All posts containing the tag: "Chesley Sully Sullenberger"
Posted May 29th 2009 1:50AM by TMZ Staff
Good luck with everything you do in life, Denison High School graduating class of 2009. Maybe, if you're lucky, you'll grow up to one day land a commercial airliner in the Hudson River and save the lives of everyone on board.
That's right, we've learned Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger -- the most badass alumni in the history of the Texas school -- is delivering the commencement speech at this year's DHS graduation.
The ceremony, scheduled for June 6, was originally going to feature a giant tribute to Sully -- featuring a billboard of the hero pilot in the middle of town -- but Sully got wind of the grand scheme and humbly shot it down.
We're told Sully's peeps told the school he couldn't "imagine his face on a billboard."
Sully fun fact -- back in the day, he played the flute in the school band ... and you better believe he kicked ass.
Tags: Chesley Sully Sullenberger, ChesleySullySullenberger, hero
Posted Mar 24th 2009 12:49PM by TMZ Staff
If even one person died during that amazing airplane landing on the Hudson River in January, this would be the most tasteless thing ever. But everyone was fine, so instead it's an iPhone game.
One of the top flight simulator programs around has released a game where you take on the roll of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger by forcing you to make an emergency landing in the Hudson. The plane actually suffers engine failure as the result of a bird strike and -- are you ready for this??? -- features the actual audio communication between air traffic control and US Airways Flight 1549.
Flight school is expensive, but the app is only 99 cents.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: Chesley Sully Sullenberger, ChesleySullySullenberger, game, iphone, sully, US Airways Flight 1549, UsAirwaysFlight1549
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.
Filed under: Critters, Food Glorious Food, Politix, Exclusives
Tags: Chesley Sully Sullenberger, ChesleySullySullenberger, inauguration
