Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Hand starting an aircraft while mid air, or why women live longer than men

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  1. No panic or whine, just getting the job done. Freedom's definition

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  2. Didn't Snoopy do this very same thing on his Sopwith Camel?

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  3. I'm pretty sure that if they had picked up a little speed by lowering the nose, the prop would have started turning.

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    1. Agreed.....wasn't as if it was feathered....

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  4. Women live longer than men because they don't do stupid, meaningless, crap like this asshole. Total shit-show.

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  5. Intentional stupidity on the pilots behalf. Surprised the prop did not catch his hand on the restart and let go of the plane

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  6. this is a homebuilt plane. it takes more ooomph than that to spin the prop on an old Piper Cub. It was a set up photo op, notice the safety rope.

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  7. That "safety harness" was a belt around his waist. It would probably have cut him in half, or at least broken a lot of ribs. If the rope was really short, he might have landed on the wing. . .yeah, no thanks.

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    1. "safety harness" was a rope tied to his belt.

      "It's the thought what counts."

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    2. Would've been kinda hard to fly it dangling four feet below the aircraft.

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  8. What, he could not afford the starter

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