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A "miracle" on Hudson?

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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: RE: Trailer for the new Eastwood/Hanks movie posted by mbnx01 on June 29, 2016 at 17:16:18

With all due respect to the good pilot, such miracle is not at all unusual, they happened quite a few times before. For instance, I was a boy (1963) when the Russian Tu-124 landed on Neva river.
Too much drama in an American movie? You've got to be kidding! :)

Edits: 06/30/16

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not at all unusual??? - dwill123 12:44:06 07/01/16 (1)
they happened quite a few times before . . . when the Russian Tu-124 landed.

Thanks for the heads up. Remind me never to fly on a Russian airliner.
- Just heed that good advice! :) - Victor Khomenko 13:19:21 07/01/16 (0)
  I once flew from Helsinki to St. Petersburg on a 737 that looked older than I am. Worn out carpets, broken seat backs, horrible smell in the lavatory, and a hot-rod pilot, who apparently LOVED flying and wanted all 4 passengers on board to know he could! He pushed the old bucket to its limit.
  
  I dunno... but for some strange reason I enjoyed it. The pilot was in his early thirties and reminded me of myself, stupid as I was, but since I made it past 50... and then past 60, I presumed he was going too, so there was no fear at all.
  
  BTW, that Tu-124 was a very sturdy little plane, a derivative of their Tu-16 nuclear bomber. :)
Sully's Plane was usually under Computer Control- - oldmkvi 07:09:42 07/01/16 (1)
Not every Pilot can Glide that Plane manually.
- AFAIR... the landing was totally manual - Victor Khomenko 13:22:07 07/01/16 (0)
  I don't know if that plane was capable of automatic landing, but even if it was, it most definitely did not have the Hudson river routine.
  
  The trick with such landing is in the angle. Too much nose down and the plane dives under the water, too little and you break off the tail.
Russian airliner? - eppis1 00:13:18 07/01/16 (1)
...Now that's a miracle... :)
- RE: Russian airliner? - Victor Khomenko 06:33:38 07/01/16 (0)
  Yep... sometimes they do manage to do things right. :)
  - Russian airliner, you say, Pale Rider? (Open in New Window)
RE: The Americans are in desperate need of heroes. (nt - Eldragon 16:03:12 06/30/16 (0)
nt

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