[DeTomaso] NPC:: How to start your airplane with a dead battery

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

What was the deal with using shotgun shell type cartridges like in the film
Flight of the Phoenix with Jimmy Stewart?

Michael Shortt
On Aug 11, 2013 5:00 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 8/9/13 4:37:06 PM, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:
>
> > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=401176083333530
> >
> FWIW, that was the original use for Bungee cords during WW2 in the South
> Pacific. Except a few big sailors on the end of the bungee were used, not a
> vehicle, and the planes were Corsairs and TBDs, not little planes. Wimps
> nowadays! I've also been aboard a C-118 with a bad starter solenoid on #1
> engine;
> the crew chief took off a piece of engine cowling and reached in from a
> ladder with a long screwdriver to short the solenoid terminals and fire the
> engine. Just like on an old car except noisier & a bit more dangerous 2ft
> from
> the peop. FWIW- J Deryke
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