The 'Gimli glider" was recently flown to the desert for retirement.
This is from the departure from YUL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MHy6yy3Z00
There are also some very nice still shots from the flypast.
On board for the flight were the Captain and F/O from the original event into Gimli.
From comments posted by the Captain of the flight it seems that AC were quite forthcoming with help on some of the aspects of the trip.
From the sound of things with this Cathay incident it seems a shame that the event was not subject to a bit more communication with those who are now calling the shots.