AIR 10/4038 - In Print

30 Oct 2009 13:12 #1 by Peter Kirk
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I mentioned this in one of my posts under the National Archive.
The TNA bookshop had copies of Air 10/4038 (or it maybe the later one) in printed form nicely bound. It was in two volumes A-K and L-Z.
For those note familiar with this document it records airfield data on one page and include a location map and an aerial photo or layout plan on the other.
The volumes on sale have two drawbacks
  • Each volume is £110.00
  • The reproduction is poor and TNA scans are much better quality (depending on original of course)
Before you knock the price too much I noticed that other volumes of reprinted archive documents carried similar price tags and I suspect the print runs are very limited and probably not even breakeven on margin.

Probably worth considering as a reference book for an aviation library or similar.

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02 Nov 2009 16:30 #2 by OneEighthBit
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Wow that is a lot if the reproduction isn't that great :(

You could photograph and reproduce it in almost print quality if you had an afternoon with the originals at the PRO for not very much.

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02 Nov 2009 22:23 #3 by carnaby
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You could photograph and reproduce it in almost print quality if you had an afternoon with the originals at the PRO for not very much.

Having done just that (almost) - it took a day to photograph, then probably two days to crop / turn / adjust the photographs).

Advantage is I don't need to print anything - if I had to print the lot (1,000 sheets) it would get expensive as there is a lot of grey-scale.

Peter mentions 'it's AIR10/4038 - or maybe the later one'. This is important as AIR10/4039 is roughly three times the size.

Graham

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02 Nov 2009 22:41 #4 by Peter Kirk
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I'd feinted at the price so didn't take note of the date or original document. Although one data sheet did state "as at ??/??/1942.

4039 is three times the size? I'll have to take extra batteries and memory cards!

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03 Nov 2009 19:15 #5 by OneEighthBit
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Well you don't have to print it - just make a PDF of it and sell it as an eBook :)

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