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07/23/2018 at 13:38 • Filed to: metric the tool of the devil
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Run what you brung took on a whole new meaning when a 767 ran out of gas after a bad metric conversion and safely landed on a dragstrip near Gimli, Manitoba. The plane was flown out and served with Air Canada until its reitre ment in 2008.
Longer article here:
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ttyymmnn
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07/23/2018 at 13:48 |
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Read all about it on tomorrow’s This Date in Aviation History!
Mercedes Streeter
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07/23/2018 at 13:56 |
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> Mercedes Streeter
07/23/2018 at 14:08 |
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haha I love the eurobeat
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
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07/23/2018 at 15:13 |
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There was an episode of air disasters that covered that it was interesting. There were 2 kids riding their bikes on the runway back to the direction the plane was landing. Scary stuff.
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> My X-type is too a real Jaguar
07/23/2018 at 19:01 |
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Yeah I guess it was a bit hairy on the ground in the final seconds when they figured out what was happening, but just an amazing outcome considering how many opportunities this had to go south in a hurry.
pip bip - choose Corrour
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07/24/2018 at 07:05 |
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metric tool of the devil?
HA!
imperial is the tool of the devil!
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07/24/2018 at 09:29 |
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No wonder they blew the conversion with PSAs like this