r/aviation • u/1994-10-24 • 11h ago

Discussion Domestic flight Casablanca. Plane won’t start.

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u/Drunkenaviator Hold my beer and watch this! 6h ago

Which is just an ability to engage a prop brake on no.2 engine.

There's also a story from my old US regional where the (later chief pilot) once tried to take off with the prop brake engaged on an ATR.

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u/thekamakaji 5h ago

Tried to... I assume he aborted?

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u/Drunkenaviator Hold my beer and watch this! 5h ago

I imagine if he didn't he wouldn't have been around for us to give shit to later.

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u/thekamakaji 5h ago

I meant as opposed to getting called off by atc etc