Bill Freeman wrote:

Leon -

   Sorry, but you're wrong about the glide like "a depleted
uranium antitank projectile".  Airliners glide very well,
excellent L/D which  *is* the glide ratio.   They do,
however, glide pretty fast and cannot slow down enough
to make a good off-field landing.  At least one excellent,
safe deadstick landing has been made with a 767, and the
777 has a longer wing, so probably glides a bit better.
Would want to have a runway to land on,tho.

Bill
Long EZ builder & pilot
mechanical engineer

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