Talk:Glide ratio

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Actually a hang glider has a glide ratio of about 15, with even 17 for a rigid hang glider.

Open-class sailplanes such as a Nimbus 4 or ASH25 probably have glide-ratios of approximately 60:1 but such small angles are difficult to measure

VASI links here, redirected from "glide slope". Somebody should fix either the redirect or this page to talk about what glide slope means in approach procedures.

Glide slopes ARE different from this issue and should not be redirected here. The correct info for a Cessna 150 (about 8.8:1) is available from its POH (Pilot's Operating Handbook, a relatively new term in FAA parlance). You'd measure a 60:1 glide angle by, say, a release in still air at 100 feet AGL or so, and seeing if you'd go a nautical mile, over flat terrain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tszekely (talk • contribs) 21:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)