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The Gimli Glider

I always wondered what would happen if the engines on a 767 just kind of stopped. I’m also quite suprised I’ve never heard of this, being that I’m at school to learn about engineering planes. I suppose this was before my time, but still quite an awesome story: http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

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One Response to “The Gimli Glider”

  1. Mutually Inclusive PR Says:
    December 28th, 2005 at 8:47 pm

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