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Saturday 2004-10-23
The Gimli Glider
This is awesome!
If a Boeing 767 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet what do you have? Answer: A
132 ton glider with a sink rate of over 2000 feet-per-minute and marginally
enough hydraulic pressure to control the ailerons, elevator, and rudder.
Put veteran pilots Bob Pearson and cool-as-a-cucumber Maurice Quintal in
the in the cockpit and you've got the unbelievable but true story of Air
Canada Flight 143, known ever since as the Gimli Glider.
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