Well said Jon - I could not agree more. Having survived five successful
dead-stick landings in different Europas "NEVER EVER TURN BACK" - its that
simple. If the prop is set to fully fine for take-off (you do practice your
PFLs lin that configuration don't you) your air speed and rate of descent
will be much much faster and if there was any sort of wind down the runway
when you took off, that runway, if by some miracle you did get all the way
round, would be under you for a fraction of the time that it was on your
take-off. This is a no-brainer. Don't even think of it. You won't have
time, and almost as importantly it is devastating to lose our friends this
way. As Dave Bosomworth says 'safe flying' - Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "JonSmith" <jonsmitheuropa@tiscali.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:10 PM
Subject: Europa-List: 180 degree turn back
> <jonsmitheuropa@tiscali.co.uk>
>
> Hi everyone! It's not often I'm moved to write here - I don't have any
> technical skills to offer (I just very gratefully make use of other
> people's knowledge by reading this forum!)
>
> However, regarding this "180 degree turning back" issue I'm absolutely
> appalled at some of the comments I'm reading here.
>
> I can't say this loudly enough - or type it big enough: !!!DO NOT TURN
> BACK!!! It's a killer. It always has been and always will be. There's
> no big mystery about it - the SAFEST option will always be to land
> somewhere that's reasonably in front of
> you...................................
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