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Old 31st Mar 2021, 18:22
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ShyTorque

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Originally Posted by Bob Viking
You are correct in your statement of zooming to height but you have over egged it slightly.

A Hawk at LL (let’s assume 420 knots) that suffers a catastrophic engine failure can expect to achieve somewhere in the region of 5000’ AGL and establish a 190 KIAS glide. This assumes it is flown in an energy efficient way.

I will reiterate that I know nothing about the accident in question and the bird strike idea is still theoretical.

BV
How do you know that I “over egged” it? Do you know at what altitude they suffered the engine failure?
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