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Think about it this way: have you ever had your car engine die on the road? For the vast majority of people, this just doesn't happen, even though people spend
by lutorm 13y ago
Think about it this way: have you ever had your car engine die on the road? For the vast majority of people, this just doesn't happen, even though people spend much, much more time driving than they would flying. Modern engines are remarkably reliable. And if it does quit, you can glide the plane to a forced landing.
Long flights over water, mountains, or in poor visibility is a different matter.
- tcas 13y agoIn addition, part of a private pilot license training is stall recovery, and engine loss scenarios. I remember sitting in on a lesson while my brother was getting his private pilot's license. The instructor would randomly idle the engine in flight and have my brother practice the procedures for a engine loss in flight (put the plane into the ideal glide position, identify all possible landing spots, runway or field, etc...)
- baddox 13y ago> have you ever had your car engine die on the road? Yes, several times in the ten years I've been driving automobiles. Is that not common?
- lutorm 13y agoAs far as I can recall, it hasn't ever happened to me in the 24 years I've been driving. Are you doing the required maintenance?
- baddox 13y agoI suspect it is strongly correlated to how much you spend on cars (particularly, how old your cars are). I've had a car that liked to overheat, which took a couple of trips to the mechanic before they sorted it out. I also had a truck that had some sort of electrical problem (I don't remember what exactly, and I know nothing about automobiles).
- gambiting 13y agoNever happened to me, and I also asked my dad who was a professional driver for a while, and used to drive trucks in the old soviet union - all in all,he's got 30 years of driving experience - never happened to him, unless he ran out of fuel or the batteries failed.