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kevinbonds(at)comcast.net
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: OT: Beware flying props |
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Hope you guys and gals don't mind this. It needs to be seen. Here's why the
FAA insists on someone at the controls when hand propping.
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gboothe(at)calply.com
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: OT: Beware flying props |
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Looks like some of my early fiberglass work! What's the rest of the story?
Do not archive!
Gary Boothe, Cool, Ca
<gboothe(at)calply.com>
601HDSTD, WW Corvair Conv. - complete
Tail Group - complete. Working on Wings...
Hope you guys and gals don't mind this. It needs to be seen. Here's why
the
FAA insists on someone at the controls when hand propping.
http://www.referenceonly.com/prop/
Click on the above link (or copy it to your browser) to see the photos of
a
guy here at the Venice Airport who had just filled his recently purchased,
$16,000 Piper Cherokee, at the self serve pump at the airport. He could
not
start the A/C normally due to some problem with the starter, so had to
hand
prop the engine. He neglected to set the parking brake, and had the
throttle
set to 3/4, so guess what happened? The plane took off....right towards
the
self-serve pumps. Luckily the steel and concrete barriers were there,
which
the prop struck, immediately tearing loose from the crankshaft. You can
see
the damage that was done to the aircraft, and in the last two photo's, you
can see the 102 yard flightpath of the spinner and prop, and where it came
to rest on top of the hangar. Chalk that one up to experience. By the way,
no insurance on the A/C.
Kevin Bonds
Nashville TN
601XL Corvair powered; Plans building.
Empennage done; working on wings and engine.
<http://home.comcast.net/~kevinbonds> http://home.comcast.net/~kevinbonds
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marinegunner(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: OT: Beware flying props |
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The rest of the story is "STUPID PILOT". I used to own a Taylorcraft BC-12
with no electrical. Hand propped it hundreds of times without a problem. On
those few occasions that I did not have someone inside handling controls, it
was tied down and started with great care. All were always trained. I did my
first hand start on Fleet in 1956. The rest of this and many similar stories
remains the same "STUPID PILOT".
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Semper Fi,
Steven R. Hulland
CH 701, Amado, AZ
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marinegunner(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:07 am Post subject: OT: Beware flying props |
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Kevin,
Nice hangar ornament! "STUPID PILOT"
Wonder if insurance would have covered "stupidy" if it had been covered?
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Semper Fi,
Steven R. Hulland
CH 701, Amado, AZ
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ggower_99(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject: OT: Beware flying props |
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That is why aviation is "normally" safe, everybody gets (or has to get) trainned to fly, this includes preflights, instruction and practice. I bet this guy never had proped a plane before. Same happens when we fly a "new to us" airplane, even if we are a million hours expert pilot, we need a breefing (or formal instruction if needed) from an instructor or expert in type pilot before we should even atempt to start the plane...
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