"Mike Noel" wrote in message
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Good Thermal day. Wouldn't that make a great hangar flying tale, " Lost
my
engine 100 miles from the nearest airport, but managed to work thermals
all
the way back home in my Cherokee!"
This might even bring up a serious operational point for emergency
procedures.

Had to do it once, not with an engine failure, but with the carb
heat stuck on (cable broke) when carrying out a practise
forced landing. With full power and 2 notches of flap
(Cherokee 140) we had a 200fpm descent...at low altitude
on final for a field when power was applied to climb out.

Easing the flaps up got us low over the trees but only level.
I got into a thermal and spiralled upwards to get enough
height to transit back to the airport.

This was in Florida when it was hot.

Paul