Originally Posted by
bushy
I once watched a military pilot all but destroy a propellor on a Pilatus Porter by doing stationary runups etc on a gravel patch.
Bushy, I saw the same thing at an airshow in Jamestown about 8 years ago. Only difference was it was the whole roulettes team. I reckon those prop blades are probably about $10k each, times 4 per plane times 5 planes! No one is taught to think outside the box/stray from the rules. That might be a good thing in the whole scheme of things though - maybe that's why the RAAF's safety record is so good.