Posted on 01/15/2009 4:23:17 PM PST by 444Flyer
JANUARY 15-Meet Chelsey B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III, the US Airways pilot who today amazingly crash-landed a US Airways jet in New York's Hudson River with any apparent fatalities.
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My wonderful DH’s first job (he enlisted when he was 17, by the way) was as crew on an F-16. He then went on to college, then flight training ... and became an F-16 pilot. He was in the air, protecting us, on 9-11 ... and I was so very proud. He recently returned from his 5th deployment to Iraq.
...and some here assumed he was a Navy guy. ;)
Everyone knows Squids can’t swim!
The Hero Of Flight 1549
Veteran pilot, 57, safely landed US Airways jet in Hudson River
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)
Richard Ogg is an easier name to remember.
My nephew wants to be a Pararescueman and just missed the cut. He says he'll be back for another try in the future. He is really excited about working on a crew and he's a super smart kid. He'll do great at anything he does, I'm sure of it.
The radio station said the plane is now tied to a pier. I was suprised that it did not sink.
The news showed the air temp in NYC was 21 deg F at the time. Wow.
The miracle on the river.
talk about the sovereignty of God in putting this expert/hero in this cockpit at this time.....amazing—and i bet there are many stories about the crew as well. good for all of them.
A real man and a real hero.
God Bless you Captain Sullenberger. You are a true American hero!
“Sully” for president! We only have a few days to get him inaugurated.
It may be held up with flotation bags now. I imagine a crane will lift it out of the water tomorrow.
Thank you and your husband for your service to our country!
Air Force Academy graduate.
. . . and a USAF Academy grad. Go Falcons!
This will go down as one of the greatest flying feats of all time. Captain Sullenberger is forever part of aviation history now.
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