All instrument panels on Tiger Club aircraft at Redhill were placarded....
'ALL AIRCRAFT BITE FOOLS'
Which is as true today as it was years ago!!
In my nearly 50 years working on aircraft, I have seen the aftermath of turning props, a guy at Hawker aircraft Co. with half a face and an arm missing,(Sea Fury) an engineer friend of mine who nearly broke his hand a couple times when the engine kicked back,(Gipsy Majors) an aircraft started and ran away, in the hangar at full power, after a pilot decided to see what the compression was like on this particular engine.(Volkswagen)
I have had 12 stitches in my shoulder from the wind driven Generator on an Auster, and several scars from model aeroplane engines.........so that makes me??
Yes I admit it!!
But I have learned the lessons, I am still around to tell the tale, but it scares me to watch the disrespectful way people treat props. these days.
Propellers are not for:-
1. Radial engine pilots, to show off to the crowd at an airshow how manly you are.
2. Turning while the engine is red hot, after shut down, 'cos it looks neater horizontal'
3. Pulling and pushing the aircraft in an out of the hangar.
4. Something you let your kids mess with while you stand and watch.