rod mclaughlinAnother candidate for the Darwin award (06 dec 11)
To reduce my carbon footprint, I traveled recently on a twin engine propellor plane instead of a jet. You had to walk across the tarmac to get on. There was a fence all the way from the nose to the wingtip, and behind the wing to just in front of the staircase, to discourage people from approaching the propellors. I thought "who would be so dumb as to stand near a propellor, even a stationary one?". Now I know: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/06/2533912/fashionistas-arm-severed-head.html Perhaps she thought the propellor was a hair dryer. I did learn something from this article. Propellors, like jet engines, suck you in if you're in front of them. But unlike a jet engine, its fairly safe to stand behind a propellor. Back
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