Originally Posted by
Roland Pulfrew
Used to do a glide approach into Muharraq in the VC10 many years ago. IIRC 30000 feet, 30 nms DME, select idle power, use combination of speed brakes, gear and flaps/slats to adjust glide path, low key at about 2500 feet abeam touch down IAP, turn final and select full flap - or not.
Did them too in the Ten, but of course those figures, for whatever aircraft, is invariably for a PFL (ie practice). So the engine was at idle. Try that will an engine seized, especially if one cannot feather the prop, and one comes down rather quicker. However, rate of descent does not matter if one flies the 'constant aspect technique'. I works for me in a Bulldog and it worked for me in the VC10.