On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 12:26:20 PM UTC-7, C-FFKQ (42) wrote:
On Monday, 11 April 2016 15:11:19 UTC-4, xcnick wrote:

Nick, I'm sad to inform you that Udo died a few years ago after a lengthy illness.


That is sad.

In the Johnson article he works very hard to get to published L/D. However what struck me is how far off the manual's numbers are at the high end and he doesn't mention it.

Are many manufactures too optimistic at the fast end?