On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:56:03 -0500, Jim Logajan
wrote:

The Starmaker wrote:
If I run out of gasoline, or my car..stalls, I'm not going to crash
into the ground!

Ha - I've flown aircraft that had no gasoline or other fuel and never
crashed into the ground!

(I was piloting a glider....)

Standard ploy by the examiner when you are taking the flight test
is to cut the throttle to idling (to simulate loss of engine) and
to say "Emergency". The testee has to make a simulated emergency
landing by quickly picking out a suitable place to set the plane
down, perhaps a farm field or dirt road, and then land the plane.
However, the landing is done in the air 500 feet above the
potential landing site.

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