Posted for "Tom Gourley" <tom.gourley@verizon.net>:

 Jeff wrote
 
 "If the engine quits when you are at 80 knots and 1500 AGL, you are able to
turn around and get back to the runway . The same distance from the field at
120 knots and 700 feet won't cut it. Try it sometime."
 
 Definitely try it, but be careful.  Check out the following NTSB prelim
report on a Cirrus SR20 accident in Lancaster, CA on 1/9/06:
 
 http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20060118X00087&key=1
 
 Tom Gourley