[Bryan]

>What I don't understand, though, is what you do
>with a glide ratio of 3 under a "generous tail
>wind"?!?!?!?
>You cannot plan a flight path down to the
>landing given for granted a glide ratio of 3
>under a generous tail wind" simply because you
>cannot have a guarantee that the wind remains
>"generous" and with no change in direction all
>the way from canopy opening to landing. What if
>the wind reduces its intensity (generally, it
>happens approaching ground) or if it changes its
>direction (and so it is not any more a "tail
>wind")? You cannot make it any more to the
>designated landing area?
>
689,

Thanks again. To Clarify: My comment about a glide of 3 was just my opinion of what the maximum glide might be in a "generous" wind. I don't use it as a standard--ever.

It would be interesting to get a glide ratio number for a specific canopy from the manufacturer and to learn exactly how they conduct an experiment/s to come up with that number.