• Source: Northrop P-61 Black Widow

Northrop P-61 Black Widow, dinamai laba-laba Amerika, adalah pesawat bersayap tinggi militer pertama Amerika Serikat yang dirancang khusus untuk pesawat tempur malam untuk menghadang pesawat pengintai, dan pesawat pertama yang dirancang khusus untuk menggunakan radar.
Itu semua-logam, bermesin ganda, desain twin-booming dikembangkan pada Perang Dunia II. Uji terbang pertama dilakukan pada tanggal 26 Mei 1942 dengan produksi pesawat pertama bergulir dari jalur perakitan pada akhir Oktober 1943. Pesawat terakhir ini mengundurkan diri dari pelayanan pemerintah tahun 1954.




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Flying The P-61 "Black Widow" Series Airplane 1944 Instructional Film
Note: This is a very detailed 30-minute Army Air Forces instructional training film made at Hammer Field, California on how to fly the P-61. The film details preflight checks, cockpit controls, engine operation, flying and landing the aircraft.
My Sweetheart is a Black Widow Popular Science July 1945 by Major Carroll C. Smith USAAF. First public article on P-61 Diarsipkan 2012-10-06 di Wayback Machine.
P-61 Restoration Project at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania
Night Fighter by J R Smith - a first-hand account of a P-61 radar observer in World War II China.
pictures of the p-61 in China Diarsipkan 2019-06-12 di Wayback Machine..
P-61 Pilots manual
P-61 Training film
Baugher P-61 index page
P-61 at Airliners Photo collection
Night Fighting lecture at NASM Diarsipkan 2011-06-06 di Wayback Machine.
Warbirds Resource Group
43-39224 Pacific Wrecks Diarsipkan 2009-06-12 di Wayback Machine.
Skylighters P-61 Page Diarsipkan 2009-04-29 di Wayback Machine.
422nd Night Fighter Squadron history Diarsipkan 2009-05-02 di Wayback Machine.
425th Night Fighter Squadron history - including aircraft list Diarsipkan 2009-05-02 di Wayback Machine.
Warbird Registry: P-61 Black Widow
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