Originally Posted by
mustafagander
It was SOP on Britannias as I recall it. When I were but a lad my crew used to service the CP Brits transiting SYD and that was one of my jobs, hold the prop until it pulled away from my hands in the correct direction of rotation.
Always had quite an audience!!
Indeed, I remember that. The Brit did not like to start with the prop reverse rotating, so we needed to hold it during start. We had competitions to see who could hold the longest! Silly really, I wonder how we survived it.