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FAA releases cockpit audio for Flight 1549's Hudson landing
Yahoo ^ | 02/05/09

Posted on 02/05/2009 9:05:40 AM PST by jwparkerjr

A one minute recording of some of the conversations between Capt. Sully and the controllers as he handled the loss of both engines. Also some conversation between the departure controller and the tower(s).

(Excerpt) Read more at cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; crash; faa; hudson; light1549; sullenberger; sully
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To: QBFimi
I flew large airplanes between 1970 and 2004 - DC-3, -6, -7, -8, Connies, B-707, -720, -727, -737, -757, and -767

As an aviation buff I can only think of a line from a favorite movie of mine..."there are several thousand questions I'd like to ask you"...

Did you have any favorites among those classics?

Oh, and absolutely, thank you for your service.

61 posted on 02/05/2009 10:38:41 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Liberal media gloating makes me feel like reloading)
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To: B-Cause

Regs say enough rafts for everyone on board plus two extra rafts. Where are all of those rafts?


62 posted on 02/05/2009 10:39:49 AM PST by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: QBFimi

I can see how this might be read the way you interpreted it, and I can’t write for pfflier, I don’t even know Him/Her, but I don’t think there was any malice intended in this post towards the other service branches you cite by their omission. The comment of ‘Air Force Training’ applies to this situation in particular because Captain Sullenberger is a USAF veteran. I am not a pilot, but I have flown millions of miles as a passenger and it is widely known that most airline pilots are former military pilots from all branches of the armed services and the Coast Guard. All veterans deserve our respect regardless of how they served, BECAUSE they served. Have a great day...


63 posted on 02/05/2009 10:44:24 AM PST by OriginalChristian (If you can't get Life right, nothing else you think or say matters....)
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To: ken5050

>> Question for you. What really struck me was the way the controller at Teterboro stepped in and said they could take the plane, and give him runway #1 immediately. There was litrerally no time...how was that possible?

The recording you hear was everything the LGA departure controller said or listened to, both on the departure control frequency and on the land lines. He talked to the TEB approach controller on the landline, who, since he was controlling TEB traffic, knew “real time” who was where in his airspace (and on the TEB runway). Notice the controllers first give Cactus a landing into the wind (the preferred way), but when Cactus says “no”, give him anything he wants.


64 posted on 02/05/2009 10:44:41 AM PST by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: dangerdoc
Where are all of those rafts?

Under the wing. ;-)

65 posted on 02/05/2009 10:46:54 AM PST by meyer (We are all John Galt)
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To: jwparkerjr

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HERO of the Hudson


66 posted on 02/05/2009 10:51:29 AM PST by Tupelo
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To: QBFimi

Many thanks...


67 posted on 02/05/2009 10:55:09 AM PST by ken5050 (Don't blame me, I voted for Palin!!)
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To: jwparkerjr

Everything you said, and then some.

Most don’t have a clue as to what’s going on as they are speaking, either. Sully is looking at air charts, his speed, altitude, slats, flaps, trim, weight & balance, managing his fuel, the distances he might need to glide to, doing the math, coordinating with his 2nd, who was, himself, busy, thoughts of family, and the “souls” on board...he was, I’m sure, extremely busy during those 90 seconds!

And yet, he was calm and focused like a laser beam.


68 posted on 02/05/2009 11:03:25 AM PST by papasmurf (Impeach the illegal bastard!)
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To: meyer

>> Where are all of those rafts?

The escape slides are considered dual use devices - rafts on water and slides on land.


69 posted on 02/05/2009 11:04:40 AM PST by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: jwparkerjr

Thanks! That was much better. The Yahoo site wasn’t working for me.


70 posted on 02/05/2009 11:05:29 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: papasmurf

>> thoughts of family, and the “souls” on board.

Nope - one of the characteristics of a good pilot is the ability to compartmentalize his life. In this situation, the last thing any airline pilot would be thinking about is Momma and little Timmy. Souls on board? Only as a number to be relayed to the controllers.


71 posted on 02/05/2009 11:08:16 AM PST by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: QBFimi

Well, I must not have been a good pilot then. I’m human.


72 posted on 02/05/2009 11:09:40 AM PST by papasmurf (Impeach the illegal bastard!)
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To: OriginalChristian; pfflier

>> I don’t think there was any malice intended in this post towards the other service branches you cite by their omission.

Yes, I think you’re right. Sorry.


73 posted on 02/05/2009 11:12:42 AM PST by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: onedoug; stylecouncilor

ping


74 posted on 02/05/2009 11:46:24 AM PST by windcliff
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To: Interesting Times

Thanks for the ping. The tower operators were also very cool and professional.


75 posted on 02/05/2009 12:31:01 PM PST by zot
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To: jwparkerjr

Thanks! Great audio!

When the captain was asked if he wanted to land in Teterboro, his “Yes” didn’t sound very confident. Thank goodness he kept his presence of mind to reject this idea quickly. If he had made that right turn, there could have been a catastrophe.


76 posted on 02/05/2009 2:14:30 PM PST by Deo volente (High Noon, January 20, 2009: Our long national nightmare begins.)
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To: Deo volente

Some are crediting his glider experience with his ability to realize his choices were the river or disaster. I would sooner think it was his years and years sitting in that left seat, landing thousands of times, with the power all but off and knowing by the seat his pants how far that aircraft could go. It was just another final approach to the seat of his pants, and he could look out the window and know exactly how far he could go. Thank God, literally, it wasn’t his FINAL approach!

I would like to know from someone who has flown both gliders and heavy jets if there’s any similarity between them.

Believe me, I am in no way detracting from the job he did that day! My grandmother used to tell me when I was kid that when it’s your time to go you’re gone, period. I wonder who it was on that flight whose time hadn’t come yet?


77 posted on 02/05/2009 2:34:11 PM PST by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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To: newfreep
Reminds me of Georgia Lass’ final 2 words before she is vaporized by a falling toilet seat from a Soviet space station....”Oh, shite!”

One of the best series to ever hit TV and it is a shame they discontinued it after the second season. It seem as if you need a brain to appreciate a TV series, that the show won't continue!

78 posted on 02/05/2009 3:28:29 PM PST by calex59
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To: jwparkerjr
Believe me, I am in no way detracting from the job he did that day! My grandmother used to tell me when I was kid that when it’s your time to go you’re gone, period. I wonder who it was on that flight whose time hadn’t come yet?

You know I have heard that from a lot of church goers, but there is on quote you very seldom, if ever, hear about the bible, I can't quote chapter and verse but there is a statement in the new testament that says " Don't be a fool and die before your time!". This implies that you can, indeed, die before you are called to your destiny. This brave and cool Captain of this aircraft needs to be commended on saving many souls that might have gone before their time. The old adage about, "When it is you time to go, you will go", is BS, you can die before you are supposed to.

79 posted on 02/05/2009 3:33:24 PM PST by calex59
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To: calex59

If one those crashes has your name on it, then you’re doomed. However, it is the ones that are addressed “to whom it may concern” that I seek to avoid.


80 posted on 02/05/2009 4:00:34 PM PST by Lucky Dog
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