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I wonder if someone just out of the photo on the left has a hold of her arm to pull her backwards away from the spinning prop when it fires up? Good idea.BRITISH AVIATION: FLYING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AIR GIRLS B&W PHOTO ELSTREE AUG 1946 | eBay
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It's most likely posed for the photographer.I wonder if someone just out of the photo on the left has a hold of her arm to pull her backwards away from the spinning prop when it fires up? Good idea.
You don't want anyone else in the way when hand-starting an engine.I wonder if someone just out of the photo on the left has a hold of her arm to pull her backwards away from the spinning prop when it fires up? Good idea.
Knowing what the brakes are like on the early Austers, I wouldn't trust them.The only time I have propped an airplane with chocks in place was when I had no intention of flying it,
Note also that the engine turns "backwards," so she is grabbing the "wrong" blade.
Main thing I see is, "What are you doing working around an airplane with that cap on, young lady?"
Its not as bad as it seems. They usually cough a couple of times before really getting going.I think the injury rate among those who should start the plane, was dramatically higher than other ground crew members. 1 millisecond and his hand was cut by propellers.
Too bad that the prop got in the way.Spanish Ballerina, Encarnita Alcaraz with a rather scandalous pose by 1925 standards
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985's?I've done a couple of 985's on a C-45 before...Needed to flop in the back floor for a bit after we started to taxi. If they had been fresh overhauls, couldn't have done it.
With a rope?I've done a couple of 985's on a C-45 before...Needed to flop in the back floor for a bit after we started to taxi. If they had been fresh overhauls, couldn't have done it.
Well, from an untrained and outsider mind / eye, that's really horrible. And thank you for your explaining.Its not as bad as it seems. They usually cough a couple of times before really getting going.
The only injuries I've seen have been from when the engine 'kicks back' and turn backwards for a couple of blades and breaks a hand/wrist. And then I've only seen it happen twice in 10 years.
R-985 radial engine985's?