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Old 09-26-2012, 02:12 AM
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I would imagine their training was to put it down asap.
And that is the problem with the imagination.. Like opinions, everyone has one!

In such cases it is best to stick to the facts over imagination

With that said here is a quote from an actual military trained WWII P-38 pilot..

Who happens to mention a little about his 'training'

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Captain Stan Richardson:
The airplane was a "dream" on single-engine. While I was instructing in P-38's at Muroc AAF, on occasion the instructor and three students (four ship flight) would each feather the right propeller (remember, only a single generator, and that on the left engine) for a "tail chase" which included loops, slow and barrel rolls, and just generally having a good time. The exercise was to instill confidence in the pilots ability to control the aircraft on one engine.
As you can see..

This single engine training exercise consisted of loops, barrel rolls, etc..

Note the total lack of any mention or indication of having to land ASAP..

As a mater of fact Captain Stan Richardson referred to it as 'generally having a good time'.

Was this the case for all twins?

Nope!

Which is why making sweeping, definitive statements encompassing all twin aircraft types is just silly
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That being a pilots's 'perception' of what is going on can be very different from what is 'actually' going on.

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