The Gimli Glider features studio interviews with the pilot Captain Bob Pearson copilot Maurice Quintal flight attendant Robert Desjardins eyewitness Kerry Seabrook and the General Director of the ...

This remarkable incident earned the aircraft the name, “The Gimli Glider”. It returned to service and flew until 2008. The fuel issue? Canada was in the process of switching from imperial to ...

It was 40 years ago when an astonishing emergency descent forever transformed Flight 143 into the Gimli Glider. Jen Zoratti spoke with the boys who were riding their bikes on the runway as the ...

"Probably they were intended to flap like those of a bird, but were hinged in such a way that they would not fold upward but ...

Another notable aviation crash that saw the deployment of a RAT was the "Gimli Glider" incident that took place in 1983. The ...

Of all the prisoner of war escapes that almost were, the one involving the Colditz glider is certainly among the most ingenious. Built secretly in an attic of Colditz castle, the glider was an ...

We talk to the ‘boys on the bikes’ who had an extremely close-up view of the Gimli Glider miracle 40 years ago. With the much-anticipated Barbie movie finally in cinemas, local bars and ...

Despite this, [rctestflight] decided to run some experiments to see just how PX4 would fare when controlling a drone-launched shuttle glider. The glider is a simple design built from foam board ...

But the one thing that isn’t shown in The Lord of the Rings is what Gimli does after the war, or even where he goes. Gimlis father plays a crucial role in shaping the LOTR universe. But just ...

Having any kind of shop is pretty great, no matter how large it may be or where it’s located. If the shop is in an outbuilding, you get to make more noise. On the other hand, it will probably ...

As a mom of two young boys, I know that if anything can turn a marathon midnight feeding into a less daunting, (somewhat) luxurious experience, it’s the right glider rocker chair. As opposed to ...

Perhaps it would be possible, he thought, to escape from the prison in a glider. The updraft would help in getting the glider airborne. Also, there was an ideal area from which to launch a glider ...