustang, the P-47 nonetheless
earned a reputation for accomplishment and durability.
In the hands of skilled pilots, the Thunderbolt was
a remarkable fighter. This coverage includes technical
drawings, 115 photos, 3-views and tech manual excerpts.
100 pgs., 81⁄2"x 11", sfbd |
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