September 1, 20178 yr John I believe another factor linking the gimli and hudson incidents is that both captains are experienced glider pilots. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
September 2, 20178 yr On 8/31/2017 at 8:49 PM, Cactus521 said: Reminds me of the Gimli glider, which was a good example of airmanship but a bad example of fuel management. It mostly didn't help that Air Canada was switching from pounds to kilograms, the FQIS on that plane wasn't working, and somebody botched the conversion prior to loading the fuel. Captain Kevin Air Kevin 124 heavy, wind calm, runway 4 left, cleared for take-off. Live streams of my flights here.
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