"Bass, Jerry" wrote:

The heavier one!  I had a 747 Captain sitting next to me on one trip, years
ago. He said it without any explanation.

I feel the heavier one has more PE, resulting in a longer glide as if you
convert the PE to KE =1/2 M*V2.

OK..

 
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