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From: fishmeal@netcom.com (Paul Kamen)
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle Flight Sim
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           Billy Verreynne <vslabs@onwe.co.za> writes:

           >The real life situation? Can't comment at all. Do not even 
           >think that comparing these two types of approaches (unpowered 
           >747 vs Shuttle) is relevant...

Wasn't it an Air Canada 767 that ran out of fuel due to a metrification 
error and landed dead-stick? 

Glide path was very reasonable, as I recall from the book about the
incident, and I don't imagine it would be that much different from a '47.



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