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Old December 13th 05, 02:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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I wouldn't recommend anyone to do what I did especially at 400 hrs TT.
I can remember though that the forced landing situation got much better
as I turned left from 270 deg heading. I don't think it was my plan to
do a full 180 until I realized that there was still enough altitude
left for another 90. I was scared of a stall or spin but the airspeed
was there according to the A/S indicator so I just kept coming around
with those barndoor flaps down. The real problem was getting back to
the runway after over correcting.

The real pro in this was the tower controller, who caught my only
transmission ("gotta problemdoinga180"), made someone go around on that
parallel runway, then shut up & watched.