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How do you get a pilot going? Well, in the old days it started with a hand crank!
The Hucks Starter
… Cowboy Land!
The Coffman Starter
A cartridge starter on the RB-57A
The DHC1 Chipmunk
The Arnold Benz Velo
The cycle of a jet engine
RN Seahawks simultaneous use of their cartridge starters
RAF Lightnings of No56 “Chicken in the Basket” Sqn at RAF Akrotiri
The SR71 Blackbird
The Riedelanlasser starter for German BMW 003 and Jumo 004 turbojet engines
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Library of Congress, Jeff Dahl, NACA, US Patent Office, bomberpilot, Jeff Dahl, the IMW, the RAF, the USAF and Kogo. Attribution not possible for some images.
