HOFFER, WILLIAM & MARILYN MONA HOFFER - Freefall

New York: St Martins Press, 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312029195. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 263 pages; Canada had switched to metric and someone, when fueling the 767 didn't realize the fuel gauge of this new plane measured in kilograms instead of imperial pounds, meaning that it received less than half the fuel it needed for the flight. This is what started the whole drama. When a 767 runs out of fuel mid flight, there is no longer any fuel to run the controls. The pilot had to use sheer skill to glide this large passenger aircraft into the airport in Gimli Manitoba with no loss of life. That plane became forever known as the Gimli Glider.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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