Paper or Digital

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The following pictures are of books in the Aircraft Heritage Museum, Perth, Western Australia

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[DADE]

Paper books/manuals/magazines have over the centuries been our access to aircraft knowledge, but unfortunately some authors have even copied from others and using a recent Presidents new approach to the media, there has been '' Fake history news ''. But by and large they have mainly offered us the correct facts. The difference in authors is vast as they can be knowledgeable, funny, plus instantly readable, or just the belief that why did they bother. Publishers have over the years saved us generally from these occurrence's, saving us from not only getting upset, but the publisher from going broke. The knowledge gained from these books comes with biscuits (cookie) crumbs, coffee stains, oil and grease stains, plus DNA from readers after fingers are licked to move from one page to the next page of the story or information. Before reading these books we were absolutely without expert knowledge then after we read them we are gifted with a talent that we thrust down ex friends throats while we bore them to tears after reading the contents.
But books and manuals have gained a reputation about the fact that they can be in short supply due to not being published anymore, or demand out stripped the availability of some and prices have gone up. They have a tendency to take up a lot of room and probably ended a few marriages. But the paper books were around when history was made and the digital format was only a dream in someone's mind, so they are still worshipped by readers.
The Digital age, you find that now you can look at books from a different format. So efficient, so fast, are some of the probable thoughts and words as the modern equipment we use gives us access to the reasonably new digital format, plus so little space used for holding the information. These are the positives, but unfortunately we have a human being to use a Book Copier to copy these books and arrange them in a proper order which can mean pages are missed. The fact that you still have to download drawings and other information to printers that spit out paper is missed by the technos. Try working on the digital format if your power goes off and that is why you cannot give up your paper books. An analogy is the fact that people still sail yachts for the pure sailing experience that the wind gives, rather than smelly power boats.
It is good to know that both can exist together, so look after your books as they can come back in fashion, but don't take them into the toilet as they could be very valuable.

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[Matt Gunsch]

for me I like both. I recently bought an Ercoupe and I have a stack of manuals for airframe and engine that weighs 10 lbs, I have the same manuals in pdf format in my tablet that I can carry anywhere. When I am working on my plane I prefer the paper manuals, but I do like that I can zoom in on a digital manual.

[Scott Rose]

for me I like both. I recently bought an Ercoupe and I have a stack of manuals for airframe and engine that weighs 10 lbs, I have the same manuals in pdf format in my tablet that I can carry anywhere. When I am working on my plane I prefer the paper manuals, but I do like that I can zoom in on a digital manual.

Congrats Matt, I love the Ercoupe! You'll have to keep us up to date on your progress for Vintage Aviation Registry.