Well, I have the original 707 Opeations Manual, heritage of my father, but that doesnt count to fly a captainsim version.

I downloaded them...but didnt read them.
As others I just read a few pages, how to turn lights on, etc., and the checklists.

And I will continue to do so with all other addons.

The reason is simple.
Developpers like Captainsim do something in their manuals that annoy me severly. They tell you to make things and to follow procedures that have no practical symptom in the sim.

Meaning they are mock knobs, buttons, switches, etc.
This confuses us in the operation of buttons that do have some effect in the sim. And I dont mean a little needle moving...I mean practical simming operations, buttons that if not operated properly the plane wont fly or be unstable, or loose power, or run out of fuel, turn lights etc etc

They should have TWO different Manuals.
One with all the mock buttons that its only purpose is to simulate buttons that SHOULD have some effect. In any case its irrelevant because a REAL 707 has FIVE HUNDRED additional tasks that are not simulated anyway.

And another Manual that has exclusively buttons-switches and operations that have an effect on the flying model.
The checklist is the only that gets NEAR this, but still has many useless mocked items.

IF THE MANUAL INCLUDED ONLY OPERATIONS WITH PRACTICAL EFFECTS IN THE SIM AND FLIGHT MODEL, I WOULD READ THEM THOROUGHLY.
K