I got this in an e-mail today. It's the conversation between the pilot and the airport traffic controllers when that dude put that plane down in the Hudson. This guy is awsome. Animated video of the planes path. Pretty cool.

 

that was pretty freaking awesome, cool animation too. The pilot is from around here. I was at a business dinner a few weeks ago, sitting at a table with a few pilots who commented on his skills...a perfect execution of classic and repeated training. Hat's off to a beautiful save...imagine losing all engines during a takeoff at low altitude!

 

 

holy cow the pilot was calmer than the air control guy and he was flying the plane

 

They said that that landing was almost impossible. NO ONE had ever succefully done it on a simulator with that size of jet. This pilot was definetely LUCKY...but also had a **** ton of EXPERIENCE!!