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aircraft were seriously injured, because the impact with the ground was minimized by the reduced landing speed provided by the slip that increased drag and caused the airplane to quickly reduce speed and to lose altitude. This maneuver is commonly used with gliders and light aircraft but was a first
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training station. Flying training schools located here include No. 2 Flying
Training School, No. 3 Advanced Flying School (redesignated in 1964 to No. 1 Flying Training School), and No. 1 Advanced Flying Training School. Married Quarters were built on the base at some point during this period. The
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The Gimli airfield became the focus of international attention on
Saturday, July 23, 1983, when Air Canada Flight 143 made an emergency landing there after a 17-minute powerless glide due to fuel exhaustion. On that day, the runways were being used for race-car activities on 'Family Day' for the
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Quarters are now the community of Aspen Park. At some point after the Base was re-opened the Runways were reconfigured from the 6 runway triangular pattern to 2 longer, roughly parallel, asphalt surfaces. After unification of the three services in 1968, RCAF Station Gimli became a
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The only Relief
Landing field for RCAF Station Gimli was located approximately 10 Miles South on the west side of the hamlet of Netley, Manitoba. The Relief field was constructed in the typical triangular pattern. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at
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with a Var. 10 degrees E and elevation of 750 ft (230 m). Three runways were listed as under construction and detailed as follows:
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with a Var. 10 degrees E and elevation of 760 ft (230 m). Six runways were listed as under construction and detailed as follows:
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period, many Second World War air stations were reactivated. Gimli was one of these, and was reopened in 1950 to become a
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704:"The Gimli Glider Incident – From an article published in Soaring Magazine"
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205:6,788 ft (2,069 m) Asphalt
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414:Relief landing field – Netley, MB (1942)
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259:British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
16:Former air station in Manitoba, Canada
561:No. 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron
571:Air Canada Flight 143 (Gimli Glider)
219:Elevation and coordinates from COPA.
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28:Near Gimli, Manitoba in Canada
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630:"Places to Fly – Gimli Industrial"
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708:Math Courses – Math 100
702:Wade H. Nelson (1997).
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592:Boeing 767
267:Avro Anson
216:facilities
77:97°02′36″W
74:50°37′41″N
714:8 January
563:based at
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164:Elevation
151:Occupants
53:CFB Gimli
22:CFB Gimli
599:See also
588:sideslip
584:Winnipeg
524:Cold War
465:Surface
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356:15L/33R
323:Surface
243:Manitoba
117:Operator
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