While working in Oman with the Sultan of Oman's Air Force, I was sitting in the Dakota, waiting to return to Bait al Falaj. Number one engine had been stated but nothing from number two. Duff starter was the problem. To my astonishment, the Airwork Services guys, after some discussion with the flight deck, came along with a rope. They wound it round the spinner and tied the other end to the back of a Land Rover. With the mags on an a signal from the flight deck, the Land Rover pulled slowly away, turning the prop. The engine fired up and all was well. I got back to the quite end of Oman in time for te.