Flightjock30
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- Jan 1, 2002
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You can train your students all day long, you can be a highly seasoned veteran of GA flying with 10,000+ hours, or you can be an airshow pilot capable of spectaculat manuevers. When you lose an engine immediately after takeoff at low altitude in a single it is human instinct to panic. You figure "oh lemmie turn back and land (even though you know you shouldnt) cause I do not want to collide with terrain......." In other words the intensity of the situation is what makes for instinctive reactions such as these due to panicking despite proficiency.