He elected to fly a single engine for the simple reason he couldn't see
dragging a second engine if one failed.


which brings up an interesting concept....

a twin engine plane where you can dump/drop the bad engine when it quits
working....


certainly not a trivial thing......but with modern explosive bolts and/or other
clever mechanical means ya never know.....

dumping a bad engine over land or near the airport probably NOT worth the
bother....

Being able to drop a bad engine halfway across crossing the ocean....probably
more worth considering.....

take care

Blll


I wonder if Burt Rutan considered dropping one of voyager engines at some point
in the voyager flight?