Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.100] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2645033 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:49:31 -0400 Received: from ms-mss-03-ce0-1 ([10.10.1.41]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h9LCnTQT001605 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:49:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from southeast.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HN300EOXYAHQ6@ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:49:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.10.1.25] by ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com (mshttpd); Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:49:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:49:29 -0400 From: echristley@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Sigh! Another engine out Glide! To: Rotary motors in aircraft Reply-to: echristley@nc.rr.com Message-id: <45779545047b.45047b457795@southeast.rr.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine ----- Original Message ----- From: John Slade Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:09 am Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Sigh! Another engine out Glide! > > Good judgement call. If in doubt, get on the ground, > especially if you > > are sitting right over an airport! I only hope all of us can be > so lucky > > both in the severity of the problem and he location of the nearest > airport. > > Being over an airport aint luck. It's good planning to put it > below you, and > good awareness to know where it is when needed. Ed's "fortunate" > episode is > good training for all of us wannabe test pilots. > > Gliding into a fly-in and a free lunch - that's what I call lucky! > > Go with your first instinct. His training was just better than the norm.