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Old October 3rd 05, 03:12 PM
jmk
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Cartridge start was also used on jets.

The British Camberra used them. It's a high altitude spy plane that we
licensed the design for, so that we could turn it into the U-2. One of
the changes we made was to get rid of the cartridge start, because the
huge mass of black smoke was considered "not high tech."