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Aviation Photography and the Hidden People that make the flights happen

One day while browsing through some aviation pictures I realized that most of the pictures you see are of airplanes and pilots and not much of what goes on behind the scenes or the people that work there. I have always been impressed by the Rosie the Riveter photographs that show work being done behind the scenes.

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So I set out to do something similar, not staged and therefore without the beautiful lighting they created in their photographs. I created a Flickr album called Invisibles for the invisible people keeping the airplanes flying.

Replacing the Auto throttle clutch pack involves partially disassembling the throttle quadrant.

Replacing the Auto throttle clutch pack involves partially disassembling the throttle quadrant.

Torquing the aft engine mount bolt.

Torquing the aft engine mount bolt.

Here is a link to my Flickr album Invisibles.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjXJKVwK