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The 47 DVD

Four great P-47 Thunderbolt films in full screen digital

home DVD video. Includes two P-47 pilot's manuals

The P-47 DVD

Familiarization for the P-47. You'll see a detailed, step-by-step pilot rundown on the Thunderbolt's layout, specs, design and capabilities. Discover the how, where and why of the T-Bolt's massive turbosupercharger.

Ground Handling, Takeoff, Normal Flight and Landing Everything you need to know about getting the big Thunderbolt airbourn and back again

P- 47 High Altitude Flight and Aerobatics See the Jug rock and roll among the clouds performing fuselage twisting aerobatics to the strains of Beethoven's Fifth. Learn why you should always power-off before you roll into a "split s." Explore the Jug's dive limits so you can push her right to the edge of the envelope

Uncrating and Field Assembly of the P-47 Thunderbolt This truly remarkable step-by-step training film shows how a ground support crew could assemble a P-47 in a field using nothing more than muscle, unpowered hand tools, and pieces of the shipping crate it came in. One of our personal favorites.

* 50-page Republic P-47B, -C, -D and G Thunderbolt pilot's manual with photos, systems diagrams, performance charts & more. From the early models through the "bubble" canopy "D.

* 112-page Republic P-47N Thunderbolt pilot's manual with photos, systems diagrams, gunsight operation, tactics, procedures & and much more. The "N" was the final variant, a "Super Thunderbolt" built for long range operations in the Pacific.