Gimli Glider
I expect that most folks would be surprised to hear that Captain Bob Pearson was demoted for six months [0] after this landing, in which he side-slipped a commercial airliner with no functioning engines, and dodged two kids on bicycles on the Gimli &#x27;runway&#x27; (read drag strip).<p>Talk about a uniquely Canadian story - running out of fuel because of a mistake in Imperial to Metric unit conversion. This from someone who was in high school in 1978, The Year Dope Dealers Got an &#x27;A&#x27; in Math.<p>And if you don&#x27;t get that joke, you&#x27;re not a Canadian who grew up in the transition from Imperial to Metric.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gimli_Glider" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gimli_Glider</a><p>[edit: duh, added the reference.  I get it, after having it being explained to me. Thanks folks. ]