"Rocky" wrote in message
om...
Aside from glider pilots.... how many of you have ever experienced an
engine out dead stick landing? Care to talk about it? I've done quite
a few of them. Some were intentional, some were during training, and
some happened at the most inopportune time with mechanical failures of
one sort or other. This included helicopters and airplanes.

When I was taking some aerobatic dual. I'm no lightweight and my CFI
was heavier. With the two of us AND parachutes in the 150 Aerobat more than
40 minutes fuel pushed us over MGW. On more than one occasion, the prop quit
spinning because we were both having too much fun to watch the clock. The
first time it happened in a snap-roll and I had to recover from inverted.
Except for once, we were always within glide range of the airport. Density
altitude got me that day. Landed on a good dirt road, not a problem. The CFI
made me walk back and get a can of gas.
Funny you should mention gliders. I've never made an off-field landing.