Originally Posted by
EXDAC
My evaluation of the demonstrated performance was not a criticism of what the pilot did, or the outcome. It was a comment on all those who seem to be saying he did it perfectly. Why not learn something from the discussion?
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I guess the issue is that you stated poor airspeed control and pattern planned for a situation that was handled with resounding success as if the final result was successful despite poor techniques being deployed.
I might suggest that airspeed control and pattern flown were quite satisfactory to achieve the desired goal. In addition, I would state that a superior pilot has flexibility in thinking ta adjust as appropriate to the circumstances at hand instead of blindly following the standard practice scenario.
I will add that for a complete loss of engine power, he did have near ideal circumstances.