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Repairing the Hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic (photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt.) 1934 (lemmy.world)

submitted 23 hours ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/historyphotos@piefed.social

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[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago

I’d be the guy on the left, just sitting there staring off the side wondering what I'm doing with my life and if I’ll have an opportunity for a career change.

[–] orlyowl@piefed.ca 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That looks absolutely terrifying.

[–] kobra@piefed.social 10 points 19 hours ago

For real. I guess the only thing slightly more terrifying would be not fixing it while in the middle of the Atlantic 🫪

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Likely, the inspiration for this ad:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230331024319/https://adland.tv/adnews/eds-airplane-2000-060-usa

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

I bet no one else has been "outdoors" that high up, at that point on the planet.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago

Watch that first step!