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Chesley Sullenberger stories: 26 news summaries

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 Decade's Best Live TV Moments 

From Barack Obama's victory speech to the tumbling of Saddam's statue

Nov 18, 09 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Paste looks back on the decade’s 25 best—not necessarily most important—moments on live TV. The top 10:
  1. Barack Obama: His victory speech captured the moment when one part of Martin Luther King’s dream came true.
  2. Miracle on the Hudson: Pilot Chesley “Sully”
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Barack Obama • live television • President Obama • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549

Capt. Sully Plans Return to Flying

Hero pilot will also become part of US Airways' safety management team

Sep 28, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chesley Sullenberger, who saved the passengers and crew of US Airways Flight 1549 when he executed daring water landing on the Hudson River in January, will soon return to flying. The hero pilot's return to the cockpit is imminent, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles reports. In addition to flying,... More »

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airline industry • US Airways • aviation • rescue • pilot • Hudson River • management • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • NBC Local

(Newser) - Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot hero of January’s Hudson River jet landing, was driven to help others by his father’s suicide, the New York Daily News reports. “One of the reasons I think I’ve placed such a high value on life is that my father took his,... More »

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suicide • US Airways • memoir • father • book • good samaritan • publishing industry • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549

 AIG Dodges 
 Insurance Claims 
 from Hudson Flight 

Insurer accused of using goodwill towards flight crew to dodge paying up

Jun 12, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Passengers from US Airways Flight 1549 are having a tough time getting its insurer, AIG, to cough up for claims, the New York Times reports. Aviation liability insurance requires a finding of negligence. But Capt. Chesley Sullenberger and his crew were universally acknowledged to have performed amazingly well in saving... More »

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insurance companies • US Airways • insurance • aviation • Hudson River • liability • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

Capt. Sully: 
I Could Have Done Better

Pilot testifies he wishes he'd warned crew before crash

Jun 9, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the man the New York Daily News dubs the “Hero of the Hudson,” thinks he could have done better. “I wish I had had more time,” the now-famous pilot said today, testifying before the National Transportation Safety Board. His big regret:... More »

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Hudson River • National Transportation Safety Board • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Gyllenhaal, Sarsgaard Wed 

Plus, hero pilot and hero captain in the news, more

May 4, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maggie Gyllenhaal and longtime beau Peter Sarsgaard married in Italy over the weekend, Us reports. They have a 2-year-old daughter and have been engaged since 2006. Elsewhere:
  • Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger—who famously apologized to his library after leaving a book he checked out on his plane in the
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entertainment • celebrity • gossip • John Mayer • Maggie Gyllenhaal • celebrity marriage • Chesley Sullenberger • Richard Phillips • Peter Sarsgaard

(Newser) - Time has unveiled its latest tallying of the world’s 100 most influential people, and yes, of course, Barack Obama is on it. But the other 99 choices aren’t as obvious. Bernie Madoff makes the list, as do Rush Limbaugh, George Clooney, and 4Chan’s Moot. And as... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Ann Coulter • Michelle Obama • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Gordon Brown • Rush Limbaugh • JK Rowling • Ted Kennedy • Oprah Winfrey • Time magazine • George Clooney • Ashton Kutcher • Time's Person of the Year • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Bernard Madoff • 4Chan • Chesley Sullenberger • influential • Moot

Hero Pilot Documentary Headed for Cable in Late '09

Film to air in late 2009

Apr 2, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable channel TLC has obtained exclusive rights to make a documentary on the story of Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully saved US Airways Flight 1549 with a daring water landing in January. The documentary will feature extensive interviews with Sullenberger discussing both his specific actions to save the plane... More »

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television • documentary • pilot • hero • TLC • documentary film • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

iPhone App Lets
Users 'Fly' Like Sully

Flight simulator includes actual air traffic communication from US Airways 1549

Mar 24, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new iPhone app gives users the opportunity to compare their flying skills to those of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, reports the Unofficial Apple Weblog. The "Sully's Flight" simulator application re-creates the conditions experienced by Flight 1549 before the hero pilot safely brought it down in the Hudson River.... More »

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iPhone • application • aviation • iPhone applications • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • simulation

 Sully Gets $3M 
 for Memoir, 
 Poetry Book 

Captain has more substance than most: editor

Mar 12, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has landed a $3 million publishing deal for two books, Crain's New York Business reports. The hero captain will write a memoir about the Hudson River crash landing and a volume of poetry for William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins. It's the kind of deal publishers... More »

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(Newser) - Hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger told Congress today that cost-cutting by carriers is forcing experienced colleagues out of jobs, to the detriment of safety in the skies, the Chicago Tribune reports. “We will see negative consequences to the flying public,” the US Airways captain said. Sullenberger himself... More »

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Interview

Flight 1549 Pilot 'Trying to Forgive Myself'

Talks to Katie Couric for first post-crash interview

Feb 9, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is often called a “hero” for successfully landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, but Sullenberger doesn’t feel like a hero. “One of the hardest things for me to do was to forgive myself for not having done something else.... More »

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Katie Couric • 60 Minutes • interview • television interview • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

 Hero Pilot Recounts 
 'Sickening' Moment 
 Engines Died 

'Thank you' inadequate for speedy rescuers, says Sully

Feb 6, 09 3:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The moments after  the engines of US Airways Flight 1549 died were the worst of his life, hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger tells Katie Couric in a 60 Minutes interview to air Monday. Disbelief was followed by a "sickening, pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the-floor feeling," as an eerie silence and a disturbing... More »

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Katie Couric • US Airways • plane crash • pilot • Hudson River • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

(Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration today released remarkable audio recordings capturing pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger’s decision to land US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River. Sullenberger can be heard discussing the Jan. 15 landing with air-traffic control, CNN reports. As controllers scramble to find a runway for... More »

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Flight 1549 Passengers
Laud Pilot, Crew

Survivors embrace heroes at '60 Minutes' taping

Feb 3, 09 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 thanked and embraced hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger at a meeting in Charlotte, NC, the Charlotte Observer reports. As part of a 60 Minutes episode on the crash, about 50 of the passengers and their families met the crew of Flight 1549. “There... More »

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plane crash • pilot • survivors • hero • airline passengers • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

Library Ditches Hero Pilot's
Fine for Book
Sunk in Hudson

Restocked ethics tome to be dedicated to Sully

Feb 3, 09 2:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger's local library has told him not to worry about a borrowed book stuck in the hold of US Airways Flight 1549 that crashed in the Hudson River, AP reports. After he contacted the library to ask for an extension, the staff not only waived all overdue... More »

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US Airways • pilot • book • hero • late fees • library • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

 Flight 1549's 
 Pilot a Dying Breed 

'Sully' from age when pilots were trained to be mavericks

Feb 2, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - In an era when pilots are trained to minimize risk and stick to standard procedures, Chesley Sullenberger of Flight 1549 may be one of the last of his kind, New York magazine reports. He was trained in an earlier era, one in which pilots were treated as gods, and a... More »

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ANALYSIS

 The Single Best Question 
 for Job Applicants 

Ask applicants what they do when they're not working

Jan 29, 09 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Hiring tends to be a total crapshoot, Peter Bregman writes in a Harvard Business Review blog. But you'll get better results if you ask applicants one question: What do you do in your spare time? Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger flies gliders for fun and used to build intricate models. "... More »

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New York City • employment • plane crash • Hudson River • job interviews • job application • Chesley Sullenberger • hiring

 Pilot Gets Hero's Welcome 


Jan 24, 09 7:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The small town of Danville, Calif., welcomed home its resident celebrity pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thousands filled the town green to cheer the man who landed Flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River. "I know I can speak for the entire crew when... More »

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US Airways • pilot • Hudson River • hero • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

Flight 1549 Co-Captain: 'I'm Just an Airline Pilot'

Copilot reports Obama is a 'very, very nice guy'

Jan 23, 09 1:51 PM CST
(Newser) - He helped saved 155 people with the successful water landing of US Airways Flight 1549, but co-pilot Jeff Skiles says he was only doing his job. "I'm just an airline pilot, and that's what we do,” Skiles told the New York Post. "We weren't doing anything any... More »

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Barack Obama • plane crash • pilot • Hudson • co pilot • President Obama • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash • Jeff Skiles

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