Thread: Final glide
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Old September 25th 19, 07:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default Final glide

The Classic 1-26 - never more than 2 minutes from landing!

On 9/25/2019 10:02 AM, wrote:
Yep, me too, did it old school for years and even this year flying the 1-26 championships in Moriarty where my flight.computer was inop. No big deal. Except with my bird its more like 350 ft/mile lol I usually ballpark 4mi/1,000ft with the sink and the ever present headwinds lol.


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Dan, 5J