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Old 06-08-10, 09:00 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Schroeder View Post
On final approach you are in a nose up position and pretty close to stall speed. If your engine quits now you will not only lose speed quickly (due to the nose up attitude) but you will also be in the nasty situation of not having any altitude left that you could trade for speed which you need for a controlled flight. The pilot was all out of options here.
Well obviously I had missed the part where his engine had failed but the impression I got from the video was that he seemed to have plenty of air speed. What the harrier glide ratio is 1 to 8?
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