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-=> Quoting Steven Horn to Jim Weiier And Bo Simons <=-
SH> this was on a 1983 flight from Montreal to Edmonton
Thanks. I couldn't remember the details.
SH> I still look at this as one of the more significant feats in
SH> the history of Canadian flying.
If I recall the pilot glided in successfully without power from
40,000 feet. He landed on the tiny airstrip at Gimli, near Winnipeg.
Cheers
YK Jim
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