This Show is on SBS One now,
well worth watching.

I think Sullenberger the captain was a glider pilot, which would have helped, brilliant job.

The first mention I ever heard of Twitter.
Someone on the plane used Twitter to give a report.

Wow, that would have been wonderful.

bob(from black rock) said:

I think Sullenberger the captain was a glider pilot, which would have helped, brilliant job.

Luckily for his passengers and crew, Air Canada Boeing 767 captain Robert (Bob) Pearson was also a glider pilot. He used his skills to land his aircraft at a former Royal Canadian Air Force base at Gimli when both engines failed after the plane ran out of fuel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Yeah that was another example of expert airmanship.

The landings in both cases are called a “dead stick” landing.

bob(from black rock) said:

Yeah that was another example of expert airmanship.

Running out of Fuel?

CrazyNeutrino said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Yeah that was another example of expert airmanship.

Running out of Fuel?

LOL

CrazyNeutrino said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Yeah that was another example of expert airmanship.

Running out of Fuel?

One needs must be an expert in this approach.

Peak Warming Man said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Yeah that was another example of expert airmanship.

Running out of Fuel?

LOL

In the case of the Gimli Glider the fault was found to be with the refuelers, they had just recently changed over from imperial to metric or the other way around and the wrong fuel load was delivered.

bob(from black rock) said:

Peak Warming Man said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Running out of Fuel?

LOL

In the case of the Gimli Glider the fault was found to be with the refuelers, they had just recently changed over from imperial to metric or the other way around and the wrong fuel load was delivered.

Still the crew’s responsibility as they have to check the fuel load by what’s called ‘sticking’ the tanks – That’s where the ground crew (in the case of a 767) use a tool to unlock a small gadget in the bottom of the wing, and it goes up into the fuel tank. It’s got a float and a magnet on it, and you read how far the stick comes out to check the fuel level. (more fuel = less stick and vice-versa)
There’s a bit more to it than that, but for whatever reason it wasn’t done and they ran out of fuel.

CrazyNeutrino said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Yeah that was another example of expert airmanship.

Running out of Fuel?

An instructor at one club I was learning to fly at suggested I run one tank of their Piper Warrior dry and let the engine stop, then change tanks and restart the engine.

I decided it wasn’t good airmanship – even as an exercise – and refused to do it.