----- Original Message -----
From: John Slade <sladerj@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:09 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Sigh!  Another engine out Glide!

> >     Good judgement call. If in doubt, get on the ground,
> especially if you
> > are sitting right over an airport! I only hope all of us can be
> so lucky
> > both in the severity of the problem and he location of the nearest
> airport.
>
> Being over an airport aint luck. It's good planning to put it
> below you, and
> good awareness to know where it is when needed. Ed's "fortunate"
> episode is
> good training for all of us wannabe test pilots.
>
> Gliding into a fly-in and a free lunch - that's what I call lucky!
>
>

Go with your first instinct.  His training was just better than the norm.