UltraJohn wrote:

I supposed you could built a 747 look alike (remember the post about the 747
plans?) and register it as a glider (with what about a 5 to 1 glide
ratio!). Now that would be interesting!


I bet it would have a LOT better glide ration than that! I seem to
remember a story about some airliner that ran out of fuel due to a mix
up with metric vs English units, I think they had a malfunctioning fuel
computer which made it necessary to do the calculations manually.
Anyway, if I remember right, it glided around 85 miles from an altitude
of 35,000 ft. If it landed at sea level, which I doubt, the glide ratio
was nearly 13 to 1.

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Chris W

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