text: effect of glide ratio, or (L/D),,, 
  on the alti- 
  tude required at the high key point at the 
  beginning of the flameour pattern. The air- 
  plane with a low value of (L/D),,*will require 
  a high altitude at the high key point. 
  
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  favorable situation during a 
  flameout would be for the airplane to in posi- 
  tion to arrive over the intended landing area 
  In this 
  the altitude for the high key point. 
  case, the standard flameout pattern could be 
  If the airplane does not have s&i- 
  utilized. 
  landing 
  cient glide range to arrive at the 
  the altitude for the high key point, 
  area with 
  it 
  the 
  lower portions of the standard flameout ap- 
  If it is not possible to arrive at the 
  proach. 
  intended landing area with sufficient altitude 
  to “play” 
  the approach, serious considera- 
  tion should be given to ejection while suffi- 
  cient altitude 
  from a 
  well-planned approach such as the standard 
  flameout pattern may allow gross errors in 
  judgment. A typical error of a non-standard 
  or poorly executed flameout approach is the 
  use of excessive angles of bank in turns to 
  correct the approach. Because of the great 
  increase ‘in induced drag at large angles of 
  bank, excessive rates of descent will be incurred 
  and there will be further deviations from a 
  desirable flight path. 
  
  The most 