. The distance the airplane can glide is superfluous and unimportant when considering if the airplane is safe. It's the pilot that makes it safe, and distance isn't at all important when one keeps a viable landing site beneath on at all times.
So how does a pilot make a safe landing if he/she is flying one of those airplanes with a glide ratio of 3:1 and there are only tall trees and big rocks below, yet just a little further away is an airport that a light aircraft such as a Cessna 150 with a glide ratio of 8:1 would be able to glide to with altitude to spare?
Just exactly what magic or superman skills would this " safe " pilot have that would trump the ordinary pilot in the airplane that could glide to the airport?
The distance the airplane can glide is superfluous and unimportant when considering if the airplane is safe.
That kind of statement has no place in a forum meant for private pilots as it may influence some newbie to actually believe such garbage.