It's been 30 years since the legendary landing of an Air Canada B762 that ran out of fuel over Manitoba.  On 23 July 1983, Air Canada flight 143 was cruising at FL410 (41,000ft), over Red Lake, when this new jet, ran out of fuel.  Like any new aircraft, the B767 went through many teething problems as well.  The amazing skill of this crew was truly remarkable and I'm sure you'll enjoy listening to Captain Pearson re-live this flight.

On January 24th, 2008, the Gimli Glider took its final voyage, AC7067, from Montreal Trudeau to Tucson International Airport before its retirement in the Mojave Desert. 

 

We hope to bring her home one day...back to Gimili.

RJ
 

Amazing story....I read the book years ago but can't remember the title of it right now. It covers a lot of the technical issues of what went wrong in greater detail. Damn the Metric System....LOL

 

 

Amazing story..

 

It truly was.  

 

The original video that aired on TV was 45 minutes or so in length.  The Youtube video was shortened.  Captain Pearson hinted at the many teething problems the new B767 had, which is common with any new design, be it an Aircraft or car for that matter.  The best part (that wasn't shown) was when Captain Pearson sat next  to the young glider pilot, opens up his log book, and shows... Ottawa to Gimil  :lol:. 

 

Rather funny moment now... but then...

 

RJ

Yea it is amazing. Unfortunate these guys were blamed after the incident and it took an inquiry to remove the blame and point the finger at the Airline instead. 

 

That aircraft for sale for $3 million. If this was a USA story the funding would be there to preserve it in a museum because $3 million isn't a lot of money really, unfortunate that Canada doesn't fund museums like the USA does. People don't really go to Canada for it's museums I guess.

 

If I was a wealthy man I would buy it and turn it into an attraction but not sure how many people would go to Gimili to see it. Probably why it still sits in a desert. The current owners have been more then gracious to not scrap it after all these years.