On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 06:12:37 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

I've got a REALLY stupid question ...

By the time you are flying something in the Navaho category you've got a few
dozen hours behind the windshield...

and the Navaho has at least marginal single engine climb...

and the ******* wasn't on fire, just smoking...

and, in general, an engine smoking will stop smoking when you pull the fuel
flow to the engine...

why didn't he go around, single engine, drop the gear, and put it on the
runway?


Jim

Din't know.... it's his third "incident" since flying.... a couple
years ago he ditched his family and a neighbor's family into the
Atlantic Ocean returning to Beverly from Nantucket at night. Almost
wiped out both families.... How does a pilot lose both engines in a
twin... Bad Luck??? Bad Karma??? Out if Fuel ?????


hmmm.... let me guess... hard to prove after having to float the
plne......

dp