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Old 25th Dec 2016, 21:49
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Lowrider2
 
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"Ice Pilots" demonstrate that the old girl can keep on going and do it quite well.
Ansett in Australia used a system call "combustor" to start their L-188's in remote areas. The combustor used compressed air bottles, all steel starters, injecting fuel into the starter air duct and igniting it. Flames would shoot out of a starter exhaust port in the engine cowl. Usually scare the hell out of someone that had not seen it before. Engine would spin up very fast.
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