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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.
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Richard Kaplan
rkaplan@flyimc.com
www.flyimc.com
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