Hildy Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Ps.In the situation proposed by the original poster, YSSY would not be an option. There aint no aeroplane that can glide that far from 500 ft, eben after converting speed to height. Also, sydney don't monitor the victor 1 freq, you would have to have terminal dialled into your stby freq and hope for a break in the transmissions. it's 4nm from the closest point. so you need 48:1 glide ratio if you have no speed to convert and no tail-wind. I think it's actually doable.
sseeker Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Hildy I've flown gliders that don't even have a 48:1 glide ratio... -Andrew
Hildy Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 right, but having 60 knots to convert (120 to 60) and a 20knot tailwind brings it down to 18:1.
turboplanner Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............................ The pot calling the kettle black. Where was the planning?
motzartmerv Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 There was plenty of planning thanx tubz. But sometimes wx is different to as forecast. Who would have thought hey?
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