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"Sully" Sullenberger Back In The Air: Pilots US Air 1050 From Charlotte To New York

New York Daily News | Nancy Dillon Aboard Us Airways Flight 1050, Richard Schapiro in.C.arlotte, N.C. And Helen Kennedy in New York | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York


Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger climbed back in his beloved pilot's chair Thursday morning, flying his first planeload of passengers since Jan...

Captain Sully's One Regret

New York Daily News | Richard Sisk | Posted 07.11.2009 | Local


WASHINGTON - Capt. Sully gave a wakeup call to the feds and the airlines Tuesday to combat the growing menace from the big birds that thrive around La...

"Fly By Wire": Miracle On The Hudson Book Rushed

New York Times | Andrew Adam Newman | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media


Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III's fatality-free ditching, after six minutes aloft, of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January is resul...

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger To Write Book, Meeting With Publishers

Crain's | Matthew Flamm | Posted 04.06.2009 | Media


The hero of Flight 1549 is looking to write a book. Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who piloted his US Airways jet safely onto the Hudson River in Janu...

United Pilot Insults Sully

Lane Hudson | Posted 03.28.2009 | Home


Lane Hudson

"Ladies and Gentlemen, if you are on the left side of the plane, you will see a spectacular view of New York City and US Airways' new runway, the Hudson River." Cute, right?

Deconstructing The Cult of Sully -- More than a Hero, a Holdover

Adam Hanft | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media


Adam Hanft

Who cannot find a metaphor in the example of a pilot who refuses to leave his sinking plane until he checks the cabin two times to make sure no passengers are left?

Obama in the Era of Heroes and Fallen Angels

Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics


Stuart Whatley

Everyone must stay as individually dedicated to the collectively desired goal as the hero through whom we channel so much hope.

The Survivor's Club

Mallika Chopra | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living


Mallika Chopra

Whether it is an illness, foreclosure, or a messy divorce, there are many difficult life challenges that all of us and our loved ones will one day have to face.

Katie Couric Beats "Today": Lands Hero Pilot Interview

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Katie Couric has landed the first interview with the pilot who safely brought his distressed plane down in the Hudson River _ a coup ...

Didn't He See it?

Barbara Gordon | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Barbara Gordon

In Bush's farewell address, there was no mention of the heroic efforts of the Hudson River plane crash, and yet speech after speech, he has extolled the exceptional resilience of the American spirit.

A Hero "Sully" Would Admire

Dan Solin | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

Judge Ellis reached the right result, albeit a very unpopular one, by not revoking Bernie Madoff's bail.

Reflections on Reconciliation: Paradox of Excess & Deprivation

Terry Leach | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business


Terry Leach

I wonder if Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's colleagues' pensions are secure. Somehow, I doubt it. Although airlines were the companies we used to loved to hate, airline employees are part of the family, too.

Chesley B. Sully Sullenberger Praised By Obama

AP | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is joining those heaping praise on the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, the craft that landed in New Y...

Obama and Sully: A New Age of American Competence?

Dan Brown | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics


Dan Brown

It's been a dark eight years, and I'm ready for some hope. Today, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger and Barack Obama are the delivery men.

This Wasn't a Landing, This Was a Die Hard Movie

Bob Harris | Posted 01.16.2009 | Home


Bob Harris

If Chesley Sullenberger is being interviewed, and Alan Rickman suddenly shoots up out of the water, trying to take one last shot before he finally dies... don't say you weren't warned.

CHESLEY B. SULLY SULLENBERGER, US AIRWAYS PILOT, HERO OF PLANE CRASH

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home


Chesley Sullenberger, known as "Sully," the pilot of the US Airways plane that crashed into the Hudson River is being hailed as a hero for successfull...