With both engines stopped... You are now a glider !
I went to the French National Gliding at Montaigne Noire , to the east of Toulouse. Then it was a ridge site with the main strip along the ridge. Some of our flights used a short winch launch over the side of the ridge into the wind which was often followed by an immediate 180 degree turn, rather more than Rate !, to land up the slope (now with a tailwind). Use of the air brake or lift dumper generally got one to the starting point, ready for a further flight. These flights were timed by the Centre and were recorded as taking either 3 or 4 minutes. Their records listed that I made about a dozen flights in the day.
The turn was a tear-drop, not a proper procedure turn, which would have used up all my height. I do not think that this Centre is still open. I went there in 1951.
Early flying experements often the sides of hills. Some were made near Eynsford, south of Croydon. Engines were too heavy for the power output. Turns had to be gentle
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