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Boiler men.
Check!
Furnaces Stoked.
Check!
Boiler water level between upper and lower limits?
Check!
Feedwater injectors to Automatic.
Check!
Steam Pressure not less that 350psi?
Check!
Set governors to takeoff position.
Check!
Open Steam regulators.
Regulator open.
Confirm. Balls out.
Balls out.
Brakes Release! Take-off!
Boiler men.
Check!
Furnaces Stoked.
Check!
Boiler water level between upper and lower limits?
Check!
Feedwater injectors to Automatic.
Check!
Steam Pressure not less that 350psi?
Check!
Set governors to takeoff position.
Check!
Open Steam regulators.
Regulator open.
Confirm. Balls out.
Balls out.
Brakes Release! Take-off!
I love the smell of rotaries in the morning. You know one time, I got to work early, before the rush hour. I walked through the empty carpark, I didn't see one bloody Prius or Golf. And that smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole carpark, smelled like.... ....speed.
One day they're going to ban them.