At 18:21 07 May 2009, Andy wrote:
On May 7, 7:02=A0am, GARY BOGGS wrote:
=A0Much better than hoping and praying,
is to have a plan! =A0You should have a plan at 5000ft agl, and
re-think
the plan every thousand feet as you get lower. =A0

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


Oh how others live!!! If I was ever lucky enough to fly on a day when you
could get to 5000ft I ceased to worry about where I was going to land,
that was over 30 miles away and I could not see that far. In the UK 3000ft
is a good day. 5000ft is lying to your boss territory.