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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 ************************************************** ****************** On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:31:58 -0400, Matt Whiting wrote: Gig 601Xl Builder wrote: Kloudy via AviationKB.com wrote: Kloudy wrote: Big up on that cat. Dang, I wonder what the measured glide is on an F-16? : - @ Just ask the mighty interwebs. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...12/ai_n6100350 1:1? jeezuz..might as well strap yourelf to a washing machine. At least it makes the math easy. There is something funny here. He said he started out at 24,000 feet, but then later says he established the 1:1 glide 12-15 nm from the field. A 1:1 glide ratio at 12 nm out would mean he was 12 nm high, or about 72,000 feet. That 1:1 has to be something other than a traditional glide ratio. Matt |
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