Picture of the day.

[Crimea_River]

 

[v2]

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[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... no life like it

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... searching and notices

 

[fubar57]

Pic in Post #6561, 4Sqn. SAAF, late 1941

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Shinpachi]

 

[Wurger]

A manual start of an early MiG-3...

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Airframes]

That looks bl**dy dangerous !!

 

[buffnut453]

Hmmm...looks like a good way to lose body parts. Presumably the guy with his right hand on the prop is holding it in place while the team on the rope take up the tension (given that the rope and the guy are working in opposition)?

 

[Wurger]

And one more shot of the same MiG-3..

 

[Airframes]

I've 'swung' props on Tiger Moths, Stampe, and the worst, a three-blade prop on the late Brian Lecomber's Pitts Special, and they were potentially dangerous enough for me. I would NOT like to have 'swung' that MiG's prop like that !!!
Even if it did involve an extra ration of vodka ..............

 

[buffnut453]

Amen brother. Looks like you and I were writing the same thoughts at the same time on this topic!

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Crimea_River]

 

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[Shinpachi]

 

[Wurger]