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Old May 16th 06, 03:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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In a previous article, "Bob Chilcoat" said:
On my checkride, the DE pulled the throttle right after some other maneuvers
and told me that I'd just lost the engine. I picked a decent field, turned
toward it, trimmed for best glide and started through the engine restart
procedure. As I completed my turn toward the selected field, I looked down
and saw a grass airfield directly below. I calmly said that the airfield
was probably better than the original farmer's field and set up to land on
it. He gave me the engine back and we went on to the next item in the
flight test. Lesson learned: always look behind and underneath you. You
might be missing a better landing site.


My DE did that, but I'd been warned that he liked to do that so I knew to
look for it.


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Old May 16th 06, 04:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Bob Chilcoat wrote:

On my checkride, the DE pulled the throttle right after some other maneuvers
and told me that I'd just lost the engine. I picked a decent field, turned
toward it, trimmed for best glide and started through the engine restart
procedure. As I completed my turn toward the selected field, I looked down
and saw a grass airfield directly below. I calmly said that the airfield
was probably better than the original farmer's field and set up to land on
it. He gave me the engine back and we went on to the next item in the
flight test. Lesson learned: always look behind and underneath you. You
might be missing a better landing site.


And if you find one you can make reduce your airspeed to the minimum
sink speed since best glide is no longer needed.
 




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