"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Roger" wrote

The only way to do that is to never get in an airplane.

that might be the best thing to do sometimes. but it seems that a lot of
crashes are caused either by the pilot choosing a course of action that he
shouldn't have, or a mechanical failure

and that is what i mean by "not getting into that situation", as pilot in
command, you *should* be able to (instantly) react to any situation, in a
manner that gets the plane down safely. the incident in question was wether
the pilot should have gone stright or turned.

one of the things that stops me from going out and geting my liscence is
that there are some situations that i dont see how to get a safe solution
from. the more i ask though, the more of things i can plan to avoid.

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.

sounds like a nightmare. how does one confidently plan for failure
contingencies?

Engines quit, even new ones. Some times they give warning and a lot
of times they don't. Mine quit on take off with no warning, not even
a hiccup. It went from full power to silence all of a sudden.

I don't understand if you completely know your engine inside and out,
have given pet names to all of the little nuts and bolts, why is the engine
quiting?

You will have to excuse "tater shouldn't" - he's our new troll. of the
month.

I apologize. I honest am not trying to be a troll.

I am trying to find a way to fly an airplane, how to avoid dangerous
situations, and how to do it on a common mans income. threads like these
help explain why certain accidents happen, and how to avoid them.