A-35 VENGEANCE
Vultee aircraft designed
the model V-72 to the requirements of the
French Armée de l'Air. The V-72 was a low-wing, single-engined
monoplane with a closed cockpit and a crew of two. It was fitted
with a Wright R-2600 engine rated at 1,600 hp.
The V-72 was uniquely
designed to dive vertically rather than at
an angle. It had a 0-degree wing angle of incidence to prevent the
aircraft from "tracking" forward during its dive. However this gave
the aircraft a nose-up cruising attitude giving a poor forward view
for the pilot, particularly during landing.
French orders for the
aircraft were taken over by the RAF in 1940
who used the aircraft primarily in the far East theatre. These were
given the USAAF designation of A-31.
Following Pearl Harbor
the USAAF became interested in dive
bombing and expressed some interest in the aircraft but required
the wing to be re-jigged to 4 degrees incidence. Although over 1,500
were built as A-35's, many were obsolete immediately and the aircraft
saw no combat service with the USAAF.
This CD contains four
flight manuals for the Vultee Vengeance and the
maintenance manual as used by the RAF. The CD has been scanned
from the original flight manuals and retains any colour pages except
where stated.
This CD contains:
1. USAAF
Handbook of Operating and Flight Instructions for the A-31
(V-72), Technical Order No 01-50AB-1 dated 15-7-42,
approx 16 pages.
2. USAAF Pilots Flight Operating Instructions
for the A-35B-1-VN
British Model Vengeance IV, AN 01-50AE-1 AP 2024D,
dated 5-9-43
revised to 10-11-43, approx 97 pages. (This has been
scanned from
a copy.)
3. RAF Pilot's
Notes for the Vengeance IV Target Tower, AP 2024D-PN
2nd Edition dated March 1945, approx 30 pages.
4. USAAF Pilots Flight Operating Instructions for the RA-35B-1-VN
AN 01-50AE-1, dated 2-9-43 revised to 5-9-44, 98
pages. (An updated
version of No 2 above.)
5. Vultee Vengeance I Air
Publication 2024A Volume 1. (The descriptive
and maintenance manual as used by the RAF). AP
2024A Vol 1 dated
March 1942, 298 pages.
| CD TITLE | A35 |
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