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Lycoming engine fails! Pilot survives!
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November 21st 03, 09:41 PM
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(Fred the Red Shirt)
(Jay) wrote in message
"It's just one of the risks you take when you play the game with a
single-engine aircraft," he said.
Well said Mr. Swears.
OTOH if your two-engine plane is too heavy to fly on one engine alone you face
twice the risk you do in a single-engine.
FF
Some guy named Lindbergh flew a little airplane across a pond a long time ago.
He elected to fly a single engine for the simple reason he couldn't see
dragging a second engine if one failed.
Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired
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