Thanks for the compliment George....

I get the impression some people just dont realise how bad a stall or spin near
the ground ISSSS.....you might as well just drive a car off the top of a ten to
twenty story building....its about as surviable.....

Folks need to go to the online FAA/NTSB accident/incident database...it is EASY
to use and full of good information....

You can read report after report talking about controlled forced landings in
places other than runways and youll read about plenty of survivors and minor
damage.....then read about stalls/spins near the ground.....and you read about
fatality after fatality and totally destroyed aircraft.....

If you wouldnt BET your life that you can do a 180 (or 90 or whatever) in the
plane you in, with the load and weather conditions at the moment and the
altitude your at...you better not do it....because betting you life is WHAT you
are doing....

Another gotcha is trying to go SOOOO slow during your forced landing that you
stall near the ground anyway....in this case a little fast is alot better than
a little stall...

take care

Blll