How can an engine quit at 50' AGL and the pilot not get it back on the runway ? Winslow's runways are 5,000' and 7,500' in length .
I was under a complete misapprehension about Winslow untlI I looked it up on Google Earth.
From her account I had somehow imagined it to be a tightish dirt strip, surrounded by some obstructions ,with their being refuelled from a simple pump, possibly under poor supervision technically.
29 (IIRC) is the fully paved runway they took off from and it has about 6,000 ft. between the piano keys. Even taking into account density altitude effects ( and I have landed "firmly" on one unforgettable occasion due to not fully appreciating this ) something doesn't quite gel.
But ,there again, of course, I wasn't there