Delta777LR
2013-02-22, 09:33 PM
popped into a link and found that C-GAUN is currently for sale and it's auction is soon to end. This aircraft is a piece of history after the aircraft back in July 23, 1983 had ran out of fuel while bound for Edmonton and glided into an abandoned airstrip in Gimli and thanks to the wonderful skills to the pilots which they became test pilots in this case, it landed safely with only the nose gear collapsing and sum other parts of the plane that got damaged. but no one was seriously injured. The pilots and even the 767 itself were the heroes however the accident was human error. The plane got repaired and returned to the air and continued with AC until it retired in 2008. I hope this aircraft ends up in a better place instead of being scrapped or left to rot. This 30 year old plane is a piece of history. Hopefully some museum it ends up in with maybe the the red cheatline old AC scheme. Manitoba is already deniying the aircraft cuz it's still new to them.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/original-gimli-glider-can-be-yours-for-a-few-million-192442941.html?device=mobile
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/original-gimli-glider-can-be-yours-for-a-few-million-192442941.html?device=mobile