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Old 11th Aug 2013, 11:53
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Back in my Lyneham days, we in ATC used to witness two types of C-130 engine starts apart from the "normal" ones.

1. Slipstream.
2. Windmill.

What WASALOADIE described, ATC used to refer to as the Slipstream start, when one C-130 was backed up to the one needing the start and used propwash to turn the prop of the engine/s to be started.

For us, the Windmill start was when a C-130 would gather speed on the runway and at the appropriate time, unfeather the prop of the engine to be started, using the airflow to start it.

Happy days.
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