Hero Pilot Homecoming Video

[guido911]

I came across this tonight and thought I would share it with anyone interested. This guy is an American hero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cig9tHc3z1I&eurl=http://newsbusters.org/

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by guido911

I came across this tonight and thought I would share it with anyone interested. This guy is an American hero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cig9tHc3z1I&eurl=http://newsbusters.org/

I saw all the people praising this as God's work, and while I'm sure the Almighty had some to do with it, he obviously gifted not just the pilot, but the entire crew with incredible abilities to think under pressure with clarity.

Being a pilot-in-training myself this is difficult to do.  Landing a Cessna like this as long as it was a smooth-bottom (retractable gear) would be simpler; they glide pretty well and for a long distance once unpowered.  But to say jetliners 'drop a little slower than a stone' would be almost accurate.  What helped them as well was the fact it was a fairly short flight, so I'm sure their fuel tanks weren't very full as compared to this being a cross country flight.

Superb job by Sully, but great job as well by the co-pilot and the crew.

[Red Arrow]

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by guido911

I came across this tonight and thought I would share it with anyone interested. This guy is an American hero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cig9tHc3z1I&eurl=http://newsbusters.org/

I saw all the people praising this as God's work, and while I'm sure the Almighty had some to do with it, he obviously gifted not just the pilot, but the entire crew with incredible abilities to think under pressure with clarity.

Being a pilot-in-training myself this is difficult to do.  Landing a Cessna like this as long as it was a smooth-bottom (retractable gear) would be simpler; they glide pretty well and for a long distance once unpowered.  But to say jetliners 'drop a little slower than a stone' would be almost accurate.  What helped them as well was the fact it was a fairly short flight, so I'm sure their fuel tanks weren't very full as compared to this being a cross country flight.

Superb job by Sully, but great job as well by the co-pilot and the crew.

The entire crew is to be commended for a job well done.

While a jet liner drops like a rock, it is also going forward pretty fast, about 150 kt or so at best glide speed. A jet airliner has about twice the glide ratio (feet forward for each foot down) as your average small prop plane.  The ability to arrest the descent at the correct time (land smoothly) is a testimony to the skill and training of the Captain. (Sully is also a certified glider pilot. He flys planes that intentionally fly without an engine.)

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by Red Arrow

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by guido911

I came across this tonight and thought I would share it with anyone interested. This guy is an American hero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cig9tHc3z1I&eurl=http://newsbusters.org/

I saw all the people praising this as God's work, and while I'm sure the Almighty had some to do with it, he obviously gifted not just the pilot, but the entire crew with incredible abilities to think under pressure with clarity.

Being a pilot-in-training myself this is difficult to do.  Landing a Cessna like this as long as it was a smooth-bottom (retractable gear) would be simpler; they glide pretty well and for a long distance once unpowered.  But to say jetliners 'drop a little slower than a stone' would be almost accurate.  What helped them as well was the fact it was a fairly short flight, so I'm sure their fuel tanks weren't very full as compared to this being a cross country flight.

Superb job by Sully, but great job as well by the co-pilot and the crew.

The entire crew is to be commended for a job well done.

While a jet liner drops like a rock, it is also going forward pretty fast, about 150 kt or so at best glide speed. A jet airliner has about twice the glide ratio (feet forward for each foot down) as your average small prop plane.  The ability to arrest the descent at the correct time (land smoothly) is a testimony to the skill and training of the Captain. (Sully is also a certified glider pilot. He flys planes that intentionally fly without an engine.)

And while it may not be exactly irrelevant, it wouldn't hurt that he has also been called upon as an expert during NTSB investigations of other crashes.  Those are the kind of pilots that should NEVER be furloughed by the industry.