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"Big John" wrote in message ...
Dan

I thought he (his support group in St Louis) couldn't scrape up enough
money to buy a twin?

Big John

On 21 Nov 2003 21:41:13 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

From: (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


From all I have read Lindbergh wanted a single, reliable engine; that is why he chose the Wright engine. He knew it
would run for the required time and he was very careful with the breakin and initial runs...