Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months agoMy grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down15
arrow-up1369arrow-down1external-linkMy grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures.ibb.coFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-210 months agoI think it’s really interesting too, but he was my grandfather, so I’m biased. I wasn’t really sure how interesting drawings of screw threads and gauges and calipers and such would be to other people.
minus-squareNaich@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoThose drawings are beautiful. I wish I could draw like that.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoMe too. He tried to teach me some when I was a kid, but I just don’t have the aptitude for it.
I think it’s really interesting too, but he was my grandfather, so I’m biased. I wasn’t really sure how interesting drawings of screw threads and gauges and calipers and such would be to other people.
Those drawings are beautiful. I wish I could draw like that.
Me too. He tried to teach me some when I was a kid, but I just don’t have the aptitude for it.