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?

Bob Moore
ATP CFI

marc mularz wrote:

Bob, I'm going to guess that the heavier aircraft will glide further.
PE=mgh, so it has more stored energy to be converted to kinetic energy as it
glides.

Take care, Marc M

 
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