Then can someone tell me what that "T" shaped thingy stowed in a side pocket by the pilot was called? Going back a few years, the drill used to be:
1) Whine, whine, whine..... bumffft... Lots of jet fuel vapour out the back, nothing more. Bloke with fire extinguisher takes a pace back, slowly so nobody will notice.
2) Whine, whine, whine..... bumffft... Lots more jet fuel vapour out the back.. Bloke with fire extinguisher takes two paces back, small ones, casual like.
3) Whine, whine, whine..... bumfttkerbaAM!_WHOOMP _RED _FIREBALL _ENGULFS_ T-TAIL. Guy with fire extinguisher suddenly opposite side of apron but trying to look as if he's running toward the aircraft, not away. Difficult because he's left the fire extinguisher under the fireball.
4) Silence. Arched eyebrows and
expressions visible in the windows furthest aft.
5) Door opens. Captain calls for a stairway and a stepladder. Guy with fire extinguisher has been here before - he's already lugging a three-foot high wooden stepladder over to No.1.
6) Captain climbs stepladder complaining about the height (he's 5'8" and has to stretch), opens a flap, inserts said "T" thingy and drenches himself with whatever jet fuel hasn't been kaboomed. Adjectives suitable to the occasion ensue. Fire extinguisher guy standing by with cotton rags and an illl-concealed smirk on his face as captain wipes the fuel from his eyes, goes back to give the nut one last turn and then takes a little walk around the aircraft to dry off.
7) Captain back in aircraft, whine, whine whine, whump, whistle, screech, ahh, thundering blasting ROAR of a screech. God what a noise those things made.
So, what was the "T" thingy called?