Captain Pearson News Today

When a botched imperial-to-metric conversion left a commercial jet with insufficient fuel, pilots had to improvise.

Air Canada passenger Flight 174 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet. Their only hope of survival was for Captain Robert Pearson to do the extraordinary: to land the plane without engines or any power onboard.  

The Air League of Monaco is hosting an interesting event this week, a seated dinner and Q&A with Captain Robert Pearson, the pilot who famously glided a passenger jet to safety in Canada after it had run out of fuel.

There have been no reported injuries after a twin-engine aircraft (#8R-GGT) ran off the runway and into some nearby bushes at Eteringbang, Region Seven on Wednesday.Police Headquarters reported that 10 passengers inclusive of three children were onbo

Curtis talked with Capt. Pearson about Richland County Sheriff's Department's Youth Arbitration and Explorer Post 601 programs.

“If they catch you at disadvantage, the mines for your life is the word; and so we fight them with our colours nailed to the mast.” The Pirate, 1821. For over 4,000 years humanity has used some sort of device to communicate when not within hearing distance like smoke signals, drums, flashing lanterns or lights. Many times they would correspond with vexilloids which were metal or wooden poles with engravings on top. About 2,000 years ago, pieces of colored fabric or material were added to s...