Silver anniversary celebrations planned as survivors recall Gimli Glider

Misc CDN | 206816 hits | Jul 22 8:03 am | Posted by: Alta_redneck

Just days before the 25th anniversary of the Gimli Glider, a Stony Plain senior who was part of the famous crash-landing says one of her most vivid memories was a woman who didn't want to leave her shoes on the plane.

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by Robair
Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:15 pm
I always like that Gimli Glider story. Deserves a kick in the pants for taking off without enough fuel, but that was a great display of basic stick and rudder skills once the stuff hit the fan!
by Robair
Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:45 pm
by kal
Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:02 pm
The pilot actually credited his ability to fly the thing deadstick to his Air Cadet glider training. Amazing that those basic unpowerd flight skills learned as a teenager were still useful many years later.
by -Mario-
Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:55 am
My father in law was on that flight.

A women left her kids behind and took her shoes instead WTF???

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