you can read the maintenance manual for a passenger...

you can read the maintenance manual for a passenger aircraft on the internet archive! (the Convair 880, probably the loudest subsonic aircraft ever)

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this part looks important

7 April at 2:18 | Open on mastodon.social

also, all that detail in pen&ink on paper. None of your fancy CAD systems!

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7 April at 2:28 | Open on cybervillains.com

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Initial thought: only 408 pages? That's shorter than I expected.

Subsequent thought: it's part one of three, selected through the sidebar thingy. Blimey!

(So many amazing illustrations...)

7 April at 2:28 | Open on mastodon.me.uk

ospalh

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*loudest produced subsonic jet airliner

There were several louder aircraft.
Definitely the Thunderscreech
Almost certainly the Tu-95 and Tu-114
Maybe the Cessna Tweet

7 April at 7:34 | Open on chaos.social

Wilson

@tubetime man, this kind of stuff should be required for all software systems…

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