Wow, sure did not realize this, thanks
Mike and all.

Pat Thronson PP

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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A few disparate points to help you understand the situation better:

- Little planes tend to glide a lot better than big planes.

- Where you lose your engine is important. A little plane losing its
engine
over Iowa might make the local newspaper, but everyone will walk away.
The
same engine failure over downtown Chicago is going to make national
news.

- Smoking holes are created when planes glide into something -- hard.
No
matter how well you can glide, sooner or later Mother Earth reaches up
to
smite you. If there is a big building or mountain in the way when you
run
out of glide, well...
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



Big planes glide much better than small planes. An airliner has about
twice
the glide ration that your Pathfinder does.

Mike
MU-2