Originally Posted by
Mooncrest
I've been in aviation for over twenty years and I had no idea it was possible to jump start one aircraft from another. I learn something every day. How's it done ?
The 'jump start' kit was fashioned from air start trunking, long enough to pass between the underbellies of two 737s parked side by side. Plug the trunking into the external air supply receptacles of each aircraft, open and close a few valves and hey presto - the 'live' aircraft is giving air to the 'dead' one. It used to be said that what Britannia didn't know about operating 737s wasn't worth knowing anyway.