BTW, two B-747s side-by-side at 35,000', one weighs 700,000#, the

other,

500,000#.
If all engines are shut down, which one will glide the farthest

distance?

The heavy one (newton says m*g*h)
Vandb Robertson

Newton didn't know anything about lift and induced/parisite drag.

Bob Moore

 
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