"Roger" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:12:53 -0600, "Tater Schuld"
wrote:

I dont know. doing this at altitude makes the manuver safe, and learning
to
perfect it that way can give the pilot overconfidence.

best to make sure your'e never in the situation that call for such a

The only way to do that is to never get in an airplane. Here we only
have one runway out of four that really gives you an out and even then
you are looking at merging with express way traffic, IF you can make
it over, or under the over pass.

what I meant was that you shouldn't have been in the situation that you
didn't already have things planned out. the flight in question the pilot
tried to turn when he shouldn't have. he was close(?) to the altitude limit
that told him that he should fly straight but tried to turn.

my point is that if you practice the turn at altitude, it does not give the
same experience as doing it at the same altitude as the engine failure.

to properly do this, you'd have to practice the turn at the actual height of
the engine failure. that would be risky, but trying to duplicate it at high
altitudes eliminates variables that change.

I really cant explain this too well. If I was the pilot, I would have a set
altitude that I would never attempt the turn at in the situation, and stick
to that. it would definitely be higher than needed.