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15th Apr 2014, 04:46

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Brian Abraham

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To be clear, at same Mach/airspeed descent schedule: heavier weight...longer glide. Lighter weight...shorter glide.

I've read that an emergency descent in a light weight 747 is somewhat eye watering with respect to the nose down attitude. True??

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