Hi Rick,
There are several well documented cases of jets losing power and making it
back for a safe landing. Our famous "lawn dart" (F-16) probably has the
most gliding time of any jet other than the U-2! There are also published
stories of commercial airliners losing power and being
Jets can and do soar. Every jet (airliner) flight usually ends in a 100 mile
power off glide, often deploying spoilers just to get the thing down. The
DC-10 has an L/D of nearly 15 to 1, better than a lot of model gliders. Of
course max L/D occurs at around 220 kts (varies with weight for a
To clear up another misunderstanding: L/D (and the proper speed) are in the
operations manual of every powered (prop and jet) aircraft. It does not need
to be calculated by an "experienced glider pilot". All jet airliner flights
end in a 100 mile glide (interrupted only by ATC level offs), so
And don't forget the Gulfstream that NASA uses as a space shuttle landing simulator.
They actually land the thing with the engines
running in REVERSE to simulate the shuttle's low L/D.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To clear up another misunderstanding: L/D (and the proper speed) are in the
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