I kept work diary and sports diary for probably 35 years of my 40 years service. can pretty much account for every plane, engine which (numbered in thousands) I Built or worked on, and most tennis tournaments I played in .
One day I remember well when my crew ran 6 Engines across test cell. my shift started at 6AM and ended at 11pm and was back to work at 6am. I was the only one that worked double shift from crew of 5, Operation, recorder, and ground man, it took three people minimum to test Jet engine on test stand by regulation at time (before computer programs). Most got lost from the many moves. I still from time to time reread some. For me very satisfying That I earned my pay. At time it was important to me to log what when on in day, which pretty much matched shift turnover logs, which on occasions some how got misplaced when problems arise.
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