19 Oct 97 16:58, Hal Hanig wrote to Jim Sanders:
 JS>> A United Arab Emirates C-130 sat about 50 yards off the 4,000-
 JS>> foot runway at Adirondack Airport in Lake Clear, N.Y., Thursday,
 JS>> Oct. 16. The military plane made an emergency landing at about 7:15
 JS>> p.m. Wednesday after a propeller fell off. It was on its way from
 JS>> Texas to Newfoundland on its way home with a crew of 12, 10 from
 JS>> United Arab Emirates and two from Pakistan. No one was injured.
 HH> Sounds to me like somebody failed to adequately torque the thingamajig
 HH> that was supposed to hold the prop on. (g)
I don't know what they call that thing in FW AC, but it's called the Jesus 
Nut on helicopters.
Jay
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