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2/23/2014 6:43 PM
 

I'd like to comment it doesn't only depend on glide ratio and prevailing wind - it also depends on glide true airspeed (which varies with altitude - I presume you'd have to enter the indicated airspeed too) and how high the terrain is.

 
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