Originally Posted by
T8191
RAAF Mirages occasionally practiced flame-out procedures, which had the aircraft high downwind in the visual circuit at around 15,000 feet. The subsequent "half a circuit" brought them over the approach lights at an 'interesting' sink-rate before bleeding off any surplus speed and landing.
Sounds like it glides about as well as the shuttle - that turned onto final at an altitude of around 12kft for a 20 degree glideslope.^