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alarkyokie

02-01-2012 09:23 AM

Possible hand start accident

Pilot dies after being struck by propeller - Fox News Video - Fox News
sad...

Duckdude

02-01-2012 03:15 PM

There are still a lot of planes out there without starters - Piper cubs, champs, etc.

A Cherokee is pretty big to handprop - Certainly not impossible, but I wouldn't try it, even though I've propped smaller planes hundreds of times.

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