The RTFM Library

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

Not for profit

The RTFM Library only includes primary resources to provide the most accurate information for referencing. It is intended to help air museums, aircraft restoration and preservation groups, historians, students, researchers, and general interest readers. All files and information provided here are free and not for sale; they may not be sold by others. I do not use cookies or trackers on this website, so not a single penny is made.

The information is offered for free for three reasons:
1. The information was created by aircraft and parts manufacturers, the Air Ministry, etc.. I believe I should not profit from the work of others.
2. I believe that knowledge should be accessible to all; there should be no financial barrier to education.
3. Having spent years looking after vintage aircraft, I understand the importance of following the correct manuals. This is where ex-RAF engineers taught me the old air force term "RTFM"! (Read The F*ing Manual)

I keep this library free to access, and physically look after the server myself to reduce costs, I do have some expenses: electricity, server replacement parts, the purchase of manuals for scanning... If you've found this library helpful, and would like to contribute to help keep it online, please consider making a small donation. Any amount is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Some of these manuals have been scanned by me, some loaned or given for scanning; but most were contributed by others. To all contributors (you know who you are!) I offer my sincere thanks. If you spot material that you originally scanned, I extend my gratitude as you have helped to make this resource possible.

Also, thanks to those who have kindly donated. Yuor support truly helps to keep the library alive.

Feeling slow?

This site is hosted from a server in my garage, so your download speed is limited by my home broadband upload speed, ~14 Mbps as of 2026. Large documents are split into sections/chapters to help.

Contributing

If you have a manual, brochure, catalogue, photograph, document, that's not listed here, please do get in touch if you'd like to contribute it.

Also as noted above, keeping this site maintained and online is really helped by donations.

Caveat/Terms/Disclaimer

I cannot and do not guarantee the validity, obsolescence, completeness, accuracy or relevance of this information to be used for the maintenance or operation of aircraft (flying or ground running) or associated equipment, materials/substance handling, or any other area where safety may be compromised by the use of outdated or incorrect/irrelevant information, or its misinterpretation or misunderstanding. Any use of this information is 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 or accurate resource.

All information is provided "as-is", some of these manuals are incomplete with pages missing, and some are not the latest 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 Wikimedia general disclaimer)
This is an informational website. The content of this site is being provided freely, and no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, individual contributors to these pages, or project administrators, sysops or anyone else connected with this project subject to your claims against them directly. You are granted a limited license to copy anything from this site; it does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of this website or any of its agents, members, organizers or other users.

Any of the trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, personality rights or similar rights that are mentioned, used or cited on this site are the property of their respective owners. Unless otherwise stated, this site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with any of the holders of such rights, nor can this site grant rights to use otherwise protected materials. Your use of any such incorporeal property is at your own risk.

Contact

You can get in touch here. I love to hear from people who have found this site useful, but if you spot any of your scans and are unhappy about them being shared, please let me know so we can work something out.