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Old 31st Dec 2008, 17:42
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Hireandhire
 
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I will admit to having failed to put the mags off more than once. Our aircraft has twin toggle switches rather than a key, and the engine is first stopped by lean cut-off, then mags to "off".

What makes it worse is that i pulled it around by the live prop to get it back in it's farmstrip hangar.

The second time I made this mistake, as I leveled the wooden prop to avoid moisture balance issues.......the twin impulse mags clicked, the motor fired and ran in the hangar for 10-15s

Funnily enough I have remembered every time since. That sort of thing makes an impression, even on slow learners like me.

And look - I've still got all my fingers.

Fly safe !
HnH
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