This is why........

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

This is why ' pre-flight ' checks are necessary

Col....

[leon]

Nice one Col thanks for sharing that, it that a fighter jet engine ???

Leon

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by leon

it that a fighter jet engine ???

Leon

Yes Leon....where the after burners light up

[LonelySpoon (Neville)]

SR-71 Blackbird, to be exact?

One of my favourites.

Neville

[leon]

Actually it looks like the fellow in there is a bit black and scorched as well.

Leon

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by leon

Actually it looks like the fellow in there is a bit black and scorched as well.

Leon

He’s exhausted Leon...

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

An igniters check would be a nice wakeup call. During my time in the RAAF I heard stories about people crawling into intakes for a snooze ..

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

An igniters check would be a nice wakeup call. During my time in the RAAF I heard stories about people crawling into intakes for a snooze ..

That's exactly what I did Hans at RAAF Wagga 50 years ago ....at the completion of our training on Aircraft Engines, we had a few hours to kill in our Hanger.

We has just pushed a F86 Sabre Fighter Jet into the hanger ( de-commissioned of course ) and parked it....so I jumped into the intake and laid down for a restful afternoon while the other lads ' tinkered ' in the cockpit and sat on its wings....and other ' tom foolery ' antics.

Of course I was warned about having the igniters switched on, but I knew no batteries or ground power was plugged in....they were just ' jossing ' me ...we all had a good laugh.

Col....