In their case, at least a good 41,000 feet. Ed 300E
On 5 November 2010 19:46, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > If you were at max altitude and the engine quit, you should be able to > glide for quite a while > > On 11/5/2010 1:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > >> Allan Streib wrote: >> >>> Not to mention the implicit assumption that the pilots won't do stupid >>> stuff that they don't know how to recover from. This story is almost an >>> illustration of darwinism at work. >>> >> >> Stupid stuff like operating at book maximum altitude? >> Or stupid stuff like not trading altitude for airspeed when an engine quit >> at max altitude? >> >> Mitch. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1144 / Virus Database: 424/3219 - Release Date: 10/25/10 >> Internal Virus Database is out of date. >> >> >> > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, > 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, > 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com