Quote Originally Posted by n85ae View Post
Lost an engine once, and was lucky and made the airport. It completely changed my
perspective. MIght sound paranoid, but ...

I'm very close to Chicago, but just a few minutes flying can put you over countryside
where if somebody didn't see you go down, and you should happen to get hurt on landing,
you could be there for a while. Just sitting injured for a few hours in a plane with no heat
and light clothing could be enough to kill you in really cold weather.

I also have a couple el-cheapo live preservers I toss in the plane any time I fly along
the lakeshore as well.

Jeff
Yes - dress for the worse - take along your survival gear as well.
I had instances years ago where the Feds gave me crap for pencil entry in logs -- I said dude -- ball points don;t flow well at -40 Chuckles