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#4370692 - 07/24/17 11:55 AM Gimli Glider  
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No, it's not a dwarf in a glider.

The Gimli Glider

Best part of the story:

"Back in the passenger compartment, the in-charge flight attendant radiated counterfeit calm as he informed the plane’s sixty-one passengers of the situation, and instructed them in the subtle art of not freaking out during an in-flight emergency."


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#4370712 - 07/24/17 02:00 PM Re: Gimli Glider [Re: Chef]  
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That's a brown trouser moment for sure.


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#4370713 - 07/24/17 02:05 PM Re: Gimli Glider [Re: Chef]  
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I don't recall hearing about that. Gutsy folks all around it seems.


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#4370715 - 07/24/17 02:13 PM Re: Gimli Glider [Re: Chef]  
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Incredible outcome really. I wonder what would have happened if the captain hadn't been an accomplished glider pilot?

Last edited by Chucky; 07/24/17 02:14 PM.

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#4370717 - 07/24/17 02:30 PM Re: Gimli Glider [Re: Chef]  
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That is not the only Canadian glider as an Air Transit A330 had to land in the Azores with no engine power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.

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