Dead Reckoning Computers: AF Manual 51-12
by Department of the Air Force
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€11.21€7.85
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About This Item
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1963. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Air Force Manual 51-12 approved 15 May 1959. Edition/Printing not stated (supersedes ATRC Manual 51-7 of 1952). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; toning to peripheral edges of wraps; light wear to head, tail, and tips; small crease to upper front corner. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. 76 pp 4to. This manual is designed as a workbook to provide rated and student pilots and navigators with the basic principles and procedures for solving navigational problems on various types of dead reckoning computers. Step by step instructions on the operational procedures for solving navigational problems with the MB-2A and MB-4 Dead Reckoning Computers are included. Detailed illustrations accompany the instructions showing computer setting for various type problems. Sample practice problems with answers are provided for each type problem presented. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014432
- Title
- Dead Reckoning Computers: AF Manual 51-12
- Author
- Department of the Air Force
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- United States Air Force, USAF, Air Force Manual Number 51-12, Dead Reckoning, flying, aviation, navigational problems, Dead REckoning Computers, MB-2A, MB-4, Cold War, True airspeed, true air temperature, wind effects, wind solution, airspeed, altimeter,
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- Transportation; Aviation/Aircraft;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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