Thread: They call it the impossible turn.
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Old February 12th 10, 09:05 PM posted to alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim,rec.aviation.piloting
Dave Doe
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Default They call it the impossible turn.
In article ,
says...

terry writes:

Can you tell that an area in front of you is truly flat smooth and
safe from 500 feet altitude?

You can get a pretty good idea, and if it's reasonably close to flat and
smooth, it's still a better choice than trying to turn around.

If you can, can you also explain why
real pilots are taught to do precautionary search and landing passes
at 100 feet, if they need to make an emergency landing but still have
the power/time to do so?

If they don't have the power to turn around, they definitely don't have the
power to make any precautionary passes at 100 feet.

There you go again - just NOT LISTENING. Read what he said (he's
probably talking about a situation with poor visibility (but it could be
any other dire situation) that a pilot deems it's time to set down.
Nothing wrong with the plane!).

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Duncan.