Finally say, i'm jumping. >> well, it actually took some time. of course, when it initially happened, i had sustained the damage, but was able to level the aircraft off, but i had no other elevator control after that. so i couldn't climb the aircraft or descend the aircraft. the only way i could get down was pulling the power out and having the aircraft slowly descend that way. so in that case, when i was doing it, i was thinking about making the emergency landing and going through those procedures. now, i was contacting the radio over on festus and the owner was able to hear it over there. so...