Aircraft Auction - own a piece of history

[srgalahad]

Picked this one up off my Twitter feed today

Retired, stored, to be sold (as is?)

Tom Podolec CTV News ‏<s>@</s>TomPodolec Gimli Glider up for auction; <s>@</s>AirCanada 143 Boeing 767 glided into <s>#</s>Gimli, MB July 1983; ran out of fuel at 41,000ft http://www.collectorcarproductions.com/lot-details.php?RefNum=r149%20&EventID=86 …

 

[yank51]

I remember that happening. Was kind of interesting, as that was a new A/C (the 767) at the time. I also remember the confusion about the conversion to the metric system...:isadizzy: