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Old January 23rd 05, 11:18 PM
Dale
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In article .com,
"george" wrote:

Now hang on. The types of aircraft most of us fly will never have a
'windmilling' prop.
The engine quits the prop stops !
and an idling engine will add to the 'gliding' distance


Oh really. With the engine failures I've had in Cessna's the prop
continued to turn until I was in the flare or on the runway.

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Dale L. Falk

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