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"Sully" Gets the Bird in D.C.

Posted Jan 21st 2009 3:20AM by TMZ Staff

According to Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger -- revenge tastes like chicken.


TMZ has learned the most famous pilot on the planet made his first public appearance in D.C. last night, at a low-key dinner with some members of his heroic flight crew and several passengers from Flight 1549. The name of the restaurant -- Hudson... Seriously.

Sully was a rockstar, shaking hands with a steady flow of admirers in the restaurant -- which by the way, is great.

Now the best part: As if to take revenge on the birds that brought down his jet, Sully dined on buttermilk fried chicken.

Tags: Chesley Sully Sullenberger, ChesleySullySullenberger, inauguration

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1. Chicken marinated in buttermilk and then fried is divine!! However, I doubt the "boy's" at TMZ know anything about fried chicken. It is a southern thing.

Sully is truly a hero and should be commended for saving every life on that plane!

Posted at 8:10PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Liz

2. The plane was designed to land in water!.Great landing

Posted at 8:11PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Howard Robard Hughes IIV

3. that'z nice to hear cuz canadian geese iz much too salty..............

Posted at 8:12PM on Jan 20th 2009 by 99centz

4. A true American hero. Sully, you saved so many lives. God bless you.

Posted at 8:15PM on Jan 20th 2009 by mrs.baker

5. How come there is no mention of the co-pilot? Its take 2 people to fly a plane.

Posted at 8:15PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Stacy

6. YOU DA MAN SULLY!!!

Posted at 8:18PM on Jan 20th 2009 by GOD

7. The plane had defects and should not have been flying....but if you stick the landing than you can fly again.

Posted at 8:19PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Howard Robard Hughes IIV

8. God Bless this man that saved the crew and passengers aboard his plane. He did not panic in this crisis and did exactly what he had been taught to do all along. Regardless of this plane being designed to land on water or not, it still takes logical thinking and a calm demeanor to execute the actions needed for a safe landing. I applaud this man for saving so many lives. God Bless him, his entire crew and all the passengers.

Posted at 8:20PM on Jan 20th 2009 by ...diabolical..molecular jeckler.

9. Better pretrip next time?

Posted at 8:21PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Howard Robard Hughes IIV

10. America needs and wants A HERO...but if you look closely we are all about the same.The airlines is to be blamed here and is paying hush hush money.Yes the steady hand and airtime plus his airforce flight time all gave him waht he wanted to asve lifes that should`nt have been put in danger in the first place.Had he failed to stick the landing he would now be blamed for the accident.Just try to survive don`t try to be a hero and you are one.Airlines should fess up!.for this mess UP

Posted at 8:30PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Nude Bacon

11. How is eating a chicken "avenging" a bird?

Posted at 8:34PM on Jan 20th 2009 by DS

12. I hope you and your flight crew are having a wonderful time - you deserve it. Kids, this is what a hero looks like!!

Posted at 8:38PM on Jan 20th 2009 by jmk

13. You had it right with your opening statement "revenge". Had did not avenge the birds. If anything, he avenged the plane by eating fowl. Dummies. Oh well. No use trying to find the "prosper" wording or anything "light" that. Close enough, right?

Posted at 8:44PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Avenge, revenge, whatever

14. A little freaked by the lady with the blood red nails and anorexic hands in the background, creepy.

Posted at 8:49PM on Jan 20th 2009 by ?

15. If the plane looks like crap don`t get on it...He lost a turbine that had problems before the plane went up.I would`nt have gotten on this fight IF I had any view of the logs and I sure as shielt would`nt have taken it up.Bad record keeping and cheap ass airlines about cost many thier lifes.They should be ground untill they sort out the problems.If the crew knew they should have taken a better airbus up.MONEY MONEY MONEY puts bad airbusses in the skys and sullys try to save them.Should`nt have happen in the first place!.Birds are herded away from the runways by air cannons WHAT happened here will take years to find out.RADars should have also shown the BIRDS.

Posted at 8:50PM on Jan 20th 2009 by SlobNik

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