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Old 4th Aug 2009, 04:14
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TonKat
 
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Seeing as this is not the first time something similar has occured (plenty of pictures on the web to testify) - it may be past time to address.

Once the art of hand starting was common practice - hands up who knows (through training) how this is done? This is something I have never done and don't think I would attempt without really understanding what I was doing - considering the consequences of an error.

Does the procedure of hand starting need to be part of the syllabus when learning to operate flying machines?

or:

Discourage the practice completely.
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