Summary: How do you get a pilot going? Well, in the old days it started with a hand crank!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Hucks Starter<br> <br> <br> <br> ... Cowboy Land!<br> <br> <br> <br> The Coffman Starter<br> <br> <br> <br> A cartridge starter on the RB-57A<br> <br> <br> <br> The DHC1 Chipmunk<br> <br> <br> <br> The Arnold Benz Velo<br> <br> <br> <br> The cycle of a jet engine<br> <br> <br> <br> RN Seahawks simultaneous use of their cartridge starters<br> <br> <br> <br> RAF Lightnings of No56 "Chicken in the Basket" Sqn at RAF Akrotiri<br> <br> <br> <br> The SR71 Blackbird<br> <br> <br> <br> The Riedelanlasser starter for German BMW 003 and Jumo 004 turbojet engines<br> <br> <br> <br> 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.
