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Originally Posted by j ferguson
There sometimes is no choice. Recognizing this may help you concentrate on flying your way down. So I'll stick with Gunther on this.
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John,
To clarify what I meant, is that you are
always going to come down.
Assuming the airframe is still under control, staying calm and establishing glide speed is the agreed procedure. It's that choice of where to go at the last minute that may be problematic. This, and distraction from flying the plane if troubleshooting say,..the engine.
1) Given the choice of say, 100' tall closely packed trees and closely packed houses, which do you chose? Shear the wings between some houses, or take your chances in the trees?
2) You set up a glide for a road, not a bit of speed to spare over rocky terrain, now heres a set of wires you didn't see,..pop up and risk a stall, hit it straight on, or try to duck under? I don't like this one.
3) Isolated body of water below 50 deg F, or slightly rolling but rocky hilly terrain? I'm lucky not to have this problem in Florida.
4) Densely populated city streets,...or busy Interstate highway?
Stuff like this is food for thought, something to have a least thought about if not discussed for your particular areas of flight.