History’s Fastest Jet-Powered Plane Was So Hardcore That It Needed Two 401 Cubic-Inch Buick V8 Engines Just To Get It Started

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by electrive / Charged EVs / The Autopian / Sustainable Bus at 04 Nov, 21:22 UTC

The vast majority of the aircraft most people will interact with every day have self-starting systems for their engines. This allows for autonomy, even when the aircraft is parked somewhere without ground service equipment. But one of the most famous aircraft in history couldn’t start itself, and…

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• T2History’s Fastest Jet-Powered Plane Was So Hardcore That It Needed Two 401 Cubic-Inch Buick V8 Engines Just To Get It Startedelectrive / Charged EVs / The Autopian / Sustainable Bus04 Nov, 21:22