HANDBOOK
FLIGHT OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
USAF MODEL
F-82E (P-82E)
AIRCRAFT
Excellent
Scanned copy. 65 pages scanned as High resolution TIF images and then digitally
Restored page by page. Guaranteed the best quality copy of this manual you will
find. Packed with invaluable data
including cockpit Photographs, Diagrams & performance / operating
Graphs. See full contents below. Manual Published in October 1948 for the
USAF.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I – Description
Airplane
Main
Differences Table – F-82B and F-82E
Power
Plants
Engine
Charge Air
Oil
Coolant
Fuel
System
Hydraulic
Systems
Flight
Controls
Landing
Gear
Electrical
System
Miscellaneous
Controls and Equipment
Operational
Equipment
SECTION II – Normal Operating Instructions
Before
Entering Pilot’s Compartment
On
Entering Pilot’s Compartment
On
Entering Copilots Compartment
Fuel
Management System
Starting
Engines
Warm-up
Ground
Test
Taxiing
Instructions
Before
Take-Off
Take-Off
Climb
During
Flight
Stalls
Spins
Permissible
Acrobatics
Diving
Approach
Landing
Stopping
of Engines
Before
Leaving Airplane
SECTION III – Emergency Operating
Instructions
Fire
Engine
Failure
Bail-Out
Forced
Landing
Ditching
Fuel
System Emergency Operation
Coolant
Flap Emergency Operation
Landing
Gear Emergency Operation
Wing
Flap Emergency Operation
Surface
Control Booster System Emergency Operation
Electrical
System Emergency Operation
Oxygen
System Emergency Operation
Bomb
and Drop Tank Emergency Release
SECTION IV – Operational Equipment
Gunnery
Equipment
Rocket
Equipment
Bombing
Equipment
Chemical
Tanks
Oxygen
Communications
Equipment
Cockpit
Heating, Ventilating and Defrosting
Thermal
Anti-Icing System
Propeller
De-Icer System
Anti-G
Suit Provisions
Lighting
Equipment
Pitot
Heater
SECTION V – Extreme Weather Operations
Arctic
Operation
Desert
Operation
APPENDIX I – Operating Charts
Flight
Planning
F-82E
Sample Problem
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SECTION I – Description
Three-Quarter
View of Airplane
Pilot’s
Cockpit – Forward View
Pilot’s
Cockpit – Left Side
Pilot’s
Cockpit – Right Side
Copilot’s
Cockpit – Forward View
Copilot’s
Cockpit – Left Side
Copilot’s
Cockpit – Right Side
Protection
Against Gunfire
Air
Induction System
Main
Fuel System
Fuel
Transfer System
Fuel
Quantity Data – Gallons
General
Arrangement
SECTION II – Normal Operating
Instructions
Pilot’s
Fuel Control Panel
Courses
of Fuel Flow
Copilot’s
Fuel Control Panel
Diving
Limitations – 4G Pull-Out
Diving
Limitations – 6G Pull-Out
Indicated
Stalling Speeds
SECTION III – Emergency Operating
Procedures
Courses of Fuel Flow – Emergency
SECTION IV – Operational Equipment
Rocket
Firing Order
Oxygen
Consumption Table
Heat
Controls
Cockpit
Heating, Ventilating, and Defrosting
Surface
Anti-Icing System
SECTION V – Extreme Weather Operation
Engine Ground Heating
APPENDIX I – Operating Charts
Airspeed Installation Correction
Table
Compressibility
Correction Table
Combat
Allowance Chart
Instrument
Dial markings
Take-Off,
Climb, and Landing Charts
Flight
Operation Instruction Chart – No External Load
Flight
Operation Instruction Chart – Two 165-Gallon Tanks (Sheet 1 of 2)
Flight
Operation Instruction Chart – Two 165-Gallon Tanks (Sheet 2 of 2)
Flight
Operation Instruction Chart – 5 Rocket Trees (Sheet 1 of 2)
Flight
Operation Instruction Chart – 5 Rocket Trees (Sheet 2 of 2)
Flight
Operation Instruction Chart – Single Engine (Sheet 1 of 2)
Flight
Operation Instruction Chart – Single Engine (Sheet 2 of 2)
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