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Old 02-01-2012 | 09:23 AM
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Pilot dies after being struck by propeller - Fox News Video - Fox News
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Old 02-01-2012 | 03:15 PM
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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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