"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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There's a difference between a glider with a 30:1 L/D and a Cessna with
9:1. Doing a 180 in a glider from 400' is like doing it in a Cessna
from 1200'.


Richard, Richard, Richard ...

A normal poweroff landing is a 180 back to the field from 800 feet.
Cessnas make them quite handily all of the time! :-)

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