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"767 Glider"
Posted by RandyHaskins on 03-31-02 at 06:14z


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"RE: 767 Glider"
Posted by RandyHaskins on 03-31-02 at 06:18z
I hate it when I do that.

I found this interesting story that I thought others would like. It's about a 767 that ran out of fuel at FL410 and landed safely.

http://www.frontier.net/~wadenelson/successstories/gimli.html

Randy

"RE: 767 Glider"
Posted by JohnSDavison on 03-31-02 at 08:55z
What an amazing story! It would be interesting to try to recreate this in FS. Did anyone manage to make the link to the FS item mentioned in the web page work? I just get an error message when I try it.
Regards....John
"RE: 767 Glider"
Posted by Madape on 03-31-02 at 14:29z
A very interesting article, I'm sure there was a movie made from this event, although I can't remember the name.

John the link didnt work for me either on the Flight Sim bit :(

Cheers

Sam Harvey
sam@crew.flightadventures.com

"RE: 767 Glider"
Posted by JohnSDavison on 03-31-02 at 15:46z
Hi Sam,
Ah, it wasn't just a problem with my system then. Have to go and look for Gimli in FS and set up a flight to try it out.
Regards....John
"RE: 767 Glider"
Posted by RickLee on 04-01-02 at 03:41z
Web archive to the rescue:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010417013706/http://home.stlnet.com/~n0waz/fltsim/falling.html
I have saved the web page on my hard drive just in case.

Rick Lee www.rickleephoto.com

"RE: 767 Glider"
Posted by JohnSDavison on 04-01-02 at 10:05z
Many thanks for the reference, Rick. You're a star!
Regards....John