Re: Lycoming engine fails! Pilot survives!

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:13:03 GMT, Peter Dohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>
>However, there were at least two variants of Rolls Royce Griffon engines:
>1      On the Spitfire, it had a single five bladed propeller which 
>       rotated in the reverse direction from the propeller on the
>       Merlin engined aircraft. 




>            I have been told that it killed a few
>       unwary pilots who forgot and pressed the wrong rudder pedal on
>       take-off.   :-(

>Regards,
>
>Peter
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Really.

Who told you such?
Sounds like wannabee myth and legend
without some serious documentation.


Barnyard BOb - over 50 years of successful flight