40th anniversary of the Gimli Glider

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Gimli Glider Exhibit commemorates 40th anniversary of miracle landing - Skies Mag

 

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The Gimli Glider was scrapped, parted out... and now the Gimli Air museum has acquired the cockpit.

‘It’s a piece of aviation history’: Gimli Glider cockpit makes return trip to Manitoba

After a 7,000-kilometre journey from a southern California scrapyard, a part of a plane that was made famous 43 years ago was reunited with the captain that flew it.

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