On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 8:33:49 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 8:55:24 AM UTC-6, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 2:03:10 AM UTC-7, wrote:
44 all successful starts so far for me Mike.

4% oil is added to the fuel.

I just remember one jet failure leaving a JS-1 in unlandable terrain in the middle of the Navajo Nation last year!

It was actually this year, Mike. And I wouldn't call the terrain unlandable, the glider and the pilot did not have a scratch.

Excuse my memory - I am already in 2016 mode! Yes, the pilot in that case showed extraordinary skill in landing in what I would regard as unlandable terrain! I had always though the simplicity of the jet made them more reliable than conventional IC engines (at least the retractable ones used in gliders). Do we have actual data on reliability?