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| The Hero Of Flight 1549 |
| 2009-01-15 |
| JANUARY 15--Meet Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III, the US Airways pilot who today amazingly crash-landed a US Airways jet in New York's Hudson River without any apparent fatalities. The heroic Sullenberger, 57, has worked for US Airways since 1980, and before that spent more than six years as a U.S. Air Force F-4 fighter pilot. Sullenberger, who now must be considered the front runner to replace Hillary Clinton as New York's junior United States Senator, is also the founder of Safety Reliability Methods. The firm describes itself as providing "technical expertise and strategic vision and direction to improve safety and reliability in a variety of high risk industries." Business should soon be booming. Click here to revel in Sullenberger's brilliance and professionalism, as detailed in the veteran pilot's resume. Expect his "executive career highlights" to be updated shortly. (3 pages) |
| Posted by:Penguin |
| #8 TW, they are saying he hit birds but, they where probably safer landing in the Hudson river than Newark itself j/k |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-15 23:55 |
| #7 When I heard about the landing I expected to find out that the pilot had been in the Airforce. This man is grossly underpaid. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-01-15 23:26 |
| #6 No power I guess, or not much. Its a fair way further- and they were gliding rather than flying under power, as I assumed at the time. So Newark must have been out of the question. Reports say they cleared the George Washington bridge by 900 feet, they were very low as they passed overhead. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2009-01-15 22:57 |
| #5 What was the problem that led to the Hudson River instead of Newark? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-01-15 22:50 |
| #4 Saw it happen- they came overhead, really low, banking at about forty five degrees left, then banked right and glided down river.I thought they had aborted a landing at La Guardia and made an emergency landing at Newark, but all the while they were headed for the river. Bloody hell. Seriously good flying. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2009-01-15 22:37 |
| #3 Some reports say he made two final trips up and down the aisles to assure he was the last to deplane. That's extreme cool. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-01-15 21:59 |
| #2 Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III - spent more than six years as a U.S. Air Force F-4 fighter pilot with a name like that, Ima thinkrn "Boy named 'Sue'" syndrome. Prolly one tough sumbitch. Well done, Sully, well done. Understood he was the last to leave after checking all-clear on the plane. Stud. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-15 21:51 |
| #1 "who now must be considered the front runner to replace Hillary Clinton as New York's junior United States Senator" What kind of subtle insult is this? Well done Sir and hip hip hooray for the U.S. AirForce! Your taxpayer's money at work... good work for a change |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-01-15 21:40 |