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Old 23rd Nov 2008, 16:55
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I appreciate that most are warned not to turn back due to the fact that they are low hours and flying low performance aircraft however....


If you are flying a single turbine aircraft with an excess of power on departure and a very high rate of climb (so much so that you need to throttle back) then your problem could well be too much height to loose after 180 degree turnback.

As long as you stay proficient at the manouver and brief the min height for turnback in the event of power failure at the specific airport and after determining wind etc then can't see a problem.

Would need to be sure that there are no good options for a straight ahead landing though
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