eedcdf610c84d96144e1457a82b597b3dd07bc99c8cfef41c4b3ee16bfcbcb1d A 1958 military flight handbook. A civil-registered T-34A will differ: engine changes, avionics, and STCs are common, and the aircraft's own approved documentation and any supplements govern. This file is not airworthiness data for any airframe. 12 of 164 pages in the source scan extract as inverted mojibake, including pages 49, 51 and 53 inside the cut-out CONDENSED CHECK LIST block. Sections that fell on those pages are omitted here rather than reconstructed: notably DITCHING, ENGINE FIRE IN FLIGHT, FIRE DURING ENGINE START, and part of the exterior inspection right-hand side. Resolving them requires reading the page images. The ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKE-OFF (after becoming airborne) sequence lost its list numbering in OCR. Item order follows the surviving text and matches the corresponding pre-airborne sequence, but the numbering should be confirmed against the page image. Normal procedures beyond preflight and interior inspection (starting engine, before taxiing, take-off, before landing, after landing) are not yet transcribed. Emergency procedures are transcribed more completely than normal procedures.

DD Form 781 CHECK The military maintenance record. On a civil aircraft, the equivalent check is the airworthiness and maintenance status, including any open discrepancies. Battery and ignition switches CHECK OFF Aileron trim tab wheel 0 DEGREES Rudder trim tab knob 0 DEGREES Elevator trim tab wheel 0 DEGREES Landing gear handle DOWN Landing gear emergency retract switch OFF AND SAFETIED Canopy emergency release handle seal UNDAMAGED Flight controls UNLOCKED Cockpit check for solo flight Safety belt SECURE Shoulder harness SECURE Headset STOWED Flight controls FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION Attitude indicator and directional indicator UNCAGED Fuel booster pump override switches FORWARD COCKPIT CONTROL Rear canopy CLOSED AND LOCKED

Left wing Wing flap CHECK Aileron CHECK; TRIM TAB FOR SERVO ACTION Wing tip and navigation light CHECK Leading edge and landing light CHECK Pitot tube CHECK The right wing, right main gear and nose gear items are omitted here: they fall on a page whose scanned text is inverted and unreadable. Work them from the source document or the aircraft. Fuselage right side Fuel tank vent CHECK, 12 DEGREES FORWARD PITCH Antenna SECURE Static air vent UNOBSTRUCTED Empennage Right horizontal stabilizer CHECK Right elevator and trim tab CHECK Vertical fin CHECK Rudder CHECK; TRIM TAB FOR ANTI-SERVO ACTION Navigation light CHECK Left elevator and trim tab CHECK Left horizontal stabilizer CHECK Fuselage left side Tail skid CHECK Under side CHECK Static air vent UNOBSTRUCTED Baggage compartment CHECK, DOOR SECURED Fuel tank vent CHECK, 12 DEGREES FORWARD PITCH

Seat ADJUST AND LOCK Seat belt and shoulder harness FASTENED Inertia reel lock CHECK Parking brakes SET Flight controls CHECK FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESPONSE Wing flap lever NEUTRAL Landing light switches OFF Fuel selector valve handle LEFT TANK Fuel booster pump switch LEFT Trim tabs — set for take-off Aileron trim tab wheel 0 DEGREES Rudder trim tab knob 3 DEGREES RIGHT Elevator trim tab wheel 3 DEGREES UP The remainder of the interior inspection sequence (inverter, radio, pitot heat, circuit breakers, battery switch, gear position indicators, fuel quantity, fuel pressure, warning lights and navigation lights) falls on an inverted page and is omitted.

Throttle CLOSED Brakes APPLY Canopy position OPEN Mixture lever IDLE CUT-OFF Fuel selector valve handle OFF Ignition switch OFF Battery switch OFF Generator switch OFF

This sequence lost its numbering in the source scan. The order follows the surviving text and matches the pre-airborne sequence; confirm against the page image before relying on it. Glide ESTABLISH Canopy position OPEN Mixture lever IDLE CUT-OFF Fuel selector valve handle OFF Ignition switch OFF Battery switch OFF Generator switch OFF

Airspeed MAINTAIN 90 KNOTS Fuel selector valve handle SWITCH TANKS Fuel booster pump switch ON (APPROPRIATE TANK)

Throttle CLOSED Glide ESTABLISH 90 KNOTS IAS Fuel selector valve handle SWITCH TANKS Fuel pressure gage CHECK Wing flaps UP (LEVER — NEUTRAL) Mixture lever FULL RICH Propeller lever FULL INCREASE Landing gear handle UP Shoulder harness LOCKED Trim AS NECESSARY

Canopy position OPEN Throttle CLOSED Glide ESTABLISH 90 KNOTS IAS Fuel selector valve handle OFF Fuel booster pump switch OFF Wing flap lever UP Mixture lever IDLE CUT-OFF Propeller lever FULL DECREASE Landing gear switch UP Ignition switch OFF Battery switch OFF Generator switch OFF Shoulder harness LOCKED Trim AS NECESSARY

Throttle CLOSED Pitch attitude INCREASE Propeller lever FULL DECREASE

Battery switch OFF Generator switch OFF All electrical equipment OFF All circuit breakers OUT

Cockpit cold air handle IN Cockpit hot air handle OUT Canopy position OPEN

A civil-operated T-34A may not carry parachutes, and this sequence assumes them. Know what your aircraft is equipped with before you need this page. Wing flap lever DOWN Canopy OPEN OR JETTISON Seats FULL UP Safety belt and shoulder harness UNFASTENED Headset REMOVE

Canopy position OPEN Wing flap lever DOWN Throttle CLOSED Mixture lever IDLE CUT-OFF Fuel selector valve handle OFF Ignition switch OFF Battery switch OFF Generator switch OFF Inertia reel LOCKED

Landing gear circuit breaker PULL OUT Gear CRANK DOWN (APPROXIMATELY 37 TURNS) Gear indicator lights CHECK