My apologies. Just figuring out how all of this "squawking" works.

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iPads are an electronic device that have just received FAA approval for EFB. Mine running Foreflight does not cause a problem, nor does my Garmin 496; however, on a commercial flight, they want those devices turned off (yes, I have brought the 496 on a commercial flight--they treated it like any other electronic device). I think the FAA rules concerning electronic devices will be changing in the years to come.

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Ooops. Maybe you were not responding to my post. I never have posted here before, and I got an email that you had replied to my post (I thought), but perhaps not. Anyway, cheers.

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Plus here are some other pictures of the plane, one showing the broken prop: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-victoria-point-paddock-20130820-2s8em.html

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I've never had a true engine out. I am glad you consider yourself a professional though. Good job on how you handled your engine out. What exactly did you take issue with in my post?

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I don't think he's casually talking to his student. He was communicating with ATC and may have made a few remarks to the student to keep him calm, explain what he was doing, and remind him of what to do when they touched down and stopped.

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I think he was looking for a place to land. I keep my hand on the throttle instinctively anytime I am at pattern altitude or below. Our FAA likes that, and my CFI would pull the power if my hand strayed from it unless we were too low like on take off--then he would just elbow me until I put my hand back.

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At 1100' (the article doesn't say if this is AGL or ASL) I don't think you'd be leaning at all. I keep mixture full rich at pattern altitude at KFCI at 1200' ASL. Doing simulated engine outs at 1200' when I know where the runway is and where I am going to go, I have a quick second or two to simulate checking the mixture, switching tanks, turning on the fuel pump, ignition, etc. Looks like he used that time to find a suitable place to set the plane down. When the engine quits (they are saying it was surging before that, so the CFI had taken over from the first time student), the CFI reaches for the mixture. It is between the seats behind the yoke. I assume he is checking full rich, but there's a choke and carb heat on the panel there, too. There might be trim there as well, I can't tell from the cockpit pictures I googled. It then appears to me he is looking for a place to land. He keeps touching the throttle and the mixture/carb heat/choke/trim, but I do not see him touch the

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