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Old January 24th 06, 04:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Jay Honeck" wrote
See all of the aviation videos we've collected he

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm

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I was looking at a few of the videos, and I noticed something odd about one
of them.

You have one labeled P-38 starting as a Corsair taxies by. I thought, why
is the P-38 starting both engines at the same time? I have never seen a
twin do that; must be hell on a battery. Then I noticed that the Corsair
going by has his prop turning at about the same speed as the P-38. That is
odd. His engine must be running, as nobody is towing him. Then it occurred
to me. The camera must have had a very fast shutter, and what appeared as
the twin starting, is also happening to the Corsair prop; they are both
running at idle, and the camera is nearly stopping the prop, but rapidly
enough that it looks as they are turning slowly.

You might want to re-label that video. g
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Jim in NC