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Originally Posted by Tim Ayers
I guess a prop strike in the sand didn't require a tear down and inspect back in '55.
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Hey Tim.....That's a good point to make, but like several of the older twins back then, notice that even with the gear retracted as seen on this example in the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola (been there...it's unbelievable!), the wheel/tire is still substantially exposed and was designed to take the load in the case of a gear-up landing. And any pilot with any smarts at all killed the engines the last few seconds before touching down, and with the starters, bumped both props to a horizontal position like in the picture.....NO prop strike! In fact, if you look at the beach picture, I don't see any damage or even any scrapes or scratches to the bottom of the airplane. DD
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