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Apologies and all that....cos i know it's been done to death

cyrusdvirus · 2008-03-19 17:37:51

But just watching the Gimli Glider on National Geographic. There was some skill and luck in those 17 minutes.

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But just watching the Gimli Glider on National Geographic.

There was some skill and luck in those 17 minutes.

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Capt. Pearson was a very skilled pilot. He had so much experience of gliders that he was able to get the bird down safely with no loss of life.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MHy6yy3Z00

Final flight from Montreal on the way to the Mojave desert.

I think that enough now. Watch it on national geographic!!

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