houstondan wrote:
rather than hijack a perfectly good arcane science thread; i'll start a
new one 'cause the core question is a darn good one.

hypothetical situation: you're a blue sky vfr flyer and somehow you
wind up in the soup - after having gone 2 hours and 200 miles from your
take-off point , you wake up from a nice little nap and discover you're
inside the milk bottle.

gps(not waas) says nearest airport of any kind is 30 minutes away and
gas-totalizer says the fan stops in 10 minutes.

not mountainous but you ain't in kansas either todo...whatcha gunna
do??

really.

dan

Reduce power to best endurance, call ATC, explain your predicament,
declare an emergency and request vectors to the nearest airport and
prepare for a crash landing on the way. If you are extremely lucky you
will make it to the airport and only have the FAA to deal with. If you
are very lucky, your engine will quit over friendly terrain and you
will land in an open field with no injuries except damage to the
airplane. If you are somewhat lucky you will crash into trees but will
survive with injuries. If you are unlucky, you will not make it out
alive.