On Fri, 06 May 2005 17:46:31 GMT, "R.L." wrote in
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the passenger who guided the plane to the ground
told officials at the airport his only previous experience controlling an
aircraft involved a few lessons piloting gliders in the late 1970s.

I'd say that passenger did a remarkable job of setting down a 24
passenger, 23,639lb empty weight with two 1,990 Hp turboprop engines
mini airliner safely.