How it Starts

How do you get a pilot going? Well, in the old days it started with a hand crank!

 

The Hucks Starter

 

… Cowboy Land!

 

The Coffman Starter

 

A cartridge starter on the RB-57A

 

The DHC1 Chipmunk

 

The Arnold Benz Velo

 

The cycle of a jet engine

 

RN Seahawks simultaneous use of their cartridge starters

 

RAF Lightnings of No56 “Chicken in the Basket” Sqn at RAF Akrotiri

 

The SR71 Blackbird

 

The Riedelanlasser starter for German BMW 003 and Jumo 004 turbojet engines

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Library of Congress, Jeff Dahl, NACA, US Patent Office, bomberpilot, Jeff Dahl, the IMW, the RAF, the USAF and Kogo. Attribution not possible for some images.