Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 00:33:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web60410.mail.yahoo.com ([216.109.118.193] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with SMTP id 355610 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 07 Aug 2004 00:17:20 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.109.118.193; envelope-from=rkaplan@flyimc.com X-Original-Message-ID: <20040807041650.3157.qmail@web60410.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.162.162.194] by web60410.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:16:50 PDT X-RocketYMMF: richardkaplan2 X-Original-Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 21:16:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Kaplan Reply-To: rkaplan@flyimc.com Subject: Re: [LML]Another exotic idea X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sky2high@aol.com Wrote: >You can only climb if you have power in excess of >that for level flight. I agree. It is not at all unusual to have an engine failure which begins as an intermittent or partial engine failure with enough power to climb, albeit at less than an airplane's rate of climb with normal climb power. If a climb is not possible, then at least the gliding range of the airplane can be extended beyond the engine-out gliding range. Whether this occurred in this particular situation is of course unknown at this point. But if we are now discussing engine failure procedures in general, then I think the discussion is worthwhile. When I am with a group of pilots and I ask for a show of hands regarding who has experienced a partial/intermittent engine failure vs. who has experienced a complete engine failure, the partial/intermittent failures almost always are the majority, often by a considerable margin. ===== Richard Kaplan rkaplan@flyimc.com www.flyimc.com