On May 1, 2017, Camping World Holdings, Inc., acquired Gander Mountain at auction for an estimated $35.4 million. As part of the deal, Camping World was obligated to operate a minimum of 17 Gander Mountain stores. As of 2018, Gander Outdoors had 59 open locations.

five days On September 11, 2001, after flights were rerouted to their nearest airports, thirty-eight jets suddenly landed in Gander, stranding some seven thousand passengers for up to five days in a town with only five hundred hotel rooms.

During the Second World War, as many as 10,000 Canadian, British and American military personnel resided in Gander. The area became a strategic post for the Air Ferry Command of the Royal Air Force, with approximately 20,000 American- and Canadian-built fighters and bombers stopping at Gander en route to Europe.

Five days Five days after the planes had landed in Gander, the call came that aircraft were permitted to leave. Buses rounded up the passengers who'd been scattered across the local towns. One by one, the planes departed.

about 6,600 The number of passengers and crew accommodated at Gander was about 6,600. The population of Gander at the time was fewer than 10,000 people. Jean Chrétien, then-Canadian Prime Minister, stated that there were more people at the airport than in the town.

The accident was investigated by the Canadian Aviation Safety Board (CASB), which determined that the probable cause of the crash was the aircraft's unexpectedly high drag and reduced lift condition, most likely due to ice contamination on the wings' leading edges and upper surfaces, as well as underestimated onboard ...

More than 6,600 passengers and airline crew members - equivalent to 66% of the local population at the time - were forced to stay in the Gander area for up to six days until airspace was reopened.

Hers was one of more than 250 flights forced to divert to Canada because of the closing of American airspace. Thirty-eight commercial flights touched down in Gander that day.

Hers was one of more than 250 flights forced to divert to Canada because of the closing of American airspace. Thirty-eight commercial flights touched down in Gander that day.

Thirty eight aircraft Thirty eight aircraft headed for the United States from Europe were diverted to the small Canadian town of Gander, Newfoundland.

Pick an airport.” Sliney says 700 of the 4,000 planes in the air landed within 10 minutes. 10 a.m. UAL 93 passengers vote to retake the aircraft.

Cause disputed: Atmospheric icing and overloading leading to stall. (CASB Report) Onboard explosion of unknown origin brought catastrophic system failures (minority report)