Hi, I am a relatively new private pilot. I was flying right seat the other day with a friend in his Piper Lance. We were coming back from the Bahamas so naturally the subject of glide ratio came up. He told me his Lance has a glide ratio of 16:1 . For every 5280 feet of altitude it would glide 16 miles. Later when I got home and started thinking about it I started to doubt it . What are the facts here? Thanks
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