Gary Casey wrote:
>There seems to be a tendency to keep going in spite of inflight problems.
I don't believe that's true. In case that was partially in response to my "aircraft flown to home base" after the turbo blew, understand that this was during flight testing. My standard test routine was to fly over a triangle of airports 35 miles from point to point. This triangle was chosen such that from 11,000 feet I could glide to an airport from the midpoint of any one side. As it happens, the turbo blew at 11,500', 5 miles from the least attractive airport in terms of facilities, and 30 miles from home base. At reduced power and always within glide distance of the field below, I was able to maintain altitude to the midpoint and was then assured of a safe return to home base.
John