[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR23.71]

[Page 193]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 23_AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL, UTILITY, ACROBATIC, AND 
COMMUTER CATEGORY AIRPLANES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart B_Flight
 
Sec.  23.71  Glide: Single-engine airplanes.

    The maximum horizontal distance traveled in still air, in nautical 
miles, per 1,000 feet of altitude lost in a glide, and the speed 
necessary to achieve this must be determined with the engine 
inoperative, its propeller in the minimum drag position, and landing 
gear and wing flaps in the most favorable available position.

[Doc. No. 27807, 61 FR 5187, Feb. 9, 1996]