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Q&A: Reconsidering the Miracle on the Hudson

Time (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

In a new book, journalist William Langewiesche offers a dissenting view on Captain Chesley Sullenberger's dramatic January flight

Everything's coming up roses for Chesley Sullenberger

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

PASADENA, Calif. - Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger will be grand marshal of the 121st Tournament of Roses parade. Sullenberger will ride a flower-festooned...

Oops! Branson's sorry his company didn't land Sully

NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Virgin Atlantic mogul Richard Branson admits he dropped the ball when he let heroic pilot Chesley Sullenberger slip back into a US Airways cockpit.

Sully on 'Airtalk'

SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

The pilot everybody has now heard of, Chesley Sullenberger, was on KPCC's Airtalk with Larry Mantle in the 10:30 segment. He's fairly alarmist about the declining experience level of airline...

Reading How High Will Real-Time Search Fly? – NYTimes.com

fredzimny ccccc blog (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

Image by davidwatts1978 via Flickr http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/business/25ping.html'_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss James Yang By MIGUEL HELFT Published: October 24, 2009 WHEN a US Airways plane landed in the Hudson River in January, the first picture appeared on Twitter. In June, Twitter users were mourning Michael Jackson before major news outlets reported his death. And, this month, as much...

How High Will Real-Time Search Fly? (Miguel Helft/New York Times)

TechSheep (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

Miguel Helft / New York Times: How High Will Real-Time Search Fly? — WHEN a US Airways plane landed in the Hudson River in January, the first picture appeared on Twitter. In June, Twitter users were mourning Michael Jackson before major news outlets reported his death. And, this month, as much of the nation was [...]

• Ping: How High Will Real-Time Search Fly? - New York Times

Something I didn't Know about Sully(And a Mild Rant about the Evils of Publicity)

Underbelly (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

You remember Captain Chesley Sullenberger, the captain of the Hudson River Dinner Cruise --aka, the pilot who made himself a hero by safely ditching his commercial airliner in the Hudson River. He's back, doing a book tour, and here's something I didn't know: he's a union man: In keeping with his willingness to question authority, he's also been an outspoken union advocate. "One of the benefits...

The Post's Sully Backlash

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

With Miracle on the Hudson pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger back in the air , of course there's some grumbling. The Post suggests , "Wimpy US Airways bosses feared... Sullenberger might not be able to hack the media glare of what they billed as his 'return to the air' yesterday," so they had him fly three other flights for prep. A US Airways spokesman explained, "We didn't want to...

Ask AP: Capt. 'Sully's' jetliner, Somali pirates

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

Capt. Chesley Sullenberger officially returned to the skies this week, eight months after he gained fame by guiding his crippled jetliner into the Hudson River in New York City without the loss of a single life. But what about the damaged US Airways jet? Has that been returned to service?

Flight 1549 "Miracle" Pilot: "It's Good To Be Back In New York"

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

Captain Chesley Sullenberger arrived in NYC this morning and declared, "It feels good to be back in New York. It feels good to be back at work." Even jaded folks at the news conference, held at Laguardia, clapped for Sullenberger as well as his co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, who were scheduled to make another flight from NYC to Charlotte, NC—just one with a less dramatic ending than Flight...

Hudson 'Miracle' pilots reunite for NY flight

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

"This is your captain, Chesley Sullenberger."

Sully Flying From Laguardia Tomorrow

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

Get ready for the Sully media blitz! The US Airways pilot who landed Flight 1549 into the Hudson River safely will be in New York tomorrow: TMZ reports that Chesley Sullenberger's first flight back in the cockpit "will take off from LaGuardia Airport tomorrow and take the same route that would have landed him in Charlotte, North Carolina ... were if it not for those pesky geese." And his...

• "Sully" Sullenberger New Job: Pilot Who Glided Plane Into Hudson River Gets New Job (VIDEO) - The Huffington Post
• Hudson splashdown pilot 'Sully' to return to cockpit - Tampa Bay Online

Sully reveals secret pain behind his heroism

NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009

Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, the hero of January's Miracle on the Hudson, reveals in his new book that he is driven to save lives because he couldn't rescue his father from suicide. Sullenberger's father, a Texas dentist, suffered from depression.

Tour Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing After Bird Strike

LAist (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

A Grand Canyon -bound tour helicopter from Las Vegas made an emergency landing at Lake Mead yesterday after a large bird crashing into the windshield. The pilot suffered a face laceration, but there no injuries to the six tourists from London aboard. The Cormorant bird strike happened around 5:40 p.m. as the helicopter was over the Lake Mead National Recreation Area . Bird strikes became a major media...

AIG Gives Flight 1549 Victims A Hard Time

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009

Sure, little Damien Sosa was on the cover of People with Flight 1549 Captain Chesley Sullenberger—but his mom and 4-year-old sister are supposed to pay for their own therapy after the scary though miraculous flight . At least that's what U.S. Airways' insurer, AIG, tells the Sosa family , according to the NY Times. While the family has health insurance, Tess Sosa thinks AIG should help foot...