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Originally Posted by SteamWake
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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I don't think it's that good. The heavy plane (especially with the bomb still attached to it) and the tiny wings usually demand very high speed and provide a very bad glide ratio.
This thing here has had a glide ratio of round about 8:1
http://latvianaviation.com/SG38.html
and that is a glider (although a pretty bad one for modern standards
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