Hand-propping an airplane is a highly dangerous procedure, likened to a "loaded gun," and should only be undertaken out of necessity for aircraft without starters or with dead batteries. The process ...

A pilotless Piper Malibu unexpectedly started and moved across a taxiway into a ditch at a Florida airport open house, fortunately without injury, highlighting the dangers of improper hand-propping ...

VENICE — A pilot was injured Tuesday at Venice Airport when he tried to hand prop a single-engine plane — an alternative way of starting the aircraft — and was struck by the starting propeller. The ...

Watch a pilot start a 90 year old aircraft by hand Starting a vintage airplane is very different from modern aviation. Many early aircraft have no electric starter, meaning the pilot must physically ...

During a modern vintage aviation flight, a pilot operated a 90 year old aircraft using a method rarely seen today, hand propping the engine to start it. Without modern starters, the propeller must be ...