Dear Walter,
The best story that I have read on the Gimli Glider is that by Wade
H. Nelson at:
http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html
It is very well written.
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On 2008/02/01, at 3:25 AM, Walter Meier wrote:
Greetings all:
The NASA incident on Mars is the one most often remembered for the
danger of using multiple systems of measurement, but this one is
also truly remarkable. Today they're retiring an airplane that
under most circumstances would have been written off many years
ago, so I thought it would be a good occasion to remember the feat.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1043-full.html#197052
Cheers,
Walter
