MKSheppard Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 (edited) Last year, I went to the USAFM museum in Dayton, and spent about a week in their research division scanning in lots of stuff. I'm happy to report that finally, finally, I finished converting all my scans from that August 2008 trip; it only took me a year but I have an excuse! I kept getting distracted! Here's the Link Current specs are (lowballed of course) Rough Archive Size (As of 5 June 2009): 425 Standard Aircraft Characteristics (General file size of about 5-14~ MB) 354 Characteristics Sheets (General file size of about 2~ MB) 55 Airplane Characteristics and Performance Documents 32 Performance Data Documents 21 Standard Missile Characteristics For about 3,100~ pages, and 4~ GB scanned in and available for your pleasure. (this is a low ball estimate based on my knowledge of average document sizes) I already know from my website control panel that I've been found at the Mirage Factory's Private Forums. What were these? Well, they were kept in "Black Books", "Green Books" etc at military sites etc; as a way of quick reference for what something needed, how far it could generally fly with x ammunition etc -- a quick and easy reference that provided the information you needed for rough mission planning, while not taking up as much space as a flight manual for the aircraft. A lot of good information can also be found in them; to wit: One of the pages from the Skypirate's ACP; it shows where the fuel tanks are, the armor; and fields of fire for the defensive armament. Edited June 6, 2009 by MKSheppard Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.