Former Air Canada

The registration is the same as that worn by an Air Canada B767 that became known as the 'Gimli Glider' after it ran out of fuel and made a dead-stick landing at that airport in 1983. The B767 was returned to service, but later retired and scrapped and some of the airframe of this RV-4 consists of metal salvaged at that time. There is a medallion on the rear cabin bulkhead commemorating the B767 story. In addition, the (now retired) Air Canada captain who landed the B767 was allowed to make a dead-stick landing of the RV-4 at Gimli (CYGM) - just to prove it was not a fluke, I guess.

Delivered new 30th March 1983 and retired KMHV (Mojave) 24th Jan 2008 with TT 76531 hours and 26906 cycles. Scrapped 2015

The aircraft which will always be remembered as "the Gimli glider".

The 'Gimli Glider'. Returned to service after 'D' check on October 11, 2001

Delivered March 30, 1983, this famous 767 is in temporary storage. On July 23, 1983, the new 767 was flying from Ottawa to Edmonton. Due to a combination of inoperative fuel gauges, confusion with metric and English fuel weights, the airplane was loaded with some 9000 kilos of fuel rather than the required 20,400. The flight ran out of fuel and tried gliding to Winnipeg, MB. Unable to make it, the crew deadsticked the airplane into Gimli, MB's closed airport without injuries. The Gimli Glider as it became known, was retired January 1, 2008. It was broken up at Mojave, CA in September 2017.