Newps wrote:

It was a Commanche and it was totalled after it crash landed. No
airplane has ever taken off and flown for more than a few seconds
without the ending being a hell of a wreck.

I distinctly remember a case of a tail dragger here in central NY back in
the early to mid 1980s where the pilot hopped out after landing to do
something quick and the aircraft, left at a high idle, did take off on its
own, due to the trim being set nose up.

The news account of this incident described the aircraft climbing a bit,
then stalling and regaining lift then climbing some more. This went on for
roughly 45 minutes until the aircraft ran out of fuel and settled in some
trees somewhere in the south of the Adirondack State park.

Knowing you will scream "bull****" to this as well, I am trying to find a
source other than my memory of the news account to prove this and am in the
process of searching.


--
Peter