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My father was a P-51 fighter pilot in WWII. Another P-51 flown by a buddy of his suffered a "runaway prop", and as a result of that, the plane could not maintain its normal high speed, and in the end, the engine overheated and the plane exploded over the English Channel. Luckily, the pilot, Major Foy of the 357th FG, had noted excessively high engine temperatures, and bailed out just before it exploded. What would cause a "runaway prop" of the variable prop to create a loss of thrust and a high engine temperature?
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asked Dec 19 at 4:48
Judd Peterson
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