Still flying at 71

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:44:46 GMT, I wrote:

I think it was standard procedure for any hand-started engine. My
dad used to say that the pilot would call out to the prop-spinner
"switch says off" before he'd pull it through with the ignition off.

BTW, I worded that badly- my dad was the pilot, not the guy pulling
the prop My brother and I still joke about it- anytime we turn something
off, like a coffeemaker, we caution "switch _says_ off"

Dale