{"id":8101,"date":"2004-10-24T19:58:58","date_gmt":"2004-10-24T17:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/24\/gimli-glider\/"},"modified":"2005-04-22T06:08:26","modified_gmt":"2005-04-22T03:08:26","slug":"gimli-glider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/24\/gimli-glider\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimli Glider"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/20041024-gimli_glider.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/thumb-20041024-gimli_glider.jpg\" alt=\"Gimli Glider\"\/><\/a>It is a known fact that travelling by air is by far the safest way of moving youself from point A to point B.  The chances of anything going wrong are pretty slim.  Still there are a few.  I came across an amazing story about Gimli Glider &#8211; Boing 767 which ran out of fuel high up in the air.  How it happened and how this finished is covered in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silhouet.com\/motorsport\/tracks\/gimli.html\">this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>It is a known fact that travelling by air is by far the safest way of moving youself from point A to point B. The chances of anything going wrong are pretty slim. Still there are a few. I came across an amazing story about Gimli Glider &#8211; Boing 767 which ran out of fuel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/24\/gimli-glider\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gimli Glider<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28981,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/18\/glider-js-fast-light-weight-dependency-free-responsive-native-scrolling-list-with-paging-controls\/","url_meta":{"origin":8101,"position":0},"title":"Glider.js &#8211; fast, light-weight, dependency free, responsive, native scrolling list with paging controls","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"For anyone who needs an image gallery or any scrolling list for that matter, Glider.js looks like a good option.\u00a0 It's super simple to use, light, responsive, and dependency free.\u00a0 Have a look at some demos here.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12180,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/19\/fighting-adobe-air-on-fedora-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":8101,"position":1},"title":"Fighting Adobe AIR on Fedora 12","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 19, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Until now I was completely and totally ignoring Adobe AIR. \u00a0As far as I was concerned, it existed in a separate universe. \u00a0But recently, quite a few Adobe AIR applications started to come up on my radar that I wanted to try. \u00a0Yesterday, for example, I saw the Flickrroom, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/adobe_air_gnome_menu.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18822,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/20\/flightradar24-com-live-air-traffic\/","url_meta":{"origin":8101,"position":2},"title":"Flightradar24.com &#8211; Live air traffic","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 20, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Flightradar24.com - Live air traffic","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"flightradar24","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/flightradar24-500x281.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8424,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/06\/air-less-tire-and-wheel\/","url_meta":{"origin":8101,"position":3},"title":"Air-less tire and wheel","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 6, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Engadget had this post recently about air-less tire and wheel. 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