McCauley propeller question

[wendovertom]

Gents & Ladies,

we had a McCauley two blade propeller donated to the Wendover museum. I know nothing about the prop and the gentleman who donated didn't know much either. It is a McCauley prop serial number 55607 and model number 7652. It is all metal and about 6 feet in diameter with a 8 bolt hub. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Tom P.

[Matt Gunsch]

fits a Continental O-300, early Cessna
172http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/a2153bc309be73c0862571a800643e15/$FILE/P-910.pdf

http://www.univair.com/propellers/mccau ... propeller/

[JohnB]

McCauley usually equals Cessna.
At one time, and perhaps still, Cessna owned the firm.

[wendovertom]

Thanks Matt! I knew someone here would have an answer. I am still amazed that the guy was able to convince the airline coming into Wendover to let him bring it as luggage!

Tom P.

[JohnB]

Back in the 90s, I had a helicopter tail rotor bade as a carry-on.
Today, no doubt the TSA would not be amused.

[Rajay]

Back in the 90s, I had a helicopter tail rotor bade as a carry-on.
Today, no doubt the TSA would not be amused.

Heck, back in the '90's sometime (i.e. long before 9/11) I had to travel from RDU to Philly to ferry a C-182 back to NC for maintenance and the airport security folks at RDU went bonkers over the fact that I had a D-cell flashlight in my flight case. I had to fill out all sorts of forms testifying to the fact that I was "flight crew" dead-heading to make a flight and was required per the regs to have a flashlight for night flying "just in case." As if I was going to hijack something with a flashlight!

IMHO, this country is overrun with bureaucrats - and "petty bureaucrat" is unnecessarily redundant.

[Punisher05]

Heck, back in the '90's sometime (i.e. long before 9/11) I had to travel from RDU to Philly to ferry a C-182 back to NC for maintenance and the airport security folks at RDU went bonkers over the fact that I had a D-cell flashlight in my flight case. I had to fill out all sorts of forms testifying to the fact that I was "flight crew" dead-heading to make a flight and was required per the regs to have a flashlight for night flying "just in case." As if I was going to hijack something with a flashlight!

I'm in total agreement with you on the bureaucrats, but just in case you had never heard of it before--this might be why they were a bit nervous:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Flight_705

The long and short of it was a suicidal dead-header tried to take over a cargo flight with a set of hammers and a spear gun for a life-insurance scam. His MO was to bash the crew over the head with the hammers and avoid any gunshot evidence for the NTSB to find after the crashed the plane.

-Brandon