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> VFR is the most dangerous situation to lose all systems in your aircraft. You're low to the ground, and relatively slow...

I disagree. You don't have to be low to the ground to fly VFR. You could be at 10,000 feet. You don't have to be slow to fly VFR. You could be flying VFR in a turboprop twin and pushing 250 knots.

If I was going to lose all systems, I'd also prefer to be flying in VFR conditions where I can see the ground and have a chance of choosing somewhere to make an emergency landing, rather than, for example, over mountainous terrain in cloud.

Every GA pilot is taught and needs to practice engine out emergency landings in order to pass their bi-annual flight tests.



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