"It was intense. It was intense. You've got to give it to the pilot. He made a hell of a landing..."
I second that. Tonight we tip a brew back for Captain Chelsey B. Sullenberger III. Three cheers for Sullenberger.
And probably the first time those silly floatation devices ever came into use.
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Better to take the bus or the train to NYC.
My eyes widened when I first heard that not one person on the flight was killed.
It's all the fault of the Canada geese.
MFT, I see you helpfully put the Coanda label for this post. And, sure enough, it's the Coanda effect that helped the pilot land on the Hudson River:
When the plane is flying low enough, it will generate its own cushion of air, a phenomenon called “ground effect,” that lets it fly even more slowly.
Seethe, JJ, seethe.
AI, I've been around this board since its inception. I know better.
Good to know someone is actually getting something out of these discussions. Hidden among all the sturm und drang, there are actually, now and then, little nuggets of information in all this. Right?
Perhaps a better metaphor would be shrapnel-like pieces of information.
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