[Niteflyr]

"yes Marge airplanes do glide quite nicely with no power.."

Mark my words some F-16 jock will reprimand me for saying that because an F-16 sans power glides like a greased anvil...ya just can't win!

[Hulka]

Actually, they do glide rather nicely, and a search of YoutTube would reveal a few HUD videos where a F-16 glides to a power-out landing. They practice engine-out landings all the time, being a single engine jet and all that.

Heck, F-15’s glide well, as do A-10’s and other jets.

In all cases, loss of engine power means a significant loss of systems and power, electrical and hydraulic, so that complicates things.

(Former A-10, F-15E instructor pilot/stan-eval pilot).

[PilotDave]

“Mark my words some F-16 jock will reprimand me for saying that because an F-16 sans power glides like a greased anvil”

Ok, here I am. Actually, an F-16 glides nicely. Viper pilots practice landing without engine power all the time. In the early model of F-16 flameout were almost common. There is a good you tube video of a flamed out f-16 landing at a civil field in NC. The pilot was cool and calm because of all the practice.
Dave
CFI CFII MEI tailwheel seaplane F-4’s F-16’s and builder of 2 planes. BTW- LOVE the Be-18! C U @ OSH.