1. Refers to Air Canada Boeing 767 C-GAUN (c/n 22520), which on July 23, 1983 ran out of fuel over Northern Ontario, and glided to a landing at an abandoned airfield in Gimli, Manitoba. At the time, this was the first ever dead-stick landing of a jet airliner. The aircraft was subsequently recovered from Gimli and flew for Air Canada for another 25 years before being finally retired in January 2008.
2. Subsequently, the term 'Gimli glider' has become Canadian slang for a particularly glaring screw-up.
1. Hopefully, the Gimli glider will end up in a museum.
2. You just pulled a real Gimli Glider back there.
The Gimli is the sexual practice of surprising your partner by donning a falsebeard (similar to that of the dwarf Gimli) during sexual intercourse or similar acts.
Last night, the missus was well shocked when she looked up and I had done a Gimli