"Private" wrote in message
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I had a friend who claimed that he had a warm engine start in his hangar
when he repositioned the prop. The hanger door was closed and he had
nowhere to go. Claimed his back was against the door and he held his hand
on the center of the spinner to stop the aircraft from moving forward.
Luckily the fuel was shutoff and it only ran for a very short time. I
forget where the gas came from. He may have been spinning a tale but he
really wasn't that kind of guy.


Interesting. I used to know an old timer that told the same tale.