Airplanes Used To Be Started With A Modified Ford Model T

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10/11/2014 at 09:18 • Filed to: planelopnik, ford, model t, hucks starter

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100 years ago airplanes didn't have electrical systems, no batteries and a poor guy standing out front slinging the prop around to get things going. Enter B.C. Hucks, Captain in the Royal Air Corps and aviation pioneer who decides to stick a projecting claw clutch on the PTO of a modified car.

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