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Old 1st January 2013, 08:27
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Re: Why did RAF keep using its own Pilot's Notes/manuals when better ones available?

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Originally Posted by DavidIsby View Post
1. All services have their own requirements for written documentation and manuals that they preserve with great zeal.

3. Compared to the US and Germany, Britain (not just the military) is manual adverse. They were running steam locomotives in Britain since the 1820s, but it was only in 1946, with the creation of British Rail and the need for standardization that anyone prepared a manual.
Thanks. Number 3 is particularly interesting. Do you know a source for the Brit Rail anecdote, and anything else about British being averse to manuals?

I have written up several pages on the topic of RAF manuals compared with American ones. I will post them and a link to them soon, and see what people think.
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