Don: They tried to marry a wooden blade to a metal hub, using nothing more than what amounts to about a dozen countersunk lag screws. One of our blades "left the scene" at about 2000 rpm's on run-up. Had it been 20 seconds later, we would have been 100' in the air over Indiana plowed fields. Not a pleasant thought. The aircraft suffered substantial damage, north of the firewall. The Cowlings are ok, but the nosebowl , engine, mount, and of course the prop are history. Everything else about the aircraft is great however, we've been updating it recently. Both wings have been recovered and the right has been rebuilt. Double nose fork, newer interior, new battery, new panel, panel trim, mixture control, tail raised to spec. new tires, brake lines etc. I said all of this, because we're thinking seriously of selling the plane, a 415-C, 1946, as is or parting it out. We haven't made a decision on this yet, but if anyone reading this has any thoughts, we'd appreciate hearing from you. Thanks, Doug
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