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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: Dead stick practice -Gimli Glider

Excellent point, I wish I had remembered it. Here's a good account of 

that incident:

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=744



Rex



Ken Potter wrote:

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 For those Canucks out there or others who may remember the "Gimli Glider" occurrence.  An Air Canada 767 was en-route from Ottawa to Edmonton when it ran out of fuel over Manitoba in ??? 1983???    Without going into details, the pilot landed the aircraft on an abandoned airstrip at Gimli Manitoba dead stick.   As it turns out, the pilot did some things with the aircraft (cross control forward slips and such) that Boeing said could not be done.  

 He had extensive experience as a glider pilot.  I suspect there is no greater testimonial to spending some time on gliders than this....

 Cheers'

 Ken



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