> Not to mention the gimli glider..

Indeed.
Shades of spacecraft to Mars.
Measure fuel by hand.
Calculate in litres.
Convert to US gallons.
Get it wrong.
...


"Look here.
There used to be an airforce base at Gimli.
Closed now.
We may just possibly be able to glide there from there. Maybe ... "

They did.

But there's more to it than that.
Gargoyle knows.

        "gimli glider"


        Russell


>
>> And then there was DC-10 ?? the ran out of fuel over the Atlantic, 
>> and
>> just made it with zero to spare to the Azores. ~)

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