On May 7, 7:02*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:
*Much better than hoping and praying,
is to have a plan! *You should have a plan at 5000ft agl, and re-think
the plan every thousand feet as you get lower. *

No argument with the philosphy but there is nothing magic about 5000ft
agl. In some place I fly you may have very few landing choices at
5,000 ft agl. In other places you may still have lots of choices at
1,000 ft agl.

Rather than specify an altitude it's probably better to decide how
many options you want to keep open. The list reduces with altitude
and the last one left ought to be landing in a known safe place. (No,
it hasn't always worked out that way for me)


Andy