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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 | | |
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