Pics from Back in the Day

[YY1]

It had stripes and body side molding?

 

[Ron H]

It had stripes and body side molding?

That was added after the re-paint; here are a couple photos before and after the paint and handing over the Keystones and 60’s tires to my brother he wanted to put in his ’69 Ranchero. Went with the Magnum’s I got a deal on and first set of radial tires I can remember buying.

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

 

[Rob R]

 

[Dave6T4]

Gimli, Manitoba. The landing spot of the Gimli Glider.
In 1983, an Air Canada 767 ran out of fuel part way on its flight to Edmonton, Alberta. Due to confusion converting Imperial Gallons to Litres, the jet was only carrying about half of its required fuel load to reach its destination. Compounding this, the jet had a faulty fuel indicator.
When the 767 flamed out, the crew realized they were nowhere near a regular air port. However, the captain recalled a disused runway near Gimli, Manitoba that he calculated he could glide to, and hopefully land. There were no other options left. However, although this runway was no longer being used by aircraft, a local Car club had repurposed it for a drag racing strip, and races were being held this day. The crew managed to successfully land the powerless, gliding 767 on this strip, with few injuries. During investigations into this incident, crews tried to replicate this landing on flight simulators, with little success. There is now a museum to this piece of history at Gimli.

 

[qkcuda]

My wife is a retired Air Canada flight attendant, and heard all about the Gimli Glider at the time. The only injuries were as a result of the nose wheel not locking into position, which caused the plane to slide in on its nose, which meant the exit slides at the rear were near vertical and people hit the ground hard. The damage to the nose of the plane was repaired, and it went back into service with a new fin number.

 

[Spare Parts]

A modern day pic of group today

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[Ron H]

During investigations into this incident, crews tried to replicate this landing on flight simulators, with little success.

Another Sullivan? Glad it worked for those on board.

 

[Dave6T4]

Another Sullivan? Glad it worked for those on board.

I originally read about this story in a period Readers Digest.

 

[qkcuda]

There was a book written on the subject, I think the title was Freefall. The pilot was a former glider pilot who put the plane into some sort of a sideways maneuver to scrub off airspeed. Since the plane was completely out of fuel, they had no power except a drop down turbine to power the hydraulics.

 

[Dave6T4]

There was a book written on the subject, I think the title was Freefall. The pilot was a former glider pilot who put the plane into some sort of a sideways maneuver to scrub off airspeed. Since the plane was completely out of fuel, they had no power except a drop down turbine to power the hydraulics.

Also a movie, I believe.

 

[Photon440]

Gimli, Manitoba. The landing spot of the Gimli Glider.
In 1983, an Air Canada 767 ran out of fuel part way on its flight to Edmonton, Alberta. Due to confusion converting Imperial Gallons to Litres, the jet was only carrying about half of its required fuel load to reach its destination. Compounding this, the jet had a faulty fuel indicator.
When the 767 flamed out, the crew realized they were nowhere near a regular air port. However, the captain recalled a disused runway near Gimli, Manitoba that he calculated he could glide to, and hopefully land. There were no other options left. However, although this runway was no longer being used by aircraft, a local Car club had repurposed it for a drag racing strip, and races were being held this day. The crew managed to successfully land the powerless, gliding 767 on this strip, with few injuries. During investigations into this incident, crews tried to replicate this landing on flight simulators, with little success. There is now a museum to this piece of history at Gimli.

This being a 'pics' thread, I'll add some from Gimli...

Gimli Glider Exhibit - Gimli Glider HOME
The Incredible Story Of The Gimli Glider


Years later, it was scrapped

 

[Ron H]

I originally read about this story in a period Readers Digest.

I'll have to look this story up sounds incredible. I still can't believe how Sully landed that airliner on the Hudson and not ONE person was lost. Just mind-blowing, right pilot, right time I'd guess. Sure is great to hear GOOD stories now and then since Hollywood endings are mostly only in Hollywood.

 

[dadsbee]

Captain did a great job, but he f'd up plain and simple right from the start and spent 6 months demoted to FO afterwards.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Gimli, Manitoba. The landing spot of the Gimli Glider.
In 1983, an Air Canada 767 ran out of fuel part way on its flight to Edmonton, Alberta. Due to confusion converting Imperial Gallons to Litres, the jet was only carrying about half of its required fuel load to reach its destination. Compounding this, the jet had a faulty fuel indicator.
When the 767 flamed out, the crew realized they were nowhere near a regular air port. However, the captain recalled a disused runway near Gimli, Manitoba that he calculated he could glide to, and hopefully land. There were no other options left. However, although this runway was no longer being used by aircraft, a local Car club had repurposed it for a drag racing strip, and races were being held this day. The crew managed to successfully land the powerless, gliding 767 on this strip, with few injuries. During investigations into this incident, crews tried to replicate this landing on flight simulators, with little success. There is now a museum to this piece of history at Gimli.

Hard to replicate, the adrenaline rush of the pilot and crew or the *** pucker.

 

[Photon440]

There have been other notable jet 'glider' incidents.

In this one, the 'Azores Glider', an Air Transat (Flight 236) Airbus 330 ended up losing fuel due to a ruptured fuel line while crossing the Atlantic on August 24, 2001.

Heading toward Lisbon from a Toronto departure, they flew for over four hours before some problems started showing up. Realizing they were losing fuel, the crew diverted to Lajes Air Base in the Azores. A few minutes after an engine died, and seventy-five miles from the base, the second engine flamed out from fuel starvation. They were at 33,000 feet of altitude by this time, as this was the proper single engine altitude that they descended to. This resulted in the longest glide in history for an un-powered passenger aircraft, taking 19 minutes from flame-out to landing. They made it to the base, landed hard and had 14 injuries but no deaths.

Because of the lack of power (they did have a ram air turbine for basic control) the anti-lock brakes didn't work so they skidded down the runway, blowing out the tires and grinding part of the main wheels off, using more than three quarters of the 10,000 foot runway in the process.

 

[Gary Masse]

Here is a couple of pictures of my wife's 1972 Sebring and my 1971 Sebring Plus with a factory power sun roof

 

[YY1]

Cute wife.

 

[68_661charger]

Coronet before parting out 25 years ago. Note the foot....

 

[The Capitan]

The Mopar Nats early 90s.