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...Theo Chesley Noses his six-seat turboprop into a drizzly wind and levels off, soaring above the rich, silty veins of the Nushagak River in southwestern Alaska. The Nushagak is a salmon highway. To the west, its waters flow into Bristol Bay, home of the richest commercial-fishing grounds left in the U.S. About 40% of the wild seafood caught in the U.S. is fished right here...
First there was Captain Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger, walking the length of his sinking plane to be sure every last passenger was safely off. Then came Captain Richard Phillips, battling pirates in angry seas. And finally there's Susan Boyle, the unemployed church lady whose dying mother had told her to chase her ridiculous dreams of musical stardom...
Hero's Counsel. Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who managed a safe emergency water landing of his aircraft in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, testified before Congress last week, suggesting more federal regulation of the airline industry and expressing concerns that deep cuts in pilot pay - his own check has been cut 40% in recent years and he's had to take a second job to make ends meet - are turning experienced pilots away from the field. "I do not know a single professional airline pilot who wants his or her children to follow in their footsteps," Sullenberger testified...
Sullenberger Chesley, 'Sully' • Katie Couric interview with...
...Superbowl halftime show will see Chesley B. Sullenberg III landing a plane in Raymond James Stadium. The stunt attention will save the airline industry. Geitner and Summers will be seen practicing for a Ford Escape jump across Wall Street...