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Old July 13th 05, 12:03 PM
Roy Smith
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"Jay Beckman" wrote:
The Shuttle Landing Trainer is a clip-winged Gulfstream that is flown at or
slightly above gross weight and it glides like a brick.


I read an article about that once. If memory serves, it's got more mods
than just cliped wings. The use reverse thrust on the engines in flight to
get the (lack of) glide characteristics they need.