User blog comment:Flamebiplane/Eziko and Friends (Q&A)/@comment-30700719-20180318235320/@comment-30700719-20180329113155

"Yeah. It'd be even worse if the craft was designed to only fly while the engines were activated,  exchanging the ability of unpowered gliding for the ability to gyrate in midair without throttle, but turning it into a falling chunk of metal and rocket fuel that would explode into tiny shards upon impact with the grassy dirt...but that only happens in sci-fi, right? Yeah..." I make my departure from the palace. The chair still stands, the slim shotgun shell still lingers on the trapdoor.