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Old 9th August 2010 | 12:50
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Contacttower
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Then again, as a rule, I don't do single engine night or IFR, and my single engine mountain work generally involves operations that are done at a low enough altitude that an engine failure isn't generally expected to result in a landing. All my recent piston flying has been in environments where a forced landing is the very least of my concerns. Higher priorities were protection from small arms fire and surface to air threats.
Is that not a rather inconsistent attitude to take though? I mean you don't fly single IFR, which can be safe provided the cloudbase is high enough for you to get a reasonable look at the ground before making a forced landed, yet are prepared to fly around mountains so low that you have no chance of making a forced landing...
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