Notes:

This exact aircraft made an unpowered landing on July 23, 1983 at Gimli, Manitoba, after running out of fuel at about 40,000 feet. Wave to the "Gimli Glider". Note: A tv movie and several documentaries were made on this incident in the following years.

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C-GAUN - Boeing 767-233 - Air Canada

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Paul Denton C-GAUN
5,295 7 2 Boeing 767-233
C-GAUN - Boeing 767-233 - Untitled

Gimli Glider

Hongming Zheng C-GAUN
12,940 11 0 Boeing 767-233
C-GAUN - Boeing 767-233 - Untitled

[1500px] Air Canada Ship 604, better known as the Gimli Glider for making a successful emergency landing thirty-seven years ago (and breaking the world record for twin-engined jet gliders), now rests peacefully in the Mojave desert, with large pieces of her skin peeled off to be turned into airplane tags

JC C-GAUN
11,605 8 0 Boeing 767-233

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N845SY - Boeing 737-82R - Sun Country Airlines

On final for runway 30 after a flight from Bullhead City as a casino charter

CGYplanespotter N845SY
190 1 0 Boeing 737-82R
C-GCNU - Boeing 737-36Q - Canadian North

Tyler Godfrey C-GCNU
365 15 0 Boeing 737-36Q
C-FKCN - Boeing 737-36N - Canadian North

Tyler Godfrey C-FKCN
452 15 0 Boeing 737-36N

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RA-82042 - Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan - Volga Dnepr Airlines

Always a pleasure to see a cargo aircraft of this size in Edmonton

Richard Barsby RA-82042
4,692 1 0 Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan
C-FRWU - Cameron V-77 - Private

Special thanks extended to the Calgary Balloon Club for the excellent work in organizing this weekends activities in Drumheller, Alberta! Richard Clark and I are in his balloon C-FRMN

Richard Barsby C-FRWU
5,341 1 0 Cameron V-77
KTPF - Airport - Runway

A Caribbean cruise presented this opportunity

Richard Barsby KTPF
7,168 1 0 Airport

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C-GAUN

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Aug 23, 2003

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Notes

This exact aircraft made an unpowered landing on July 23, 1983 at Gimli, Manitoba, after running out of fuel at about 40,000 feet. Wave to the "Gimli Glider". Note: A tv movie and several documentaries were made on this incident in the following years.

Camera

C-GAUN - Boeing 767-233 - Air Canada

Scanned from a negative

Paul Denton C-GAUN
5,295 7 2 Boeing 767-233
C-GAUN - Boeing 767-233 - Untitled

Gimli Glider

Hongming Zheng C-GAUN
12,940 11 0 Boeing 767-233
C-GAUN - Boeing 767-233 - Untitled

[1500px] Air Canada Ship 604, better known as the Gimli Glider for making a successful emergency landing thirty-seven years ago (and breaking the world record for twin-engined jet gliders), now rests peacefully in the Mojave desert, with large pieces of her skin peeled off to be turned into airplane tags

JC C-GAUN
11,605 8 0 Boeing 767-233
N845SY - Boeing 737-82R - Sun Country Airlines

On final for runway 30 after a flight from Bullhead City as a casino charter

CGYplanespotter N845SY
190 1 0 Boeing 737-82R
C-GCNU - Boeing 737-36Q - Canadian North

Tyler Godfrey C-GCNU
365 15 0 Boeing 737-36Q
C-FKCN - Boeing 737-36N - Canadian North

Tyler Godfrey C-FKCN
452 15 0 Boeing 737-36N
RA-82042 - Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan - Volga Dnepr Airlines

Always a pleasure to see a cargo aircraft of this size in Edmonton

Richard Barsby RA-82042
4,692 1 0 Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan
C-FRWU - Cameron V-77 - Private

Special thanks extended to the Calgary Balloon Club for the excellent work in organizing this weekends activities in Drumheller, Alberta! Richard Clark and I are in his balloon C-FRMN

Richard Barsby C-FRWU
5,341 1 0 Cameron V-77
KTPF - Airport - Runway

A Caribbean cruise presented this opportunity

Richard Barsby KTPF
7,168 1 0 Airport
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