Final glide

How high you need to be to glide home, worked out for an LS8 in a headwind, and how fast to fly the glide. Plus the reserve that stops sinking air from turning the last glide into a field landing.

What you learn

• Work out the height to glide home, wind included
• Add a safety height of about 300 m
• Fly at the MacCready setting of your last climb
• Speed up above the glide line, slow down below it
• Leave with a reserve and keep a field in reach

In playlists

• Navigation
• Planning and performance
• Gliding and soaring

Also on

• Video course: Soaring