| Hudson River Airbus Landing |
Pilot's Glider Skills Lauded |
(unexpected benefit from being a glider pilot) |
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From: John
Clayton
Sent: Monday, 19 January 2009 10:25 AM
To: CGC List
Subject: Hudson River Landing |
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| Hi
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listened to an interview on 4BC with President of Air Pilots Association, and would you
know; the Captain of the Airbus A320 was a Glider Pilot !!. Similar to the Boeing 767
"Gimli Glider" incident. The Captain was also a Glider
Pilot, and the owner of a Blanik ? |
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| Cheers |
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| J.C
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Passengers wait to escape to a ferry from the wings of the US Airways Airbus 320 that landed safely in the waters of the Hudson river in New York
after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines. All 155 people on board
survived. The saving of their lives has been credited to the Captain's gliding
skills enabling him to keep the airplane headed downhill (to keep it flying) and
then keeping it flat and skimming right above the water while it washed off
airspeed (to avoid a heavy ditching and the breaking up the airplane). |
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Passengers wait to escape to a ferry from the wings of the US
Airways Airbus 320 that landed safely in the waters of the Hudson river in
New York after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines. All 155 people on board
survived. The saving of their lives has been credited to the Captain's gliding skills
enabling him to keep the airplane headed downhill (to keep it flying) and then keeping it
flat and skimming right above the water while it washed off airspeed (to avoid a heavy
ditching and the breaking up the airplane). |
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| > Airbus Pilot's Glider Skills Lauded |
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| "Gimli
Glider" is the nickname of an Air Canada aircraft which was involved in an infamous
aviation incident on 23-Jul-83. A Boeing 767-200 jet (Flight 143) ran completely out of
fuel at 41,000 feet. The crew managed to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing
at Gimli Industrial Park Airport (a former airbase). It was a nearly perfect
demonstration of dead-stick flying with the avoidance of disaster credited to Capt.
Pearson's knowledge of gliding (which he applied in an emergency situation to the landing
of one of the most sophisticated aircraft ever built). |
| > The Gimli Glider |
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