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On Aug 2, 10:10 am, "Blueskies" wrote:
"Big John" wrote in messagenews:7ko7945tt77e0spq0cjj47t7udhcdr2p3d@4ax .com...

Matt

You can hear very clear he was reported at 7 miles and 9K which in
round figures is 3.5 to 1 needed to make field. Since he made it he at
least made that glide ratio. If he was high when close to field he may
have dumped it and picked up a 1 to 1 to burn off excess altitude???

Bottom line. Excellent job and he made it and saved the Governmet $50
Mil +/-.

Big John

I guess he is lucky he did not drop the tanks on top of someone...

It was a good job but relatively easy with chase, etc...

To say it was relatively easy is one thing, but even if these guys
train for it, a glider doing 250 knots would be a handful. His peers
say he did an excellent job and in my world peer review is pretty much
the defining criteria for measuring performance. The award he got said
it was the best demonstration of airmanship for the year, and he flies
with others who are known to be pretty good.


What powers up the hydraulics during an engine out? The whole trick to flying is controlling how quickly you stop ;-)