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Old 28th Jul 2022, 06:26
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TBM-Legend
 
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Originally Posted by compton3bravo
Reminds me of the Australian golfer Jack Newton who was seriously injured when he walked into a propeller. People in the golf club were wondering if he got a free drop!

I was there that night and saw the event. A certain amount of the amber fluid contributed to this event. He was running late and ignored the advice to walk to the aircraft from the side. Also an engineer walked into the prop of my Turbo Commander one evening as it was shutting down from behind the wing....
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