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Still working island flying and the right aircraft. FAR 135.183 requires single engine aircraft with the loss of an engine to glide to a shoreline. The Cessna Caravan cruises at 180K. The descent engine out is 95K. How far down the road can you go, maintaining your altitude and beginning at...

The required crossing altitude of a Cessna Caravan, Rota to Guam would be 5700 feet. But in the process of slowing from cruise speed to gliding speed, there is some distances. To bleed off 100 mph, you undoubtedly will move down the road a few more miles. Can that be calculated into a...

Its goes further in the requirements on reaching land. You don't want to be faced with the "White Cliffs of Dover" at the end of the glide to a shoreline.

Whoops, better said, 1:12.

Not a bad glide ratio, about 12:1. But priced near 1 million for a late model. Might as well spring for a Caravan. Im guessing there are no piston powered aircraft near 12:1 or more.

I was very surprised to read the glide ratio of a Cessna 208. The Caravan's glide ratio (1:14) is better than the Skyhawk's (1:9). Is there another single engine aircraft with anything close to the glide performance of the Caravan. I cant seem to find one.

Located Guam. To meet FAR Part 135 over water requirements with passengers, we need to glide 16 miles with loss of an engine (Rota to Guam). We have a Cessna 207 but the glide distance would require a climb to 10,000 feet. Would wing tip extensions make the glide distance better, can you...