On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:44:42 GMT, Marc Ramsey
wrote:


If someone was going to tow you out to sea in your Standard Cirrus,
would you determine how far you can glide back based on the
manufacturers advertised 37:1 glide ratio, or perhaps something a bit
more reasonable like, say, 24:1?

Any current airliner features an L/D better than 20:1 with engines
off. Looking at the GlobalFlyers aspect ratio and design, I get the
impression that it's probably even better than 37:1.




Bye
Andreas