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Pilot Sully Sullenberger: Superman and everyman

Oct. 13, 2009
Captain Chesley Sullenberger is expected any moment at Starbucks at Blackhawk Plaza, and I wait there, half-expecting the American hero to zoom down from the heavens, like Superman. Nearby, four teenage girls share an after-school moment, three brandishing...
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Republican officials wanted the pilot who safely landed a disabled jetliner in New York's Hudson River to run for Congress in California, The Hill reports.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The two heroic pilots who safely brought down a disabled passenger jet in the Hudson River in New York in January teamed up again Thursday for another flight.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday crew chatter before a plane crash in New York shows the importance of a "sterile cockpit."

Hero of flight 1549 must complete testing

NEW YORK, March 1 (UPI) -- Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in New York's Hudson River, must retrain before getting going back to work, rules say.

Flight 1549 crew honored in New York

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The pilot and crew who landed a plane on the Hudson River last month have received keys to the city of New York and a standing ovation on Broadway.

Hero pilot recalls remarkable landing

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot whose incredible water landing saved his 155 passengers, says he knew at the outset "it was very bad."

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NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The pilot of US Airways flight 1549 calmly told air traffic controllers in New York the plane was "gonna be in the Hudson," a transcription of tapes revealed.

Planecrash pilot gets hometown welcome

DANVILLE, Calif., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- About 2,000 people turned out Saturday in Danville, Calif., to welcome Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed a crippled jet in the Hudson River.

Couric to interview pilot of NYC crash

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Anchor Katie Couric will interview Chesley B. Sullenberger, the pilot who safely landed a jetliner in New York's Hudson River, for "60 Minutes," CBS says.

Wife, neighbors call pilot calm and humble

DANVILLE, Calif., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The wife of the pilot who brought a planeload of passengers down safely in the Hudson River in New York called him a real professional Friday.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler