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NJ Abandoned airport? Can you ID?
In a previous article, "Bob Chilcoat" said:
On my checkride, the DE pulled the throttle right after some other maneuvers and told me that I'd just lost the engine. I picked a decent field, turned toward it, trimmed for best glide and started through the engine restart procedure. As I completed my turn toward the selected field, I looked down and saw a grass airfield directly below. I calmly said that the airfield was probably better than the original farmer's field and set up to land on it. He gave me the engine back and we went on to the next item in the flight test. Lesson learned: always look behind and underneath you. You might be missing a better landing site. My DE did that, but I'd been warned that he liked to do that so I knew to look for it. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ "Integration by parts -- a very powerful technique." Teaching by intimidation -- also a very powerful technique. -- Logan Shaw, quoting Chuck Odle, his Calculus teacher |
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NJ Abandoned airport? Can you ID?
Bob Chilcoat wrote: On my checkride, the DE pulled the throttle right after some other maneuvers and told me that I'd just lost the engine. I picked a decent field, turned toward it, trimmed for best glide and started through the engine restart procedure. As I completed my turn toward the selected field, I looked down and saw a grass airfield directly below. I calmly said that the airfield was probably better than the original farmer's field and set up to land on it. He gave me the engine back and we went on to the next item in the flight test. Lesson learned: always look behind and underneath you. You might be missing a better landing site. And if you find one you can make reduce your airspeed to the minimum sink speed since best glide is no longer needed. |
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