Air Canada Flight 143, the gimli glider
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Air Canada Flight 143, the gimli glider
Boeing 767 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet what do you have?
Answer: A 132 ton glider with a sink rate of 2000 ft / min
leets head for a deadstick landing at the local dragstrip.
CLICK: Air Canada Flight 143
CLICK: The Dragstrip
Answer: A 132 ton glider with a sink rate of 2000 ft / min
leets head for a deadstick landing at the local dragstrip.
CLICK: Air Canada Flight 143
CLICK: The Dragstrip
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RE: Air Canada Flight 143, the gimli glider
Thanks Stealth for that, had forgotten about that incident. That is 24 years ago. I have to fly into a lot of obscure places in my job and all I can say is that when I get on an Air Canada plane to come home there is no feeling like it. Their pilots are top knotch, I know one who flew combat missions in CF-18's in Gulf War I and I always have a look at the piolts when boarding, if they look 40 to 60 I am pretty confident they are military trained and have the skills needed to pull off something like this.
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Air France Flight 4590
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RE: Air France Flight 4590
There is a memorial in the glades near where I go bass fishing. Sad site indeed as there are stuffed animals left behind for the children on this flight. I don't believe anything was recovered as the flight was just swallowed by the glades muck. Needless tradgedy.
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