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Old December 18th 05, 05:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.military
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"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote in message
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Charles Talleyrand wrote:




For one thing you'd be hard pressed to get 30 minutes of glide time from
any airliner.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


The Air Transat Airbus that ran out of fuel glided for 20 minutes
to get to the Azores

Keith