see your point...the 330s appear to have nice wings that allow it to make it a nice glider . http://www.aerodyn.org/HighLift/ld-tables.html has a nice chart..missing most Airbus equipment. Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: <UPSplane@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 23:19 Subject: On a wing and a prayer.... > I saw the NBC TV special on Tuesday night about the Air Transat A330 that > lost power to both engines over the Atlantic from YYZ-LIS... > Just curious folks, but what are the chances of a 747 or say a DC10/MD11 > being able to glide like that for over a half hour without engine power and > land the way the A330 did?? These seem a lot bulkier in the aerodynamics dept > than the A330 or even the Gimli Glider AC 767 from a few year back. > > > Carlos Borda > Carlos' Airliner Images! > http://members.aol.com/upsplane/homepage.html > http://airliners.net/search/photo.search?emailsearch=upsplane@aol.com > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >