"J.F." wrote in message b.com...


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J.F.
If guys had periods. They would compare the size of their tampons!


I suggest having a search for Gimli Glider to read about some of the problems encountered when gliding an airliner.
There are plenty of references including :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

I read that the pilots managed to achieve roughly ten miles for each five thousand feet loss of altitude in their Boeing 767-200. I have absolutely no idea how the A380 would compare to this but would think it would be able to do something fairly similar. Therefore from 35,000 feet I would not expect more than 65 miles at most.

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Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)