[Milsurplus] B-29 Reverse Propellers Switch

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 23 Mar 2006 at 21:06, Gary Pewitt wrote:

> 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

I remember a story about the Beech King Air twin turbo-prop light plane 
which also had the capability of fully reversing the prop pitch.

The test pilot was asked to find out what would happen if full-reverse 
pitch were somehow accidentally activated in normal flight. He did this 
test at quite a high altitude, thank heavens.

When he operated the controls into full-reverse pitch, the King Air 
literally fell out of the sky. He was able to recover only because he had 
enough altitude. Beech then fixed the controls so that full-reverse pitch 
couldn't be gotten into by accident.

Ken W7EKB