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Old 8th Jun 2016, 20:36
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by LTNman
I was there for that 40th anniversary event in 1997. I had never seen a Canberra engine start and even though it was 19 years ago I seem to remember that some sort of cartridges had to be fitted somewhere to start the engines. Did I imagine it but if it was true what did the cartridges actually do?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffman_engine_starter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9fkmqPHTDE
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