There was an article in AOPA Pilot(Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)
magazine that I received today. The first page photo was of FF (or
something close) cars in grid in the foreground and the 767 in the
background. Do folks up north usually do Formula drags? I suspect the
writer was more knowledgeable about aircraft than cars.
Just for reference, the pilot/copilot were originally blamed for the
incident, but later were awarded the Diploma for Outstanding Airmanship by
the (accents omitted) Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
As the article quoted:
"One of the largest and most sophisticated aircraft in the world was gliding
at 35,000 feet with fewer instruments than Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of
St. Louis."
I am in awe.......
Brent DeWitt
DS 93
Colorado
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of David/Carolyn Spivak
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 9:02 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Air Canada Flight 174
>
>
>
> >On Thu, 22 June 2000, "Phil Ethier" wrote:
>
> > Gimili, Manitoba, just like they said on the show. It was thereafter
> known
> > as the Gimili Glider.
>
> It ran out of fuel at 41000 feet (combination of misadventures) and had to
> land with very limited controls. They couldn't get the nose wheels down
> (although they did manage to lower the other landing gear). It skidded for
> 4000 feet along the runway and stopped about 500 feet from the cars and
> drivers. Nobody was seriously injured I believe.
>
> Now THAT's a safety problem at a motorsports event.
>
> Carolyn Spivak
> '00 GTI-VR6 STS
> '78 Scirocco FSP
>
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