Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekred.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekred!normb From: normb@tekred.UUCP (Norm Babcock ) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Never Turn Back Message-ID: <130@tekred.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 20:16:36 EDT Article-I.D.: tekred.130 Posted: Fri Sep 14 20:16:36 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 01:47:10 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Redmond OR Lines: 27 When I first started to fly, and reading all the aircraft oriented mags, one reoccuring theme kept popping up: If, during takeoff, you experienced engine failure, the absolutely worst thing you could attempt to do was turn back to the runway. The reason usually given is that the stall-spin monster would get you every time. My question for the net is, is this always true, or does it depend on the type a/c? I fly C-150/152s most of the time. Depending on the airport, I usually am at 500-800 feet AGL by the time I hit the end of the runway. Is there a good reason why I can't establish glide (which I'd do regardless of where I was going to land), turn 180, glide alongside the runway, and turn a real short final when I'm 50-100 AGL? If I'm beyond the end of the runway at 1000 AGL, but have not turned-out, can't I essentially do the same thing? Wouldn't a downwind landing be preferable to hitting a solid unyielding object off-field? Has anyone tried this? Or known anyone who made it or failed? My instructor has pulled power on downwind, and that was no sweat. One last observation: if you do try it, and it doesn't work out, you're a lot closer to the "equipment" than you would be in a farmers barn.