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Old 26th Apr 2006, 07:29
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Pretty sure they have a Gulfstream (G2 or 3 I think) that they use to practice the approaches - I think it's got a modified cockpit (at least on one side) to replicate the Shuttle controls to some extent.

Remember reading somewhere that the glide angle (until the latter stages where it goes shallower to bleed off speed) is something like 20 degrees
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