Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-kirk!mark From: mark@hp-kirk.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Schweizer sailplane wing loadings - (nf) Message-ID: <1333@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 03:20:37 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.1333 Posted: Thu Jul 14 03:20:37 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 11:10:57 EDT Sender: netnews@hp-pcd.UUCP Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis OR Lines: 11 #R:sri-arpa:-288300:hp-kirk:5500010:000:426 hp-kirk!mark Jul 12 07:17:00 1983 Are you sure about the numbers on the 1-35. It seems counter-intuitive to me that the plane with the highest wing-loading would have the lowest best glide speed. Can anyone explain this? not an aeronautical engineer Death Rowe hp-pcd!hp-cvd!mark Corvallis, Oregon