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Old 15th Apr 2014, 20:12
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A reasonable present rule of thumb for heavies is that they glide (nil engines) somewheres around 2nm/1000ft .. which approximates 12:1.
Slight thread drift, but doesn't 'glide' mean no thrust, ie all engines out?

I agree with John_tullamarine I have seen 2nm/1000 feet work to perfection several times (in the (real) simulator ) with both engines out on various series of 737.

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