Happened 2 days ago. I agree that this is optimistic on glide
ratio. The starting point and altitude fix were done under the
heat of handling the power failure. The end point was based on an
estimate of how far the landing was from Leesburg airport. The glide
ratio could have been anywhere between 15 and 25 depending on how close these
estimates were and wind speed & direction. Not bad even if it were at
the low end of this range. My RV-4 is only about 10 : 1 glide ratio with
engine out.
Tracy
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Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 3:31
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: George Graham
glide update
20 miles from 5000 feet.
That is 105600 ft / 5000 ft, or a
glide ratio of 21.12 to 1. That's a little
difficult to believe.
I
think the LEZ has a published glide ratio of 13 to 1, but I still assume
10 to 1 in an actual engine out condition. He must have had a good
tailwind
or maybe some thermal activity?
Is this something that
happened long ago or recently?
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