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Old 31st Jan 2010, 03:17
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Is 2:1 a good glide??? does not sound to good to me. From 20000' doesnt that mean you can only go about 8 NM??. 2.5:1 is not much better.I would have thought a PC12 would have a glide around, say, 6-7.5:1 I could be wrong ofcourse.
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