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From: danny@alice.UUCP ()
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Never Turn Back
Message-ID: <2995@alice.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 16:55:32 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 21 16:55:32 1984
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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Irv McNair tells us that it's safe for a sailplane to turn back to
the runway at 200' agl but that a Cessna 150 needs "100 or 200 feet
more."  Cessna 150 pilots might want to practice power-off 180's
a few thousand feet up and observe altitude loss before taking
McNair's advice upon losing power at 300-400' agl.
(And note that you actually need to turn thru more than 180 deg to get
back to runway.)

					Dan Kahn
					Bell Communications Research
					Murray Hill, NJ