"Keith W" wrote in message
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"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote in message
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Charles Talleyrand wrote:



For one thing you'd be hard pressed to get 30 minutes of glide time
from any airliner.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The Air Transat Airbus that ran out of fuel glided for 20 minutes
to get to the Azores

Keith


And there is the 1983 (?86) story of the "Gimli Glider." An Air Canada
B-767 that ran out of fuel and landed on an X-ed out runway in Canada that
was, at the time, in use by sports car racers. See:

http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/gimli.html

for a great photo. They talk about the RATS but I couldn't find any remarks
about elapsed glide time in this story.

For giggles, read the post script story about the mechanics who went to
rescue the airplane.