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Boeing 767

A white Air Canada Boeing 717 with red lettering and logos is displayed against a dark background, showcasing its sleek design and distinctive features.

Wide-body twin-engine airliner that entered service in 1982. Air Canada's was among the earliest fleets; its all-glass cockpit and metric calibration were both novelties. The aircraft's clean aerodynamics give it an unusually high lift-to-drag ratio for a heavy jet — roughly 12:1 in the clean configuration — which is part of why it could be glided at all.

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