Flying Squid 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-square20fedilinkarrow-up1375
arrow-up1375external-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 • 10 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilink15•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-squareNaichlinkfedilink3•10 months agoThose drawings are beautiful. I wish I could draw like that.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilink3•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.