Pinups in 1950s USAF Flight Manual graphics?!!

T33driver · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:32 pm

I recently bought a copy of the Northrop F-89B/C USAF flight manual--dad's jet. When I thumbed through the first few pages, I chuckled out loud and was admittedly a little envious of the era of "my father's air force". I love it!! My, how times and sensibilities have changed.

JBoyle · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:39 pm

I wonder if it was a unique Northrop deal?

I have a C-124 and a 1950s-era C-47 Dash-1s and all the illustrations are of planes...nice ones too.

Randy Haskin · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:18 am

T33driver wrote:

Iwas admittedly a little envious of the era of "my father's air force". I love it!! My, how times and sensibilities have changed.

Two!

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:22 am

I have parts of a B-36 manual and a bit of the B-49 Pilot Handbook and each of them have some shapely lasses in them, but the girls are of the more common cartoon style, not as accurate as the first one on your post!

The Inspector · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:45 am

Be careful!! Some tight a$$ed individual of questionable judgement will take great offense and drag you to HR or sue you for 'ofensive materials' I still wonder what the response would be if you got right in some self appointed moral cops chops asked very loudly in a public place 'so who died and appointed you official head censor?'
My response remains "P.C. ON THIS AND SPIN!"

Edward Sheetmetalhands · **Joined:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:44 am **Posts:** 257

Trying her out as my avatar....

JDK · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:56 am

Randy Haskin wrote:

T33driver wrote:

Iwas admittedly a little envious of the era of "my father's air force". I love it!! My, how times and sensibilities have changed.

Two!

Presumably in the modern air forces with female pilots they'd need a 'guys' version with the gals in and a 'gals' version with the buff guys draped over the wing...

The F-15 manual with Hugh Jackman? :shock:

T33driver · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:05 am

Edward Sheetmetalhands wrote:

Trying her out as my avatar....

Good call!!

James,

Hugh Jackman? That ain't right! I'd settle for Fergie (the femaile pop singer, not the former UK royal)

JDK · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:09 am

T33driver wrote:

Hugh Jackman? That ain't right! I'd settle for Fergie (the femaile pop singer, not the former UK royal)

With 'print on demand', you could select your favourite ~uh~ 'object of adoration', but when printed by the USAF it'd probably come back with your mum instead! :lol:

Bluedharma · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:46 am

The first page is great. "To gain maximum benefit from this manual, it is important that you thouroughly acquaint yourself with the information contained in these pages."

Django · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:30 pm

Those are great!

airnutz · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:00 pm

JDK wrote:

Presumably in the modern air forces with female pilots

In this PC Age we live, you are considering female pilots of both genders ehh James?

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:14 am

Looks like a signature under the first picture - who drew it?

JDK · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:57 am

airnutz wrote:

JDK wrote:

Presumably in the modern air forces with female pilots

In this PC Age we live, you are considering female pilots of both genders ehh James?

Depends on the force's policy, don't it?

Clearly the easy policy is 'mother'. Everyone had one of them... :shock:

sdennison · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:36 pm

I'll have to go back through my videos but I have a vintage training one that starts out with a comic voice over with a looooong legged chicken hawk (current terminology, double-breasted mattress thrasher) in short shorts and a tight sweater playing golf and as many innuendos about landing gear and attitude, focus, etc.

Pretty funny stuff. :wink:

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