Filippo and Jonny on Final Glide

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Filippo and Jonny on Final Glide

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<div id="1581016081"><i>Third task of the 2020 Forbes Flatlands</i><br><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results/ ... p><p>Final glide:</p><p><img border="0" src="../pub/images/filjonny.JPG" width="640" height="571" style="width:auto;height:auto;max-width:100%"></p><p>Filippo in red and Jonny in blue. They are quite close to each other. This is GPS altitude. The make goal soon after the time marked 0:2:00:00.</p> <table class="s"> <tr> <td colspan="9">Time</td> <td>Altitude</td> <td></td> <td>Ground</td> <td></td> <td>TAS</td> <td></td> <td>Distance</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Speed</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>ahead</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"></td> <td>feet</td> <td></td> <td>mph</td> <td></td> <td>mph</td> <td></td> <td>meters</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"></td> <td>Filippo</td> <td>Jonny</td> <td>Filippo</td> <td>Jonny</td> <td>Filippo</td> <td>Jonny</td> <td>Filippo</td> <td>Jonny</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:44</td> <td align="right">10778</td> <td align="right">10505</td> <td>circling</td> <td>circling</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:46</td> <td align="right">10636</td> <td align="right">10636</td> <td align="right">33</td> <td align="right">43</td> <td align="right">38.8</td> <td align="right">48.6</td> <td align="right">300</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:48</td> <td align="right">9531</td> <td align="right">9738</td> <td align="right">47</td> <td align="right">48</td> <td align="right">35.2</td> <td align="right">40</td> <td align="right">140</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:50</td> <td align="right">8990</td> <td align="right">9377</td> <td align="right">30</td> <td align="right">37</td> <td align="right">36.7</td> <td align="right">41.1</td> <td align="right">90</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:52</td> <td align="right">8468</td> <td align="right">8645</td> <td align="right">42</td> <td align="right">37</td> <td align="right">49.1</td> <td align="right">38.8</td> <td align="right">170</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:54</td> <td align="right">7825</td> <td align="right">7759</td> <td align="right">59</td> <td align="right">59</td> <td align="right">66</td> <td align="right">59.9</td> <td align="right">108</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:56</td> <td align="right">6470</td> <td align="right">6368</td> <td align="right">61</td> <td align="right">63</td> <td align="right">60.9</td> <td align="right">64.7</td> <td align="right">46</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">1:58</td> <td align="right">4856</td> <td align="right">4472</td> <td align="right">61</td> <td align="right">56</td> <td align="right">68.1</td> <td align="right">57.3</td> <td></td> <td align="right">40</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="9">2:00</td> <td align="right">2766</td> <td align="right">2208</td> <td align="right">64</td> <td align="right">57</td> <td align="right">71.4</td> <td align="right">59</td> <td align="right">105</td> <td></td> </tr> </table></div>
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High speed glide looked a bit better for Filippo.
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Had Jonny been flying the 3.5 vs the 4, which in theory would have increased the speed of his best L/D, would he have had a better overall glide considering the head/side wind?
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