Re: Gliding Heavies
Most heavies are almost gliding in the descent anyway (if you have got it right) and lower speed ("Green dot" for Airbus) will give an even better range so actually not a lot of difference from a normal approach in many ways until the end - I have done the same as Javelin and as he points out the big difference in the 'Bus is that with no fuel you have only one stage of slat plus the gear (I aimed for 5nm/1500' at Green Dot and that worked pretty well).