Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
What's the span of a Vetus2CM? He probably had 50 feet of road to work with.
My guess is he would have been hosed. Eh?

With a Ventus 2CM he has well over 40:1 glide ratio to play with and
hence rather more options than the 152's paltry 7:1 leaves you.

His second choice field should have been reached quite easily.

For that matter Detroit Metro is only 45 degrees away from straight
downwind, so assuming nothing tall was in the way and there's flat
ground all the way (I've never been to Detroit) a Ventus should get
there with about 500 ft to spare, even allowing for height loss while he
sucked in the dead donk.

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