Story: Propeller found miles from crash scene

("Bob Chilcoat" wrote)
My dad used to tell the story of a Corsair prop that departed the a/c
during
a runup somewhere in the Pacific. It flew all the way across the airfield
at low level and was found several hundred feet into the jungle at the end
of an impressive swath cut through the bougainvillea. Depending on the
altitude and RPM at the time of loss, I can easily imagine a lost prop
traveling a mile or two before it hit the ground.


Prop thought fully feathered meant something else.


Montblack