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The Algolia search box here on HN shows a ton of previous ''Gimli Glider'' submissions as it was a legendary feat of airmanship, and another Canadian pilot made
by cf100clunk 3y ago
The Algolia search box here on HN shows a ton of previous ''Gimli Glider'' submissions as it was a legendary feat of airmanship, and another Canadian pilot made an equally astonishing deadstick airliner landing in 2001:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34321056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34321056
- cperciva 3y agoThe joke in the airline industry is that Canada doesn't have great aircraft pilots, but we have the world's best glider pilots.
- cf100clunk 3y agoA joke amongst NATO pilots comparing Canadian aviators, with their limitless air space, and their European allies, with their comparitively tiny national air spaces: ''Europeans: afterburners off after 3 minutes. Canadians: afterburners off after 3 countries.''