The museum, located within the Lakeview Resort and Conference Centre in Gimli, offers both an educational experience and a tribute to the precision and poise of Captain Robert Pearson and his crew ...

It was 35 years ago that a white-knuckle Air Canada flight, and miraculous landing, would thrust Gimli into international spotlight. On July 23rd, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 carrying 69 passengers ...

Pearl Dion never expected to fall in love with the man who saved her life. She was one of more than 60 passengers on the famed "Gimli Glider" — the nickname given to the Boeing 767 jet that made ...

The "Gimli Glider," a Boeing 767 that has become a cause célèbre in aviation circles, will be retired to the desert today by Air Canada as the airline spruces up its fleet.

Mr. Pearson managed to glide the powerless aircraft to Gimli, and by giving the big jet a last-minute sideways shimmy that he remembered from his days as a glider pilot, he was able to cut ...

Caption: Parts of the Gimli Glider, an Air Canada Boeing 767 that coasted to a landing on an abandoned landing strip after it ran out of fuel mid-flight in 1983, are returning to the Interlake.

Known as the “Gimli Glider,” the twin-engine, wide-body, former Air Canada jet was the first plane in Canada to feature a digital LCD “glass cockpit”, which replaced the traditional analog ...

The Air Canada pilot who safely landed a 767 that ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet will be the guest speaker at Planes, Trains and Automobiles at the Huronia Municipal Airport July 13. Bob Pearson ...

Send us a letter to the editor at wpgsun.letters@kleinmedia.ca. On July 23, the emergency landing of Flight 143 was commemorated by the dedicated volunteers of the Gimli Glider Exhibit.