Karma Catch up with Aussie Pipers?

[jls]

A cavalier bozo decided to hand-prop a Piper Saratoga on a busy Australian
airport. He de-monocoqued four Piper Warriors and a Piper Seminole. Cost:
over $1.5 million. Read about it and see pictures here:

http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=2463

And if you want to get an education in --->hand-propping accidents <---- use
these last three words in quotes in a google search. That should keep you
out of mischief for a few hours.

[john smith]

jls wrote:
> A cavalier bozo decided to hand-prop a Piper Saratoga on a busy Australian
> airport. He de-monocoqued four Piper Warriors and a Piper Seminole. Cost:
> over $1.5 million. Read about it and see pictures here:
>
> http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=2463
>
> And if you want to get an education in --->hand-propping accidents <---- use
> these last three words in quotes in a google search. That should keep you
> out of mischief for a few hours.


That picture is several years old.

[jls]

"john smith" > wrote in message
.. .
> jls wrote:
> > A cavalier bozo decided to hand-prop a Piper Saratoga on a busy
Australian
> > airport. He de-monocoqued four Piper Warriors and a Piper Seminole.
Cost:
> > over $1.5 million. Read about it and see pictures here:
> >
> > http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=2463
> >
> > And if you want to get an education in --->hand-propping accidents <----
use
> > these last three words in quotes in a google search. That should keep
you
> > out of mischief for a few hours.
>
>
> That picture is several years old.

Yes, it is admitted that the photo and facts have been around awhile, and it
is also admitted that it's universally apropos to the issue of
hand-propping.

Somebody at Santa Monica's airport, who refused to give his name,
hand-propped a 172, which made a bull-gallop for the runway, nearly taking
out a $13 million airplane, and doing quite spectacular damage in its wake.

In Oregon an 80-year-old passenger died as the result of a careless accident
caused by someone hand-propping an aircraft with a discharged battery.

If it happened 100 years ago, it teaches *some* of us a lesson, i. e., that
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I have hand-propped since the 80's and must admit that on occasion have
sinned. <genuflecting>

[Capt. Geoffry Thorpe]

" jls" > wrote in message
...
<...>
> And if you want to get an education in --->hand-propping accidents <----
> use
> these last three words in quotes in a google search. That should keep
> you
> out of mischief for a few hours.
>
hand-propping accidents

WEB RESULTS 1 - 10 of about 208


Try "gun cleaning accident"

WEB RESULTS 1 - 10 of about 50,100

--
Geoff
the sea hawk at wow way d0t com
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Spell checking is left as an excercise for the reader.

[jls]

"Capt. Geoffry Thorpe" <The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com> wrote in message
...
> " jls" > wrote in message
> ...
> <...>
> > And if you want to get an education in --->hand-propping accidents <----
> > use
> > these last three words in quotes in a google search. That should keep
> > you
> > out of mischief for a few hours.
> >
> hand-propping accidents
>
> WEB RESULTS 1 - 10 of about 208
>
>
> Try "gun cleaning accident"
>
> WEB RESULTS 1 - 10 of about 50,100
>
> --
> Geoff
> the sea hawk at wow way d0t com
> remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
> Spell checking is left as an excercise for the reader.
>
Hello, El Capitan. Here's an interesting one from Ron, also proving (as
often suspected) that he is a reincarnated lawyer. Check out the sidebar.

And you know what? That skunk Campbell published his article and didn't
even pay him for it:

http://www.airaffair.com/Library/Archive/Part1/hand_propping

If you want more, try "hand-proping." Hand-propers don't spell as well as
gun-cleeners.

[john smith]

> I have hand-propped since the 80's and must admit that on occasion have
> sinned. <genuflecting>

If you turn the fuel off before you prop the engine, it will only run
about 30 seconds... enough time to get into the cockpit and switch it on
before the engine quits.
If you don't get in, the plane isn't going very far.

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:41:44 -0400, " jls" > wrote:

>Hello, El Capitan. Here's an interesting one from Ron, also proving (as
>often suspected) that he is a reincarnated lawyer. Check out the sidebar.
>
>And you know what? That skunk Campbell published his article and didn't
>even pay him for it:
>
> http://www.airaffair.com/Library/Archive/Part1/hand_propping

Just so things are clear, at the time that story was posted (April 1990), I
hadn't been paid. After about six months of nagging phone calls, I finally
*was* paid. Still didn't get my negatives back, though....but I saw one of the
pictures used in one of Campbell's own articles, later.

Ended up re-writing the article for KITPLANES about five years later. Made
about four times as much.

Ron "Strike for the shores of Dover" Wanttaja

[Pooty Tang]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:15:45 -0400, "Capt. Geoffry Thorpe" <The Sea
Hawk at wow way d0t com> wrote:

take the dash out:
try "hand propping accidents"

WEB RESULTS 1 - 10 of about 41,700


>WEB RESULTS 1 - 10 of about 208
>
>
>Try "gun cleaning accident"
>
>WEB RESULTS 1 - 10 of about 50,100

[Joe McGaw]

Mine got to 50 feet AGL before the engine quit when I forgot to turn
the fuel on :(
Joe
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john smith wrote:
> If you turn the fuel off before you prop the engine, it will only run
> about 30 seconds... enough time to get into the cockpit and switch it on
> before the engine quits.