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31st Oct 2015, 20:10

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gulfairs

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from 31000 ft can only glide 15 miles

Surely you mean it can glide for 150 miles.

From the usual outer marker point of 10 miles most jets can glide all the way to the thresh hold provided they don't dirty it up with gear and flaps.