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31st Mar 2006, 07:20
Did the Beau Mk II ever have wooden props?
I interviewed a former RCAF pilot who related an amazing story of a mid-air while undergoing Beau OCU at RAF Charterhall. In his story, he mentioned that the other aircraft, while switching from fighter to target, dove underneath his (the RCAF pilot's) aircraft and pulled up too short under RCAF's nose. RCAF's starboard prop chopped off the tailplane of the other Beau.
The other Beau crashed, RCAF brought his badly bent up a/c home, shards of the shattered prop impaled into the cockpit.
I've never seen anything about wooden Beau props? Has anyone? If so, would you provide a point out to the reference so I can do the research?
Thanks in advance!
I interviewed a former RCAF pilot who related an amazing story of a mid-air while undergoing Beau OCU at RAF Charterhall. In his story, he mentioned that the other aircraft, while switching from fighter to target, dove underneath his (the RCAF pilot's) aircraft and pulled up too short under RCAF's nose. RCAF's starboard prop chopped off the tailplane of the other Beau.
The other Beau crashed, RCAF brought his badly bent up a/c home, shards of the shattered prop impaled into the cockpit.
I've never seen anything about wooden Beau props? Has anyone? If so, would you provide a point out to the reference so I can do the research?
Thanks in advance!