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Losing data s but the analogy is flawed.

“When all your engines stop, the flight is just starting"

When your engines stop, you trim for best glide ratio, point yourself at an open field, and fly the plane all the way to the ground. Failure to do so is a great way to get yourself killed.

Nice to see a fellow pilot -- well, I'm still in the student phase, but I've been doing lots of "glide, grass, gas!" lately, as my instructor likes to say.

Sadly, the number of open fields to aim for in the SF Bay Area is pretty small. It's either hillsides, bay, or city. Oh, and a couple of thin dikes you could land on. ("That's why nailing the centerline is so important. Someday you might need to land on something like that dike wall -- and if you nail it, you walk away fine.")

Not in a helicopter (although you can try autorotation, which is akin to trying to make a brick fall like a maple seed)

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