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Old September 19th 19, 06:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Surge
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On Thursday, 19 September 2019 07:18:37 UTC+2, Surge wrote:
On Tuesday, 17 September 2019 19:29:50 UTC+2, Tom BravoMike wrote:
I also get the 'mean glide ratio' as '18:54'


Do you fly a brick?
An L/D of 18:54 means you're losing three feet/meters per one foot/meter of horizontal movement.
Maybe the intention was to indicate that the glide ratio was between 1:18 and 1:54?


I meant 18:1 to 54:1