---------------------------------------------------------- RV3-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 04/12/03: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:49 PM - Re: Prop Failure (Bruce Stewart) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:49:46 PM PST US From: "Bruce Stewart" Subject: Re: RV3-List: Prop Failure --> RV3-List message posted by: "Bruce Stewart" Brock, well at least you survived and you have probably learned heaps as a result. A friend here in Australia is also lucky as well, during the 50's he was in the RAF and posted to the middle east somewhere, while flying from one sandy hell hole to another he was a passenger looking out the window and noticed something odd with the spinner on the front of one of the port engines, he thought about it for a while and went and tapped the pilot on the shoulder and pointed out the window to the port engine spinner. The pilot went grey and said lots of interesting words, pulled the power off and landed ASAP, as it turned out a number of that type of aircraft had crashed and the cause was a mystery for a fair while, no one survived to tell the tale.......no one! The RAF had kept this all under wraps for years, turns out the spinners failed taking out the prop sufficiently to cause massive imbalance, by then its all over, engine tears wing apart. The guys name is Dave Burman, lives in Berry, South Coast NSW Australia, he's one real interesting guy to talk to. Cheers Bruce > > I spoke to Mike DeMuth yesterday for over an hour. I seems I was incorrect > about the manor in which things happened. After a response from a helpful > person replying to my message I realized my first message was not objective. > Mike DeMuth was a fountain of knowledge and I am grateful he imparted some > of his 30+ years of prop experience to me. >