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I've read a few times (though I can't quote sources unfortunately) that it was not unusual to be able to glide one mile per 1,000 feet of altitude with a dead engine. I seem to think this was for a Pup or something similar, which admittedly has a pretty light wing loading. My brain is not up to transferring this to kilometres per 1,000 meters.
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That would be about a 5.28:1 glide ratio. *Sounds about right.
If it was that poor for a Pup, I wonder what it would have been for a Spad 13??!!! *
Best regards,
Dean