16.1.09

The Greatest Name in the History of History


Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III

In this image taken from the website of Safety Reliability Methods, ...
(Click and prepare to be amaaaazed.)

The man is a Jedi. Luke Skywalker. Or Han. Possibly Obiwan.
The flight crew? Chewbacca. I mean that in a good way.

But people, seriously. We can put a man on the moon and invent the Sham Wow. Can somebody please come up with a plane that won't get taken out by a bird??

May The Force be with you. Apply directly to forehead.

3 comments:

  1. Ditching a plane with zero casualties is impressive enough. What makes it even more impressive is that NO simulator program has EVER been built to teach pilots how to do it, and it's not covered in pilot training... He made an educated guess.

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  2. Seriously?? AND he touched down safely in MANHATTAN. The dude's a Jedi Knight. "Stay on target! Stay on target!" For realz, baby.

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  3. Pilots do simulate water landings and this one did it perfectly !!
    PS
    Bet Tom sees all your blogs and you don't know it

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