Didn't chase down the URL but a classmate of mine bailed out of a T28A
some time around Jan 54. Night jump - the Wright (John Deere)
7-cylinder engine decided it wasn't going to run any more. This was at
Big Spring TX. ISTR between the engine quitting and the prop going to
low pitch a lot of cadets jumped out of the pig, beginning (probably)
the first day it entered training service. I do remember seeing a
whole hangar floor covered with props, a flightline with a lot of 28s
minus props, and the prop man and the Wright man slanging each other.
Around this time some mech managed to start a 28 with the prop nut not
installed. That was real interesting for a few seconds until the prop
came to rest way out in front of the plane.
Walt BJ