HOly Mooose!!! That is great!
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HOly Mooose!!! That is great!
Cool, Sullenberger and our son have the same bday.
Someone sent me the same shots, they do appear to be from somewhere on the crane. I don't know if you posted them small on purpose, so I sent the ones I have to your Email.....Quote:
Originally Posted by emshighway
Did not take them long! You can now play the "Hero on the Hudson" game
http://www.addictinggames.com/heroonthehudson.html
New video captures first seconds after splashdown: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Ne ... _York.html
Very interesting and detailed interview with 1549 passenger who ironically is a prominent attorney and proffessor.
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdail ... rward.html
Regards
LGA777
There are two people whose stories are completely different from everyone else's: this guy, and a man interviewed by the Times say the water was up to their necks. The photos and video and interviews tell a different story: everyone is mostly dry. I'm no physicist, but it would seem to me if the fuselage was nearly filled with water, the plane would have sunk. Not saying he's a liar but...Quote:
Originally Posted by LGA777
[Side note: I once received a cease and desist letter from another lawyer at this guy's firm on behalf of Denny's Corporation for something I posted online, but that's a story for another thread. :)]
They are thumbnailed on purpose. If you click on them they will go to photobucket and normal viewQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCMedic
Let me know too Ron, I'd love to be thereQuote:
Originally Posted by LGA777
Well I really can't wait for the NTSB report, I really want to see what the FADEC computers logged.
Many rumors are spreading, hopefully the media doesn't eat their own words when everything is said and done.
Saturday update:
* The left engine was fished out of the river yesterday. It was found near 52nd St. NY Times has a neat story about how the NYPD used maps of the river bottom made by environmental officials, along with help from FBI experts who helped search for space shuttle Columbia wreckage.
* Assemblyman David Weprin of Queens has a truly brilliant idea: legalize goose hunting at NYC airports. Because we need less birds flying at the airport and more bullets. What could go wrong?! What an effing tool.
To add to Gotham's Saturday update the Captains hometown of Danville, California is having their celebration in honor of Sully today 1PM PST/ 4PM EST CNN said it would be covered live. I understand at Sully's request the parade in his honor will be changed to something more low key, I guess somekind of ceremony instead. I would not be surprised if we see a large turnout.
Regards
LGA777
?? Can you elaborate?Quote:
Originally Posted by mmedford
Apparently he really didn't want anything at all. I watched the live shots on CNN, and he was really humble. He seems like a legitimately nice guy. It really increased my respect for the guy when he said, direct quote, "...it was just circumstance that this crew, was on that flight, on that day. And I think I can speak for the entire crew when I say we merely did were the job that we were trained to do."Quote:
Originally Posted by LGA777
That says it all right there, imho. :wink:
Sunday update:
* NTSB's initial inspection of the left engine indicates blade damage consistent with a bird strike.
* NY Times has a great story about the Smithsonian's bird lab, which analyzed samples from 4,600(!) bird strikes last year.
For anyone interested here is CNN's coverge of Sully's hometown celebration, and I agree with Planesntrains coments, Sully's seems to be the real deal.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/24/califo ... nnSTCVideo
In a bit of irony as I was typing this a decent size white bird flew right into the glass of our tower with a big thump, but it seemed unscathed and returned to flight.
Regards
LGA777
Port already hunts birds at the airports and does shoot them when need be so this is already covered. Port calls it "Bird Duty."Quote:
* Assemblyman David Weprin of Queens has a truly brilliant idea: legalize goose hunting at NYC airports. Because we need less birds flying at the airport and more bullets. What could go wrong?! What an effing tool.
Not only that, but the birds that 1549 encountered were 3,000 feet up...they clearly had not taken off and were not flying toward our airports. For all we know they were flying BOS-FLL.Quote:
Originally Posted by T-Bird76
So what you're saying is we need to use some SAMs to take care of the bird problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
There actually used to be SAMs set up at LGA during WW2. Maybe we should bring them back.
Nike Missles are better...the Nuclear tipped missiles would take out the entire flock! :lol:
...among other things :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Derf
Just in case you havent heard. Sully and crew will be interviewed for 60 minutes, airing Feb 8th.
Also, no one is shooting a bird 3000 feet high....Quote:
Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
Any volunteers for service in a bi-plane armed with a couple of good bird guns?? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by USAF Pilot 07
http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/ ... php?t=7746
Found those at a forum that I am part of. I think these are some real great photos showing how they pulled out that A320.
Sources close to the investigation of the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching say the Airbus A320's left engine continued to run at about 35% fan speed (N1) during the 3min window between striking birds at 3,200ft (975m) and setting down on the Hudson river.
More info can be found here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... rical.html
Today in Jersey City, with "wings 'n things" removed:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4...65_8wYZv-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4...01_VxjgA-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4...14_fNof8-L.jpg
The starboard wing (upside-down) placed on a flatbed trailer. You can see the #2 engine pylon, and one of the landing gear tires:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4...24_6xpLJ-L.jpg
Couple of guys went up on this lift, and looked to have made two or three cuts in the upper fuselage with this saw. At one point, I saw one of the guys take a couple of whacks at it with some type of claw hammer.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4...09_DZnsi-L.jpg
You can see the port wing on another flatbed behind the fuselage.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4...49_tVofP-L.jpg
While I there, I saw a News12 New Jersey reporter and cameraman setting up, so I walked over to see if they knew of anything special about to happen, like moving the fuselage or something. Instead, the reporter started asking me about photographing the airplane, and she ended up interviewing me on camera. I don't know if it will make TV, and since I don't live in NJ or have Cablevision service, I won't be able to see it, but if anyone does, let me know how it came out.
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a decent size white bird flew right into the glass of our tower with a big thump, but it seemed unscathed and returned to flight
at first I thought this hysterical.... But a few weeks prior to 154, a pigeon just crashlanded outside hte front office door and simply died.
Perhaps this is hte itp of hte iceberg! LOL
Seriously, I happened to have the TV on when Sullenberger did hte hometown thing. Very succinct and brief. HIs wife had more to saw. Very good presence.
Nice shots again Moose, thanks. For those that have not heard here is the latest appearance for the crew of 1549, pretty big one, courtesy of US Daily (US employee daily news update).
HERE COMES THE SUPER BOWL!
Flight 1549 Crew to be honored during Opening Ceremony
The NFL will salute the military and the heroic crew of US Airways Flight 1549 during Super Bowl XLIII pregame festivities at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay live on NBC on Feb. 1.
Film crews from 60 MINS where in the Terminal on Friday morning filming segments to be aired with the crew interview on Feb 8th.
Regards
LGA777
Apparently they attempted to drive it over a bridge in Newark but the fuselage was too tall and it hit the top of the bridge! They had to back it down and take another route.
More photos and story here: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009 ... t_cra.html
That must have looked very cool coming down the street. Surprised Fred and John werent with the escort snapping away. :lol: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
Great photos. How did you know in advance of the route of the Airbus? There were many different routes through Jersey City that could have been taken. Where was the final destination? I heard rumors that the aircraft would be dismantled but why would that be necessary?
Who are you asking? No one here took those photos.
Sad thing is, I was home all day on saturday, and I don't live far from where they moved the plane through, coming as close as 5 long blocks away from me.Quote:
Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
Oh boy do I have a headache now......
Nice photos here. Does anybody know what happened to the tail fin? It evidently was removed at the Jersey City dock. Will the tail fin re-join the fuselage? Where was the aircraft taken? I think she's somewhere in Harrison at a salvage yard. I hope she's not scrapped.
99.999% chance that after the NTSB investigation is done she will be scrapped. the airframe was under water for a long period of time and would require some very intensive maintenence to get running again. i doubt a simple "D" check would even be enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedbird1
There is zero on the aircraft that can be salvaged. The FAA wouldn't allow it after the water damage, and everything would need replacement anyway.
Unless it's saved for a museum, which is HIGHLY doubtful, it will be scrapped.