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Old 30th Dec 2009, 20:07
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misd-agin
 
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S.F.L.Y - I've been told L/D is slightly faster than Vref. Slowing below L/D decreases your glide distance. Doing it too early, with not enough altitude to push over and regain L/D, is only going to increase your sink rate and resulting impact.
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