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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.
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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.
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How Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet in 1983 and glided to a dead-stick landing at Gimli.
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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.
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How Captain Bob Pearson glided a fuel-starved Air Canada 767 to a dead-stick landing at Gimli in 1983.
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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.
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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.
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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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