Something else I didn't know, ME 262 was also a tail dragger originally. Learn something new everyday.
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Venoms used a cartridge start...The cartridge was about 10 inches tall and slightly tapered from about 4 inches diameter, made of brass and filled with something like cordite.crisso wrote: One thing puzzled me, when the engines started in Cairo to bring back the Test Pilot and his Missus, they seemed to have used a cartridge like a gun firing. Was this the method used on the Ghosts? or, was it film-makers licence? (I do believe some early military jets used this method.)
Can't remember what the F1 used but our FGA9s used AVPINDaveB wrote:A recent DVD I got on the Hunter showed that versions of these were cartridge start too :shock:
I'm an Elf and Saifdee rep at our place.petermcleland wrote:Another point of interest in that photo...The two airman standing by the tail of the starting Venom...Their job was to remove the Astbestos Blanket that is draped over the leading edge of the tailplane (if you look carefully, you can see it hanging down between the booms). As soon as it was established that the aircraft had finished any "torching", those two chaps recovered the blanket :think: ...Don't know what "Elf 'n Saifdee" would think about that, these days :roll:
Dave is bang on here Paul.DaveB wrote:There is a history with the Seafang Paul as this came from the Spiteful. The Attacker had the Spiteful's wings, was the F.A.A's first frontline jet fighter and some 145 units were built. A speacial aircraft in FAA history![]()
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