RTFM Library

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As this will always be a work in progress, a green tick mark (✔) shows where documents are presently available.

Not for profit

This information resource is intended to help air museums, aircraft restoration & preservation groups, flight simulator designers, historians, researchers, enthusiasts, general interest readers, etc... All files and information provided here are not for sale, or to be sold by myself or others, but are provided for free as my contribution to the greater good of the vintage avition commnity. I don't even use cookies or trackers on this website, meaning not a single penny is made, I am just simply trying to help people and their projects by sharing the library I have gatehred over the years.

All of the information is offered free of cost for three reasons:
1. The information was created by aircraft and parts manufacturers, the Air Ministry etc.. therfore I see that I have no right to profit from other peoples work.
2. I firmly belive that knowledge should be accessible to all; there should be no tax on learning, or financial barrier to education.
3. Having spent years looking after vintage aircraft, I know the importance of following the correct manuals. This is where ex-RAF guys taught me the term "RTFM"!

I hope you find it interesting or useful!

Thanks

Some of these manuals have been scanend by myself, most have been passed on to me by others, or have been "doing the rounds" on the internet, I thank contributors for their donations, but cannot always verify the original people who scanned them to give thanks. The people who diretly passed these manuals on to me were happy for them to appear here, to share freely, helping the community.

I have processed a lot of these materials by organising them, and applying OCR layer to PDFs to help with text searching.

If you spot material that was originally scanned by you, I extend my gratitude as you have helped to make this resource possible; as said above, I have no visibility as to the original scanners of a lot of this material, so thank you SO much! If you are unhappy about the scanned material being shared, please do let me know, but please bear in mind that it would be a shame to dismantle such a useful resourse.

Why so slow?

This site is hosted from a server in my garage, so your download speed is limited by my broadband upload speed, which is around 14 Mbps. My area doesn't yet have fibre to premesis, so for now we are stuck with this speed. To help though, I have split large documents up into smaller sections or chapters to enable them to load a bit faster.

Caveat/Terms/Disclaimer

I cannot and do not garuntee the validity, obolescence, completeness, accuracy or relevance of this information to be used for the maintenance or operation of aircraft (flying or ground running) or equipment, or any other area where safety may be compromised by the use of outdated or incorrect/irrelevant information. Any use you put this information to carried out at your own risk. This resource should be seen for what it is: a historic record built from several snapshots in time, rather than an up-to-date resource.

All information is provided "as-is" with no garuntee of accuracy, completeness or relevance. Some of these manuals are incomplete with pages missing, and some are not the latest / most recent version.

To the extent permitted by law, I hereby exclude all liability whatsoever and howsoever arising (including, but without limitation, liability resulting from negligence) for any loss or damage however caused when the information is used for any purpose.

(Adapted from the Wikimeia general disclaimer)
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