[Milsurplus] B-29 Reverse Propellers Switch

[Gary Pewitt]

When I was a kid living at Edwards AFB a B-36 had all three props on one 
wing reverse while landing.  What a mess!  Killed the whole crew and left a 
mountain of scorched aluminum all over the runway.  You definitely don't 
want the props reversing until you are -on- the runway.
73  Gary  N9ZSV



At 08:32 PM 3/23/2006, W7QHO at aol.com wrote:


>In a message dated 3/23/06 6:27:43 PM, n9zsv at cei.net writes:
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>>The reverse was used after touchdown to slow the plane.  The reverse refers
>>to the pitch only not propeller rotation.
>>73  Gary
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>I seem to remember a couple of commercial airliners crashing in NJ 
>sometime around 1950 because the props reversed at the wrong time.
>
>Dennis D. W7QHO
>Glendale, CA

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