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To: wastedyears

One pilot told me years ago: “ the 747 has all the gliding properties of a brick.”


34 posted on 05/09/2020 9:15:29 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

“ the 747 has all the gliding properties of a brick.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Yes a 767, close enough.

...n July 23, 1983, Flight 143 was cruising at 12000 metres (41000 ft) over Red Lake, Ontario. The aircraft’s cockpit warning system sounded, indicating a fuel pressure problem on the aircraft’s left side.

In 1985 the pilots were awarded the first ever Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Diploma for Outstanding Airmanship.[21] Several attempts by other crews who were given the same circumstances in a simulator at Vancouver resulted in crashes.[22] Quintal was promoted to captain in 1989.[23] Pearson remained with Air Canada for ten years and then moved to flying for Asiana Airlines; he retired in 1995.[7] First Officer Quintal died at age 68 on September 24, 2015, in Saint-Donat, Quebec.[24]


77 posted on 05/10/2020 6:17:16 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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