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Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?

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Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
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Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 8, 2020 at 6:21 am
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 8, 2020 at 9:34 am
Wonder what happened to make something as clunky as the GU screw up?

Kudos for the pilot brining the bird home. At the altitude the bad sh!t happened he could have had a worse day.

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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 8, 2020 at 9:58 am
The most amazing landing ever - United Airlines flight 232 in July of 1989. Dennis Fitch and the crew got the plane down on the runway - with NO control surfaces - using only throttle differential. Most survived.
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 8, 2020 at 10:39 am
Sully saved 154 souls. Then he saved his tanker, a socker ball, and finally lead his forces in killing FOUR U-boats. Sadly this last is not credited because he didn't collect the U-boat Kapitan's trousers.
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 8, 2020 at 10:43 am
(November 8, 2020 at 10:39 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Sully saved 154 souls. Then he saved his tanker, a socker ball, and finally lead his forces in killing FOUR U-boats. Sadly this last is not credited because he didn't collect the U-boat Kapitan's trousers.

Hah..

McGyver did all that - plus disarmed a nuclear bomb - using only a paper clip and a wad of chewing gum...
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 9, 2020 at 11:06 am
People land without landing gear all the time, though this pilot did make a very smooth job of it.

Sully's feat was much more impressive.
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 9, 2020 at 12:30 pm (This post was last modified: November 9, 2020 at 12:35 pm by Anomalocaris.)
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 9, 2020 at 12:32 pm
I saw a AC-130 gun ship land in a big muddy river once. Damn but didn't it feel good to be on SAR detail that day.
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 9, 2020 at 12:39 pm
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RE: Sully Sullenberger. Who Dat?
November 9, 2020 at 1:06 pm
And cartwheeling has a major WHEEE factor. (Iowa City? Been a while.)
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