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October 8th 14, 04:01 PM
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RAFGSA Bicester
On Thursday, January 16, 2003 6:37:23 PM UTC-5, Whitson Bush wrote:
Just wondering how many of us have flown at Bicester and when. If I remember correctly, Paddy towed in a Chipmonk. It did not have a starter ....they started it with -believe it or not - shotgun shell blanks. Never seen anything like it! 
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October 8th 14, 09:18 PM
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RAFGSA Bicester
On Wednesday, 8 October 2014 16:01:24 UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, January 16, 2003 6:37:23 PM UTC-5, Whitson Bush wrote: Just wondering how many of us have flown at Bicester and when. If I remember correctly, Paddy towed in a Chipmonk. It did not have a starter ....they started it with -believe it or not - shotgun shell blanks. Never seen anything like it! All RAF Chipmunks had Coffman cartridge starters. They were only converted to electric when demobbed and put on the civil register.
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October 9th 14, 07:36 AM
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RAFGSA Bicester
At 20:18 08 October 2014, Colin Wray wrote:
On Wednesday, 8 October 2014 16:01:24 UTC+1, wrote: On Thursday, January 16, 2003 6:37:23 PM UTC-5, Whitson Bush wrote: Just wondering how many of us have flown at Bicester and when. If I remember correctly, Paddy towed in a Chipmonk. It did not have a starter ....they started it with -believe it or not - shotgun shell blanks. Never seen anything like it! All RAF Chipmunks had Coffman cartridge starters. They were only converted to electric when demobbed and put on the civil register. That was because us Civvies would have needed a firearms license for the cartridge starter!
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October 9th 14, 10:53 AM
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RAFGSA Bicester
On Thursday, October 9, 2014 8:36:11 AM UTC+2, Chris Rollings wrote:
At 20:18 08 October 2014, Colin Wray wrote: On Wednesday, 8 October 2014 16:01:24 UTC+1, wrote: On Thursday, January 16, 2003 6:37:23 PM UTC-5, Whitson Bush wrote: Just wondering how many of us have flown at Bicester and when. If I remember correctly, Paddy towed in a Chipmonk. It did not have a starter ....they started it with -believe it or not - shotgun shell blanks. Never seen anything like it! All RAF Chipmunks had Coffman cartridge starters. They were only converted to electric when demobbed and put on the civil register. That was because us Civvies would have needed a firearms license for the cartridge starter! We also started them by hand in the 70's that was before they put the Lycoming engines in them.
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October 14th 14, 02:38 PM
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RAFGSA Bicester
Coffman cartridge starters. See "Flight of the Phoenix": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACjOvyx5hs
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October 16th 14, 07:12 PM
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RAFGSA Bicester
On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 8:38:16 AM UTC-5, wrote:
Coffman cartridge starters. See "Flight of the Phoenix": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACjOvyx5hs Or, to see a "non Hollywood" cartridge start, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65qrzgbTTcQ Steve
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