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"Peter Duniho" wrote:

As the owner of an airplane with a Q-tip prop, I've heard all sorts of
variations of that story.

I've yet to see ANY *documented* proof that it ever actually happened. I
doubt it did. Anyone who says "true story" ought to have more specific
information than that it "happened back in the late-70's, early 80's".
Like, some specific knowledge of a specific instance.

I first heard it reported in an issue of Pacific Flyer (actually a reprint
of the that blurb was in the Atlantic Flyer). I will look to see if I still
have the newspaper scrap at work (the year was 1991 or 1992).

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule