In article om,
"george" wrote:

On Jan 28, 8:09 am, Bob Noel
wrote:
In article . com,
"Tony Cox" wrote:

You're cruising along happily when suddenly
oil drops start appearing on the windshield. There
is no "bang" or anything else to indicate catastrophic
failure. The nearest airport is out of gliding range.
What do you do?head for the nearest suitable airport (taking into
consideration
terrain that I'd overfly)

I've always figured I would start to climb (and, of course, head for the
nearest airport while doing that). If I've got a fixed amount of time that
the engine is going to continue to run, I'll use that time to store up as
much energy as I can in the form of altitude.