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I was actually shown by my instructor how to turn back following a simulated EFATO this summer - thoughts of McCudden and others immediately came to mind! The microlight I was flying loses about 100 feet for every 90 degrees of turn, so if you have 250 feet on the clock and the wind is moderate then turning back is a viable option. I expect it was strongly discouraged during WWI because planes of that era were more prone to spin and student pilots had a vaguer appreciation of air speed.
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Well, an S.E.5a weighs somewhere around 1750lbs empty, the microlights you fly are probably somewhere around 250lbs, I'd guess. Things you can get away with in an ultralight/microlight with a light wing loading will kill you in a real airplane.