>>>Linden Thomson said:
>
> > From Nickbk@aol.com Sun Nov 10 11:02:08 1996
> >
> > PK (Parker-Kaline) I think...its hard to read on the shaft
> > Looks like a Phillips screwdriver, but it seems that two of the opposing
> > drives edges are shorter.
> Almost certainly from the aircraft industry. One of my uncles was an
> airframe fitter with the RAAF in New Guinea during WWII. Aircraft involved
> were mainly P40s (aka Kittyhawks). He always refers to Phillips screws
> as PK screws.
That may be, but "modern" aircraft tend not to. For example, the 1965 Beech
Musketeer I owned until a few weeks ago had a zillion and three screws, every
one of which was most definitly Philips.
(and sometimes it seems like I had to take every one off for an annual
inspection...electric screwdrivers are WONDERFUL...)
--berry
Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox.com :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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