The hero pilot

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I have been away for a few days but I was looking for threads on that airplane landing in the hudson and the heroic pilot. Are there any/

Sorry for repeating a topic but I don't seen any threads on the first page or two

 

[Trekker4747]

I have been away for a few days but I was looking for threads on that airplane landing in the hudson and the heroic pilot. Are there any/

Sorry for repeating a topic but I don't seen any threads on the first page or two

There was one but it has fallen off.

This pilot is one amazing man of his trade. The flight path he took to land in the Hudson? Brilliant. Kudos to this man a real hero.

 

[WillsBabe]

I'm happy to comment again on the hero pilot. I saw the footage of the plane landing in the river on the news the other day in the gym. It brought tears to my eyes, actually. Apparently he even brought the plane down near boats so they could get to the downed craft speedily. He's the pilot you always hope you have.

 

[jkladis]

Don't let anyone sell that crew short. There's no hyperbole. As a pilot myself, understanding the starting altitude, over metro NY, they may have been some lucky elements, but those last 30 seconds belonged to that crew.

 

[Kryton]

He was said to be an instructor of emergency-situation procedures. There couldn't have been a more perfect person to be in charge of that flight.

 

[Trekker4747]

Don't let anyone sell that crew short. There's no hyperbole. As a pilot myself, understanding the starting altitude, over metro NY, they may have been some lucky elements, but those last 30 seconds belonged to that crew.

The way he guied the plane and "landed" it into the Hudson is just stunning. I mean, the guy is a bonafide hero.

 

[Kryton]

You know, that plane tumbling tail-over-nose upon landing on the runway in Sioux City, Iowa back in the day (1988-ish I think) led to a really nicely done TV movie with none other than the great Charlton Heston playing the pilot.

I hope someone of equal or even greater talent takes the role of this gent.

 

[MANT!]

/\ Perhaps the great WILLIAM SHATNER?...

 

[Kryton]

Shatner and airplanes usually isn't a good combination... "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (Twilight Zone) and "The Horror at 37,000 Feet" are good examples why.

(Yes, it's amazing that he'd appear in two different, yet similarly titled productions.)

 

[Marc]

You know, that plane tumbling tail-over-nose upon landing on the runway in Sioux City, Iowa back in the day (1988-ish I think) led to a really nicely done TV movie with none other than the great Charlton Heston playing the pilot.

I hope someone of equal or even greater talent takes the role of this gent.

yeah that was another damn fine bit of flying (well going by the telemovie anyway

I can't remember what happened but he got so close to getting the plane down in one piece - might of been a wing dipped right at the end.

 

[Deckerd]

Wasn't there a co-pilot? Why did he/she get no mention?

 

[RJDiogenes]

This guy certainly deserves a medal or some kind of special recognition; although I'm sure he feels happy enough just to have saved 150 lives.

 

[Deckerd]

Who, the co-pilot?

 

[RJDiogenes]

I meant the pilot, but possibly the co-pilot as well. I have no idea what his or her contribution might have been. Hopefully, we'll get all the details about that.

 

[Deckerd]

The Boeing that crashed at Heathrow last year, the newspapers all started hailing the pilot, Capt Burkill as a hero, till he pointed out that the First Officer had landed the aeroplane.

the story

 

[Marc]

I meant the pilot, but possibly the co-pilot as well. I have no idea what his or her contribution might have been. Hopefully, we'll get all the details about that.

There was a report on the week over it.

Basically co-pilot handled the take off.
When the birdstrike occurred the pilot took the controls
The pilot few the plane while the co-pilot attempted to restart the engines.

 

[Trekker4747]

You know, that plane tumbling tail-over-nose upon landing on the runway in Sioux City, Iowa back in the day (1988-ish I think) led to a really nicely done TV movie with none other than the great Charlton Heston playing the pilot.

I hope someone of equal or even greater talent takes the role of this gent.

yeah that was another damn fine bit of flying (well going by the telemovie anyway

I can't remember what happened but he got so close to getting the plane down in one piece - might of been a wing dipped right at the end.

Umm. 111 people died in that crash, the plane tumbled and burned. Not sure I'd call that a "damn fine bit of flying."

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Anybody remember 2 or 3 years ago, an airliner had it's front wheels stuck at a 90° angle to the runway. It was being covered live on most channels. That pilot did an incredible job of keeping the nose wheels up until the last possible second. Then the tires blew out immediately.
Not as bad a situation as this recent one, I know, but still damn good flying.

 

[Marc]

You know, that plane tumbling tail-over-nose upon landing on the runway in Sioux City, Iowa back in the day (1988-ish I think) led to a really nicely done TV movie with none other than the great Charlton Heston playing the pilot.

I hope someone of equal or even greater talent takes the role of this gent.

yeah that was another damn fine bit of flying (well going by the telemovie anyway

I can't remember what happened but he got so close to getting the plane down in one piece - might of been a wing dipped right at the end.

Umm. 111 people died in that crash, the plane tumbled and burned. Not sure I'd call that a "damn fine bit of flying."

Lets see he flew a plane that had suffered a catastrophic engine failure that shredded the hydraulic lines and he manage to fly the plane and that some people survived and that he came so close to getting the plane down so that all onboard didn't die. The plane didn't cartwheel on landing and if was only that right wing had dipped uncontrollable that lead to 35 of the fatalities (they died from smoke inhalation).

With another pilot it could of just flipped over and fallen from the sky and the death toll would of been 296 not 211.

 

[Trekker4747]

He did OK in an extreme bit of circumstances, but I don't think he can be called a "hero" when 111 -including small children- died horribly.

Not saying he's a horrible pilot I guess he did the best he could with what he had but nor can I say he did a "fine bit of flying."