altitude and how far away from the airport you are.
I climb out at 105 kts and at about 700 fpm so there are several factors, one
is how much time elapsed since take off and the other is altitude.

mike regish wrote:

Even from 1000 feet?

If you can't make it back to the field from 1000 feet, hang up your ticket.

C'mon. It all depends on your altitude.

mike regish
(Turned back from 200 feet in an ultralight once...and still alive)

"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
...
You absolutely, flatly, cannot turn back and you will die if you try...
Now, I will not go into my usual tirade on this topic, however I expect
the
usual suspects to jump all over this with their claims of 'proof' that
they
tried it and they succeeded...
Sadly, some will read their garbage, tuck it away into their memory bank,
and for a few the day will come when they lose an engine on climb out and
they will turn back - and die...
denny

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in Odds are that the
aircraft had either stalled or developed a
very high sink rate before impact. At some point, that isn't
survivable.