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[Mitchell Holman[_5_]]

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 9/11/2010 12:14 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:


Contra-rotating props and a life boat mounted under the fuselage.

[D. St-Sanvain]

Hello,

Alan Erskine a écrit dans
ond.com> :
> On 9/11/2010 12:14 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
>
>
> Contra-rotating props and a life boat mounted under the fuselage.

The life-boat is for when they will feather nr 4 ?

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[John Szalay[_2_]]

D. St-Sanvain > wrote in news:4cd96446$0$7745
:

> Hello,
>
> Alan Erskine a écrit dans
> ond.com> :
>> On 9/11/2010 12:14 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
>>
>>
>> Contra-rotating props and a life boat mounted under the fuselage.
>
> The life-boat is for when they will feather nr 4 ?
>

air-sea rescue probably similair to the USAF "Dumbo" configurations.

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 10/11/2010 2:09 AM, D. St-Sanvain wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Alan Erskine a écrit dans
> ond.com> :
>> On 9/11/2010 12:14 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
>>
>>
>> Contra-rotating props and a life boat mounted under the fuselage.
>
> The life-boat is for when they will feather nr 4 ?
>

Hehe... It was for rescuing downed aircrew in the English Channel and
also in the Atlantic - they litterally dropped the lifeboat next to them
(at least, that was the intention).