"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
news:VQuKe.15$7f5.1@okepread01...
You guys are lucky...

The DE on my check ride pulled the power about 2 minutes after he had told
me to get established on a radial from the VOR. when he pulled the power I
pitched for best glide and looked for a place to land.... There wasn't
one. All I could see was trees not a spot wider than the road that I had
passed over a minute or two before. So I think that must be where he
expects me to land so I 3000 ft of altitude and put the plane into a nice
shallow bank and I noticed the one clearing in all of this forest was
behind me and within range.

Looking back after the check ride was over I realized he knew exactly
where we were and wanted to see if I would look for a spot that we had
passed over. He knew I probably hadn't seen it because I was getting set
up on the VOR.


On my checkride, the DE "failed" the engine over the middle of a dry, sandy
wash area. I think he wanted to see if I'd make the decision to us it early
enough (I feel I did) to work my way down to one end and set up to use as
much of it as possible as there was nothing else available.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ