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English: This P-38 compressibility chart is taken from a USAAF P-38 pilot training manual. Pilots of early P-38s (ones without the 1943 dive flap retrofit) were advised against steep dives as compressibility would force the plane to dive more steeply as well as immobilizing the controls, a situation that could prove fatal if initiated below 25,000 feet. |
| Source | USAAF P-38 pilot training manual. |
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| current | 22:38, 22 August 2007 | | 1,462 × 1,096 (1,016 KB) | Binksternet (talk | contribs) | This P-38 compressibility chart is taken from a USAAF P-38 pilot training manual. Pilots of early P-38s (ones without the 1943 dive flap retrofit) were advised against steep dives as compressibility would force the plane to dive more steeply and as well a |
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