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Old 24th December 2002 | 12:43
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Tinstaafl
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From: Escapee from Ultima Thule
An interesting consideration for a glide approach/forced landing is the fairly large difference between Vg & Vat.

At some point you will have to change from using Vg (to maximise glide range) to Vat (to minimise float). You will need to consider the change in glide range when you do so.
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