Next, we tried to
cross-bleed start the starboard engine, but it wouldn't start.
Once started, the remaining three engines were started using the
cross-bleed function, says Boeing.
To get the cards, we had to pull out of the pits after fueling, alternately shut down both engines, and
cross-bleed restart.
Time limitations did not allow for a second trap, so the aircraft took 6,000 pounds of fuel, performed a
cross-bleed start on the starboard engine and proceeded to the forward catapult.
After completing my checks, I signaled the PC that I intended to shut off the APU and
cross-bleed start.
An attempt to
cross-bleed the motor produced stall indications, so we stopped trying to relight the engine.
During an engine
cross-bleed start, Petty Officers Avendano and Lyalin watched as an airman on the catwalk walked beneath the exhaust of their EA-6B.