AIRSPEED AS51 HORSA TROOP-CARRYING GLIDER (55 pages) PDF Download Pilot's Notes and Tug Aircraft Appendices I - VIII
Jan 1944
AIRSPEED AS 51 HORSA
A.P. 2097A
Part I: Controls & Equipment
Introduction
Pneumatic Systems
Glider Controls
Doors, seats & cockpit equipment
Operational Equipment
Lighting, radio & signals equipment
Emergency exits & equipment
Illustrations: Cockpit; General & Post Side
Instrument Panel
Part II: Handling & Flying Notes for Pilot
Introduction
Limitations
Position error correction
Fitness of a/c for flight
Preliminaries
Preparation for take-off
Take-off
Undercarriage jettison
Climbing
Best position on tow
Level flight/ Blind flying
Casting off
Gliding
Approach & Landing
Emergencies and Ditching
Removal of tail section
Part III: General Notes for Tug Aircraft Pilots
Appendix I to Appendix VIII: Notes for Tug Aircraft Pilots of Specific Types
Part IV: Notes on Glider Pick-up by a tug aircraft in flight