Bob Hoover, the Shrike Commander, and the Dead-Stick Routine That Defined What a Pilot Could Be
Bob Hoover - escape artist, sound-barrier witness, and dead-stick virtuoso - remains the pilot by whom all other pilots are measured.
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The Gimli Glider, Air Canada One Forty-Three, and the Brand-New Boeing Seven Sixty-Seven That Ran Out of Fuel at Forty-One Thousand Feet and Was Landed on a Drag Strip by a Glider Pilot
How Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet in 1983 and was glided to a safe landing on a Manitoba drag strip.
TaildraggerThe Gimli Glider, Air Canada Flight One Forty-Three, and the Boeing Seven Sixty-Seven That Ran Out of Fuel at Forty-One Thousand Feet and Landed on a Drag Strip
How Air Canada Flight 143 ran both engines dry at 41,000 feet in 1983 and glided to a safe landing on a drag strip.
TaildraggerThe Gimli Glider, Air Canada One Four Three, and the Night a Boeing Seven Sixty-Seven Ran Out of Fuel at Forty-One Thousand Feet and Landed Dead-Stick on a Drag Strip
How Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet in 1983 and glided to a dead-stick landing at Gimli.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, the Shrike Commander, and the Dead-Stick Iced Tea Routine That Turned Energy Management Into Art
How Bob Hoover flew a dead-stick Shrike Commander and poured iced tea mid-roll to teach the pilot's most vital skill: energy management.
TaildraggerThe Gimli Glider, the Air Canada Boeing Seven Sixty-Seven That Ran Out of Fuel at Forty-One Thousand Feet and Glided Dead-Stick Onto an Old Drag Strip in Manitoba
How Captain Bob Pearson glided a fuel-starved Air Canada 767 to a dead-stick landing at Gimli in 1983.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, the Iced Tea Pour, and the Shrike Commander He Rolled Off Both Runways With Both Engines Shut Down
How Bob Hoover poured iced tea mid-barrel-roll and flew dead-stick loops in a business twin - the story of aviation's greatest stick-and-rudder pilot.
TaildraggerThe Gimli Glider, Captain Bob Pearson's Dead-Stick Sideslip Onto a Drag Strip After Air Canada Ran a Boeing 767 Out of Fuel at Forty-One Thousand Feet
How Captain Bob Pearson glided a fuel-starved Air Canada 767 to a dead-stick landing at Gimli using a slip every student pilot learns.
TaildraggerBob Hoover and the dead-stick energy management routine that defined airshow flying
Bob Hoover's dead-stick Shrike Commander routine defined airshow flying for 40 years and remains the gold standard for energy management.
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