Aviation Saftey Digest
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Aviation Saftey Digest
I have this very day been throwing out paperwork from years of trying to learn stuff. One of the things I came across is my first Aviation Saftey digest, which is No 11 1957. Ridiculous really, but Hey, I just cant bring myself to throw them out. All manner of other stuff from previous training, mate I have it all, but Aviation Safety Digest, nup, cant do it.
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From the index,....Aviation news and views, Overseas accidents ( a C46 and a Bristol 170), Australian accidents, (DH 82's, DC 3 and a Cessna), Incident reports, and design notes, (elevator control cables), pretty much what you would see today.
For interest, it was September 1957.
The first one with a glossy picture on the cover was No 14, June 1958, the picture was black and white.
For interest, it was September 1957.
The first one with a glossy picture on the cover was No 14, June 1958, the picture was black and white.
Last edited by Arnold E; 24th Nov 2012 at 10:45.
Hi Arnold, just a suggestion.....
Is there a 'suitable' flight school or aviation museum to which you could donate them??
One that would keep them in good condition / assessible for all students and pilots to read.
They are far too valuable in the lessons they contain and the quality of the many reports - Thankyou Mr Job - to simply 'disappear'.....
Cheers
Is there a 'suitable' flight school or aviation museum to which you could donate them??
One that would keep them in good condition / assessible for all students and pilots to read.
They are far too valuable in the lessons they contain and the quality of the many reports - Thankyou Mr Job - to simply 'disappear'.....
Cheers
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The collection that I have will not just disappear, as I indicated, I could not bring myself to throw them out, but on reflection, one of the local museums may well be a good place for them to reside. I will think about that one.
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How about everyone throws in a few bucks and get then scanned to disc or into an electronic format, then we can all use them. They leave the sad, award winning new version struggling in the dust and remain as valid now as the were in 1957; they kept at least generation of pilots out of trouble, talking and thinking. Invaluable. I'm in.
Don't think I've even opened the last lot of the new thing; I know I've happily, with malice and aforethought, binned them all without a shadow of regret.
Don't think I've even opened the last lot of the new thing; I know I've happily, with malice and aforethought, binned them all without a shadow of regret.
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Is there a 'suitable' flight school or aviation museum to which you could donate them??
One that would keep them in good condition / assessible for all students and pilots to read.
One that would keep them in good condition / assessible for all students and pilots to read.
Big mistake. A month or so later I dropped in and found the magazines tossed into a corner and gathering dust and obviously unread or discarded. To me those ASD's were priceless but obviously not to the then current generation of students. I gave it another month and went back. The mags were still untouched in the same corner of the briefing rooms.
I thought `Stuff 'em" and carefully gathered the mags together and took them back home where they are to this day. I still read them. I am quite convinced today's students are simply not interested in old flight safety pubs. Maybe the odd enthusiast here and there, but they are a rarity. And I might add, that includes today's generation of airline pilots. They prefer Facebook and other social media.
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That's depressing. Arnold's collection starts in the year I was born, and I didn't learn to fly til I was in my 30's, but I valued those magazines. I'd chip in to have them digitized for posterity. So much experience and wisdom - shouldn't be discarded.
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Digitizing them is an amazing idea, where do I send my cheque? Oops I mean transfer the money to?
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Count me in with the digitizing! How much?
How much?
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Digitizing them is an amazing idea, where do I send my cheque? Oops I mean transfer the money to?
But it all costs money. While those of a certain vintage would have welcomed the opportunity of reading ASD's electronically, as Centaurus mentioned in an earlier post, few current student, PPL, CPL or ATPL licence holders would be interested. Pity of course but unfortunately they seem to be the facts.
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