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Old October 11th 06, 03:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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Default Why are multiple engines different?

Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, piston
powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the right
prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of
approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot.



"cjcampbell" wrote in
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| karl gruber wrote:
| Some can, easily.
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| Karl
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| Hasn't Bob Hooover demonstrated that in the Shrike?
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| "Sylvain" wrote in message
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| by the way, that's one of the things that MS FS gets
| wrong with the light twins: with a long enough runway
you
| can takeoff with only one engine...
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| --Sylvain
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