Jim...............I remember that Twin Commander. Great publicity stunt. And
I KNOW, the prop was in the back.

I am writing about a different airplane whose prop WAS still attached.

Karl
"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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No, it was in the baggage compartment.



"karl gruber" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| 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.
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| Good............I remember that now.It was a publicity
| stunt.................... But it's not the light twin that
I saw. And it's
| prop was still on and could have been running if needed.
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| Karl
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