Damn Interesting - The Gimli Glider

[GreyKnight]

Another Damn Interesting story...

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=744

[Blairgowrie]

Yes am amazing story alright. I remember when it happened. Hard to believe they could make such a mistake on something as important as fuel. Imperial pounds!!!

[Klinger]

Pretty crazy. Great pilot and crew. The metric/imperial thing is pain in the ass like GMT/EST.

An easy trap to fall into though.

While driving through speed cameras in Norway, my m8 would ask,

'How fast are we going m8?'

I saw 50kph on the clock, so I'd reply,

'Oh, about 30mph'

That irritated the hell out of him.

[Rattler]

I remember that one happening.

[BadAim]

A similar thing happened to one of the Mars landers. Nasa specced out the thrusters in poundels and the contractor built them using newtons. when they fired them they were significantly short on power, causing the lander to never be heard from again. I'm glad the other story ended better.

[BadAim]

We should make those guys honorary Danger Dogz.

[cannon_fodder]

Pretty crazy. Great pilot and crew. The metric/imperial thing is pain in the ass like GMT/EST.

An easy trap to fall into though.

While driving through speed cameras in Norway, my m8 would ask,

'How fast are we going m8?'

I saw 50kph on the clock, so I'd reply,

'Oh, about 30mph'

That irritated the hell out of him.

Its not just metric.... Dont forget that the americans cant even decide on the gallon...They have 2 (dry and liquid..whats that about?) and neither equals the original imperial gallon