Flying Squid to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years 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-square30fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down15
arrow-up1362arrow-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 to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilink15•edit-22 years 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-squareNaichlinkfedilink3•2 years agoThose drawings are beautiful. I wish I could draw like that.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilink3•2 years 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.