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gray eagle
December 8th, 2013, 05:41
WarChild (Pam) this ones for you. Hope you get well soon as you are in our hearts and prayers......

I saw this video (approx 28 min) and thought of your beloved P-61. This video contains all the detailed minutia to do a preflight
check take off and landing of the P-61. As I was watching the student pilot flipping this switch and turning that dial, I was wondering
if your P-61 will offer such cold start details as this video depicts or can we just get by with a CTRL + E? :friendly_wink:

The narrator in the file claims the P-61 "climbs like a homesick angel" and "climbs like a monkey"......

I was very impressed and learned a lot on all the preparations required to start and fly this bird. Good info here.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZxlIjQqiTk

Daveroo
December 8th, 2013, 08:05
i have this set of DVDs,B26,B24,B17,P61,P47 and another i cant remember,and im to lazy to go to the bedroom and look....

CWOJackson
December 10th, 2013, 10:02
I think I'll stick with Control - E.

Wow...

SSI01
December 10th, 2013, 11:24
This thing was supposed to be able to maneuver with a P-51D.