"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "Dudley Henriques" said:
There's a great story about the crew of a Pan Am Stratocruiser I think
it
was, who were low on fuel and a long way out over the ocean. They let
down
to within a wingspan's distance over the water, leaned it back a ton,
played
with the RPM, and made it home.
Can't remember the source of the story, but I do remember reading it a
long
time ago.

Sounds like an Ernie Gann story.

You know, I think you might be right. It might very well have been from
Fate is the Hunter; but I think I remember seeing it in some magazine as
well years ago.

Wouldn't your MPG be better at altitude?

A lot would depend on what you had to expend in resources to get up there
from where you were when the decision had to be made . Not sure at all what
the circumstances were in this incident.
Dudley Henriques