“We all have heard about ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations. They act courageously or responsibly, and their efforts are described as if they opted to act that way on the spur of the moment... I believe many people in those situations actually have made decisions years before.” (Chesley B. Sullenberger, Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters) Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III; Husband, Father, Captain and Hero. Sully Sullenberger is an author, safety advocate and a hero. Sully is known for the “Miracle on the Hudson” that saved many lives one day in January 2003 when he successfully landed a plane on the Hudson River. Sully was born in Denison, Texas to his mom Pauline and dad Chesley Burnett Jr on January 23, 1951. He grew up loving the engineering of planes and planes themselves. He is married to Lorrie …show more content…
After that he went into the Air Force academy and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and advanced into a flight leader and training officer which then he got the ranking of a captain. During his duty he was stationed in North America and Europe. Shorty after serving in the air force he went to become an air pilot with Pacific Southline Airlines. Later on he transferred to US airways and stayed with them until he retired from commercial flying in early 2010. January 15, 2003 he was flying a passenger plane and suddenly hit a flock of geese. Hitting the flock of geese made the plane go haywire and start malfunctioning. Sully and his team, knowing that there were 155 people aboard, had to land the plane safely. They decided that they would try to land it in the Hudson River. This courageous act saved the lives of many people. For his and his team’s bravery they were ranked The Top 100 Most Influential Heros and Icons in 2009 and were also awarded the French Legion of
After his discharge from the army he went back to carnival life. In late 1939 and early 1940 he became the manager of Gene Austin and traveled with Gene's "Models & Melodies" show.
The title of the short story, “First Flight” by W. D. Valgardson, may indicate that someone is attempting to escape an undesirable situation. However, this flight attempt may not go as planned and actually worsen the situation that this individual is facing.
driver while attending the University of Victoria where he received a B.A. in 1974. Then
He was then drafted into the U.S. Army where he was refused admission to the Officer Candidate School. He fought this until he was finally accepted and graduated as a first lieutenant. He was in the Army from 1941 until 1944 and was stationed in Kansas and Fort Hood, Texas. While stationed in Kansas he worked with a boxer named Joe Louis in order to fight unfair treatment towards African-Americans in the military and when training in Fort Hood, Texas he refused to go to the back of the public bus and was court-martialed for insubordination. Because of this he never made it to Europe with his unit and in 1944 he received an honorable discharge.
...of 1976 he was en route from his house in Mexico to Houston, Texas when he passed away. His body was examined and from reports he looked unrecognizable, for his beard, fingernails, and hair were super long. Also at six foot one he only weighted 90 lbs which I am sure this did not help his health situation at the time of his death. After the medical exam it was said that a kidney stone caused kidney failure to occur. He left behind a great legacy and brought many of the aviation commodities that we still use today. Hughes was known for also being a philosopher so I will leave with one of his Quotes that pretty much summed up his life. “I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go through in a half-perfect condition. So if I made any mistake it was in working too hard and in doing too much of it with my own hands.” Howard Hughes.
He went to a place in Nebraska that would teach you how to fly for 500 dollars.. After he learned how to fly at this airfield. He became a show pilot once he learned how to fly .He wanted to fly faster planes so he started flying in the army then he started carrying US Mail.
“I cut the emergency switch just in time to keep ‘Winnie Mae’ from making an exhibition of herself by standing on her nose. That would have been fatal to our hopes.” –Wiley Post Throughout his incredible career, Mr. Wiley H. Post unceasingly strived for excellence and continuously pushed the envelope in aviation. Despite several hardships and the obstacles he faced, he never knew the meaning of giving up. He made numerous breakthroughs during the era of the Golden Age of Aviation. In these following paragraphs you will see several “snapshots” of the amazing life of a one-eyed pilot who drastically changed aviation. Wiley H. Post, the pilot who put it all on the line to fly not only a little faster, at a little higher altitude, but a little farther than everyone else, just one more time.
After the war he returned to Smith College before moving to Cornell University in 1949. He retired in 1972 from Cornell University.
lifeguard, saving 77 lives. He then went to Eureka College and became interested in drama. After
Before I get to the great life of Charles McGee, I will provided some background information on the Tuskegee Airmen. As mentioned earlier, the Tuskegee Airmen were an all African American group of fighter pilots, navigators, mechanics, and flight instructors. They helped the United States win World War II, with their flying and shooting down of enemy planes. Blacks were not allowed to fly prior to 1940. Wanting change civil rights groups fought for blacks to be able to fly in the military. Eventually their wishes were granted. In 1941 the first squadron was formed in Tuskegee, Alabama. This is where the Tuskegee Experience began, which included all the training for all the aviation related jobs. Not just pilots were trained in Alabama. The program also trained navigators, bombardiers, maintenance workers, and flight instructors. All aviation related fields were trained to insure the Tuskegee Airmen would be able to maintain their program once the program was started. This was also done because of the segregation in the military. With the Tuskegee...
The Tuskegee Airmen fought in two wars one against overseas enemies, and one against racism within the American military. Rudy Leon is the secretary of defense and gave a speech on their achievements in aviation. "Together the Tuskegee Airmen and the Organization of Black Airline Pilots have much to be proud of, and it's wonderful to come here and be reminded of how much you've accomplished in schools, in communities, and for the young men and women who serve in uniform, and to see how much energy and enthusiasm you are bringing to your new endeavors." (de Leon) The Airman were awarded for their achievements in ethnicity, and attitudes among races.They were involved in many military organization such as armorers, bombardiers, engineers, navigators, and maintenance and supply personnel. The airman fought two wars, one against overseas enemies, and one against racism within the American military. Leon also talked about their heroism with discrimination. "I think that is a tribute not only to your heroism, but to impact to continue shaping attitudes. (de Leon) Leon focused on how the airman reached their goals, and honored them with accreditation and service. They were the first African American pilots to shoot down German jets on a mission. They earned Distinguished Unit Citation of the war because of their heroism that contributed to the 332nd Fighter Group's.
After the war, he returned to Tuskegee and completed his degree in Commercial Industries and Tailoring and graduated Cum ...
In the article, “The Man in the Water” the author, Roger Rosenblatt, shows humans potential selflessness. After a plane crashes into the ocean, one man, the hero of the story, saves the lives of many before saving himself. As the rescuers were handing down the floaties to bring people to safety, every time one was given to this man he risked his life and handed it to someone else. Every time that he decides to save someone else he is one step closer to dying, and he knows that too, but instead he helps those in need around him. Although in the end he did not survive, what he did had effects on those watching. It showed people that any person could be a hero. The man in the water was a man with courage, and no fear, he sacrificed his life for the life of many who may not have survived if it wasn't for him or what he had done. While nature was against him and the people he fought against it to let those people live the rest of their life. In the article, the author, Roger Rosenblatt demonstrates the potential heroism and
Eastwood and Tyldum use particular cinematic techniques to support their underlying biases in what makes a national hero. Eastwood is very aware how the title of a national hero is branded on Sully and questions the validity of this. The ultimate scene of Sully was when he was questioned by his superiors a testament to Eastwood's belief. The NTSB interview scene is exemplified, as the public senselessly follow ‘national heroes', and Eastwood wants to show that Sully is a national hero as he fights for what actually happened, the truth. This is shown when sully corrects the NTSB official in the interview, ‘It's not a crash, it was a forced water landing', whilst Sully spoke calmly it did not rile the investigators allowing them to see into his
When he was 18 years old, he went on expedition to Newfoundland. Upon returning to England, he worked for Shell. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air forces in Libya, Greede and Syria. Being a pilot was dangerous and Dahl had a bad crash in the desert.