gliders
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Watch An R/C Glider Hit 877 KM/H
You go through this world as most of us do, believing that to eclipse the max speed of a real P-51 Mustang by more than 161 km/h with an R/C plane, you’d need to employ some form of propulsion, maybe a little turbine. But then, out of nowhere, you learn that actually no, the fastest…
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That Time A Commercial Aircraft Ran Out Of Fuel Mid-Flight
On July 23, 1983, in the small town of Gimli, Manitoba, Captain Robert Pearson and Co-Pilot Maurice Quintal expertly glided a Boeing 767 carrying 69 people to a safe landing without engines, air brakes or flaps, and minimal control of the aircraft.