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Bugger me if this isn't one of the most amazing piloting stories I've EVER read! From the page: "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... more

Reviewed by dnnrly Jan 19 2007, 02:17am ( 22 reviews ) • teamdan.com

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Reviewed by wonmean on Jul 31, 2:36pm

Awesome story.
Rated by Radiosucks on Feb 16 2009, 2:44pm

amazing story
Rated by HermanStumble on Feb 02 2007, 1:15pm

I love gliding (but rather not in a B767)!
Rated by JonLandrum on Feb 01 2007, 8:12pm

From the page: "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..." This is an amazing story.
Rated by illuminator on Jan 29 2007, 12:46am

A true story of an Air Canada flight running out of fuel mid air and yet successfully landing like a glider. Miraculously no one suffered any major injuries.
Rated by fred-09 on Jan 22 2007, 8:27am

Great story - an absorbing read with a happy ending (unusual for stories about planes running out of fuel)
Rated by Marcus-Lycus on Jan 21 2007, 6:27pm

Neat story.

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