Hand swinging a prop is something I have managed to avoid but thought the following may be of interest as by coincidence am reading about the murderer Hume who around 1949 killed and cut up a body - hired an Auster from Elstree and dropped the body in the Bradwell Bay area - On the trip he lost his way - landed in a field for directions and then apparantly called upon a complete stranger to swing the prop. !
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