30 years ago today

[Gargamel]

This is actually quite a read. Amazing piloting skills, not so much planning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_glider

Dead stick landing a 767 on a go-kart track? Nice.......



And here's the part that would blow my mind:

Following the successful appeal of their suspensions, Pearson and Quintal were assigned as crew members aboard another Air Canada flight. As they boarded the aircraft, and realized that it was the same one that was involved in the Gimli incident, they lightly joked about not repeating the performance.