NEW “PROPS”
MADE IN SUB-ARCTIC CANADA
OTTAWA. When two aeroplanes operating in the Canadian sub-Arctic broke their propellers in a forced landing, the pilots and mechanics . undertook to remedy the situation by whittling out new “props.” Oak sleigh boards were secured from a nearby mission school. These were cemented together into solid blocks with a glue made from a mixture of brewed moose hide and hoofs. The tools used to fashion the propellers from these blocks of wood consisted of an axe, an adze, a spokeshave, a filo and sandpaper.
The propellers were satisfactory and one of the planes flew out. The other one became bogged in the spring break-up and was finally dismantled. All this happened in 1920 before metal propellers were used. Today one of the hand-made props is on display at the aviation museum here in Ottawa and attempts are being made to locate the other.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1939, Page 9
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149NEW “PROPS” Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1939, Page 9
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