[3niner]

Looks like the gears are up.

A good photo trumps an "eyewitness". Makes much more sense, thanks. :-)

[freepersup]

You’re welcome. The photo is (to date) one of the very few, that I’m aware of, taken of flight 1549 moments before landing in the Hudson, capturing the actual configuration of the a/c.

Here’s a link to a simulation of the 3 plus minute flight, as viewed from the cockpit, done by some students at Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology in Missouri. It’s fairly gripping.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011602252.html