Thread: Low test numbers on Standard Cirrus, what could it be?
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Old October 25th 12, 02:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Low test numbers on Standard Cirrus, what could it be?
I think it was George Moffatt who suggested that a glider designer who claimed a 45:1 L/D should be towed to one mile altitude and released....45 miles OFFSHORE!