"Twayne" wrote:



Uh huh. Obviously you aren't a pilot.

Wow, and obviously, neither are you!

I am a pilot.


No, that's not so either. A plane with sufficient
speed and altitude, MIGHT, with proper control, be
able to "glide" into a landing.

If the plane has flying speed before the engines quit, it will have it after.
You just have to lower the nose some to maintain it. There are no dramatic
dives involved.

But the instant
'stall speed' arrives, that plane becomes a rock.

So keep it above stall speed. This is taught in the first couple of hours of
flight instruction.

With luck, you'll have enough altitude to put it
nose down until you get the speed you need, and
then with more luck, the controls will withstand
the pressures of pulling the plane out of the
dive and add another few minutes of flying time.

No dramatic dives involved. Just lower the nose a bit. Also taught in the
first few hours of instruction.

8,000 ft is very low for a plane to "glide" very
far. The engines may be 2-blocked but the plane
isn't flying level, it's climbing, and it's speed
isn't yet high. It's going to slow down quickly
without an engine and when it reaches the stall
speed, it becomes a rock; at 8k ft there's not
enough altitude to do a nose down to regain lost
speed.

Nonsense. An A320 will glide over 20 miles from 8,000 ft.


-- Doug