On Apr 26, 2:37 pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"Matt Barrow" wrote

With the gear down, however, you've narrowed your options. Over the
midwest,


How about the option to put the gear back up, after the majority of the
altitude has been lost, and a landing site has been chosen that dictates the
gear up decision?
--
Jim in NC

Jim, this is exactly how the airline guys are taught. The emergency
decent is done with the gear down in most situations. I would imagine
that the POH in most GA planes states something similar.