I enjoyed your report. Thanks for taking the time to post the
information. However, ...

On 23 Jul 2006 20:02:09 -0700, wrote in
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Flying higher doesn't gain any better emergency landing sites
so I decided to fly lower,

While the extra gliding distance provided by flying higher over
badlands may not be too useful, the extra time before impact it
provides might be handy in some situations.