Okay enough of this. Flying a glider and flying a plane are two different things, and I dont want to hear a reply on how they are not. Gliders are designed to glide, and planes are designed to fly. Killing a perfectly good engine in flight is about as dumb as you could get. Saying that you should kill a good engine to practice a real emergency is like saying that a white guy should go to Harlem, and call the first group of black people he sees a N@@g@# so he practice self defense. You should never go looking for trouble, and that is exactly what you are insinuating. My advice to you is go fly your gliders all you want, and my HR person will call you when we starting running revenue flights in a 100 seat glider. By the way maybe a little less smoking crank while your at it.