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Aviation manuals.

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  • 17-08-2014 5:05pm
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    Stiletto72
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭


    Hi all.
    My father was an aircraft mechanic and chief engineer for a great number of years.
    I was clearing out the attic last week and found a few maintenance manuals for some Beechcraft and Shorts aircraft going back to the '80's.

    Are these worth anything to anybody at this stage?


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    smurfjed
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    I'm guessing that he worked for AVAIR..... Not that many B1900/200 or 330/360 left operating in Europe, but maybe someone might want them for nostalgia.


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    Stiletto72
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭Stiletto72


    smurfjed wrote: »
    I'm guessing that he worked for AVAIR..... Not that many B1900/200 or 330/360 left operating in Europe, but maybe someone might want them for nostalgia.

    Yeah, Avair, and a few others.
    Thanks for the reply. Time to do a little searching I think.


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    folbotcar
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    Yes nostalgia only, manuals, particularly maintenance manuals go out of date quickly and require regular updating.

    For my sins in a past life my job was to revise certain jet engine manuals. Imagine if you will a stack of volumes each about six inches thick with regular supply of revised pages over a foot high. :( And, they weren't the only manuals we had!

    Ah the glamour of aviation!


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    Stiletto72
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭Stiletto72


    Thanks for your replies guys.
    I would like to see them go to somebody who would want them rather than just get rid of them.
    Of course, if they were worth something......


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    b757
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    Ring up the colleges and see would they be interested.

    IT Carlow or DIT.


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    arubex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭arubex


    Please don't dump them!

    PRONI in NI would probably take the Shorts stuff gleefully to add to the historic record.

    Alternatively try the Ulster Aviation Society for their collection. Or PM me if no-one else wants them...


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