Last week's "water landing" of the US Airways jet is a tribute to professionalism, experience, skill and teamwork. The pilot-in-command showed that with his calm under fire and his years of training as an Air Force, airline and glider pilot, that he had the requisite background to successfully execute such a difficult maneuver. As Barack Obama rides the train to his position as pilot-in-command of our country, let us hope that he learns from this pilot hero that one's split-second decision can mean the difference between the life and death of many people; that experience, skill and teamwork are important; that there is reward in "just doing one's job"; and in a command position, it is essential to conduct oneself with the character and humility of this US Airways pilot. ...more

January 20, 2009

Back in 1966, John E. Gregalot received an award from the Federal Aviation Agency for helping improve the reliability of an airline flight instrument. ...more

January 19, 2009

The flight data recorder of the US Airways jet that landed in the Hudson River shows both engines lost power simultaneously, investigators said today. ...more

January 18, 2009

The birds flew majestically, in perfect formation, and the co-pilot saw them coming. For a moment, it looked like they would pass beneath US Airways Flight 1549, but when Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger looked up, they were there in his windscreen. Big. Dark brown. Lots of them. ...more

January 18, 2009

The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 has told investigators that he landed in the Hudson River to avoid "catastrophic consequences" over a populated area. ...more

January 18, 2009

Survivors from US Airways Flight 1549 were on their way to their original destinations Friday, with less luggage and more on their minds than when they departed Thursday afternoon. Here is a look at what they were talking about: ...more

January 17, 2009

Janis Krums was just trying to catch the last ferry out of Manhattan so he could get to a meeting in New Jersey. ...more

January 16, 2009

While most of the nation watched in awe as all 155 passengers and crew were plucked safely from a floating jetliner in the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, officials with Tampa Fire Rescue observed with a critical eye. ...more

January 16, 2009

Investigators brought in a giant crane and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, and survivors among the 155 people aboard recounted tales of horror and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death. ...more

January 16, 2009

A South Florida medical student was among the survivors of the US Airways flight that landed in New York's Hudson River. ...more

January 16, 2009