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
| t...
| 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...
|
| --Sylvain
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Follow on...
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/spe...ocomm/u-4b.htm
"Gentlemen:

Regarding the U4-B neither the Air Force or any military
branch utilized the Shrike. The U4-B was a 560-A model
Commander by the time it was picked up by the military.
These particular "commanders" utilized the Lycoming GO-480
engines of (275h.p.) later models had 295h.p. The Aero
Commander 680E was the last of the "bath-tub" nacelle
versions used by them.. By 1959 Aero Design of Bethany,
Oklahoma had cleaned up the airframe to include the new
"speed-nacelles" found in all current "Shrikes".. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower flew in one because he was so impressed
with it's safety record, in particular, it's single-engine
safety margins. The prototype flew from Bethany,OK to
Washington D.C. with the left propeller removed and stored
in the baggage compartment. Ted Smith and Gordon Israel had
fabricated one of the nicest Business Twins of the period.
All Commanders exhibit fantastic flying qualities,
rock-solid and stable ideal for IFR operations.
Blue Skies,
International Helio Assoc.
06/30/2005 @ 15:06"

"Jim Macklin" wrote
in message news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04...
| 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
| message
|
ups.com...
||
|| karl gruber wrote:
|| Some can, easily.
||
|| Karl
||
||
|| Hasn't Bob Hooover demonstrated that in the Shrike?
||
|| "Sylvain" wrote in message
|| t...
|| 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...
||
|| --Sylvain
||
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04...
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.


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.

Karl

No, it was in the baggage compartment.



"karl gruber" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04...
| 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.
|
|
| 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.
|
| Karl
|
|

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
in message
| news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04...
| 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.
|
|
| 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.
|
| Karl
|
|

Too much trivia.



"karl gruber" wrote in message
...
| 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
| news:2W%Wg.2154$XX2.1813@dukeread04...
| No, it was in the baggage compartment.
|
|
|
| "karl gruber" wrote in
message
| ...
| |
| | "Jim Macklin"
wrote
| in message
| | news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04...
| | 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.
| |
| |
| | 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.
| |
| | Karl
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:2W%Wg.2154$XX2.1813@dukeread04...
No, it was in the baggage compartment.

Correct. I saw video of it many years ago (okay, it wasn't video, more
likely film in those days).

It wasn't a stunt, either, it was a demonstration like like Tex Whatshisname
that rolled the 707 for the crowd.



"karl gruber" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04...
| 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.
|
|
| 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.
|
| Karl
|
|