Shotgun Starts

First off, you are right. Don't know where I got THAT confused. We
worked on a TR-3 NASA aircraft (nothing to do with the "new" TR-3
triangle aircraft). back in the late 70's, which was also a variant.

FWIW, did find a picture of a Canberra starting up.


http://www.ramm.shacknet.nu/robant/a...to%20leave.JPG

jmk wrote:
First off, you are right. Don't know where I got THAT confused. We
worked on a TR-3 NASA aircraft (nothing to do with the "new" TR-3
triangle aircraft). back in the late 70's, which was also a variant.

FWIW, did find a picture of a Canberra starting up.


http://www.ramm.shacknet.nu/robant/a...to%20leave.JPG


The first time I ever saw a cart start up close was an F-4E in a tab
V shelter, I never could remember what tab V stood for, and was quite
impressed. Just before start we vacated the tab V and watched from
outside. A jet of flame and smoke appeared under the left engine and
within a couple of seconds the shelter filled up with dense black smoke
which obscured everything from the cockpits on back. When the engine was
up and running the smoke cleared in a couple of seconds.

One thing I wish I could see would be a B-52 cart starting all eight
engines at once.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired