"pintlar" wrote in message
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I have seen reported that the AirBus-320 has a glide ratio of 1:15.
That was what our pilots told us the wings on Cessna 180-182 (L-19)'s
glide ratio was.
It does not seem consistent that a swept, thin airfoil, wing would have
the same glide ratio as the Cessna.
It is correct the AB-320 has a 1:15 glide ratio at zero power?
Those pilots also said a B-52 and a grand piano have identical glide
ratios.


To paraphrase an old movie line: "If the B52 doesn't have a glide ration of
at least 15:1, I'll eat my hat!"

Peter