Originally Posted by
Spongebob
That would do it...we had a Hawkeye go into the weeds for the same thing a couple years ago - Prop pitchlocked on a PEL to a full-stop and when they went into reverse it just took off.
Obviously, the Commodore didn't like something that was going on - I've known 2 CO's to get fired when it became apparent that command climate had directly caused a mishap.
Spongebob
Would that be a VAW-120 pilot? I was there for that, the 120 IP was giving a NATOPS check down in St. Augustine on a brand new E-2C...or at least thats what I recall. I had one pitchlock in the pattern at Miramar and at 105.8, I easily heard it before looking at the rpm.