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From: mmallory@netcom.com (Mark Mallory)
Subject: Re: back to basics for me again
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Roger Halstead (rdhalste@tm.net) wrote:
: On the subject of best glide:
:
: flying the calculated best glide is just like altitude. To fly other than
: best glide will decrease the time to impact.. er landing.

Not true.  Flying slower than best glide will *increase* the remaining 
time aloft (but *will* decrease the maximum distance that can be reached).
The greatest time aloft will be obtained when flying at *min-sink* speed, 
which is considerably slower than *best-glide* speed.

