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Minimum sink vs best glide

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NAFI MentorLIVE logoFrom MentorLIVE #61: Glider Concepts for Powered Flight Training · Scott Manley · NAFI

All 24 chapters in this program

  1. 0:00 Welcome and introducing Scott Manley 6 min
  2. 6:01 Scott Manley: a glider pilot's background 3 min
  3. 9:00 Glider presentation slides 3 min
  4. 12:01 When the engine quits 3 min
  5. 15:01 The glider performance curve 3 min
  6. 18:01 Glide slope 3 min
  7. 21:01 Parasite drag 3 min
  8. 24:03 Gliding into a headwind 3 min
  9. 27:00 Natural reactions to an engine failure 3 min
  10. 30:00 Sinking air 3 min
  11. 33:01 Minimum sink vs best glide 3 min
  12. 36:00 The performance curve 3 min
  13. 39:00 When not to fly best glide 3 min
  14. 42:01 Angle of attack and the flight path 3 min
  15. 45:01 Situational awareness 3 min
  16. 48:01 Discipline from gliders 3 min
  17. 51:01 Glider skills in powered flying 3 min
  18. 54:01 The Hudson River landing 3 min
  19. 57:00 Tailwheel training 3 min
  20. 1:00:00 Glider pilots transitioning to power 3 min
  21. 1:03:00 Thermalling turns 3 min
  22. 1:06:00 Bank angles and airspeeds 3 min
  23. 1:09:00 Q&A 3 min
  24. 1:12:00 References and closing 6 min