1/25/2019 4 Comments Chesley B. Sullenberger lllAuthor’s Name- Chesley B. Sullenberger lll
Dates Alive- January 23, 1951 to present Location- San Francisco Bay Area Major Works: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters Major Themes: The major theme that my author explores is survival and heroism. My author writes about the story of how he successfully landed a commercial plane in the Hudson River after the plane hits a flock of geese and loses both engines. Heroism appears because Sully saves all 155 people on board and also waits on the sinking plane letting all 155 passengers and crew go before him not caring the the plane was going to sink with him on it. Novel Choice Plot Summary: This book explores the story of Chesley B. Sullenberger and the story of the crash in the Hudson River. The story starts talking about Sully's first flying lessons and the first time he took a solo flight. It later talks about him being a commercial airline pilot and then the famous United Airways flight 1549. On January 15, 2009 Sullenber was on a flight from LaGuardia airport in New York heading to Seattle airport when it struck a flock of large Canadian geese. Sullenberger is forced to make a decision to either attempt to return to LaGuardia or Teterboro, or if he will have to make a crash landing. Sully decides that the plane is too low and he does not want to rist the plane crashing somewhere in New York City so he makes the decision to land the plane in the Hudson, saving all passenger and crew on board. Sullenber later attends a meeting held by the aviation board as they were saying that he could have been able to safely return the plane to one of the airports and not having to land in the river. As the meeting progresses a simulation of two pilots attempting the same flight and conditions as sullenberger did they successfully land the plane at an airport. Sullenberger argues that the human factor was not accounted for in these simulations and that it also took the pilots multiple attempts before having a successful landing. The meeting is closed and Sullenberger is now know as a hero in aviation. Analysis of Main Characters: Chesley Sullenberger is a person who likes to put people before himself. Growing up in Denison Texas Sullenberger took flight lessons from a pilot that lived in his town. He then joins the Air Force as a flight leader and training officer becoming a caption in the Air Force. He always showed a great interest in planes and was very inspired by them. He had a lot of dedication as a young child and pursued his dream of being a pilot. He was the type of person that would put people before himself. When the planet crashed he made sure that every person made it off the plane before he did and even though the plane was sinking in the freeing water stayed onboard to help everyone off. I see Sullenberger as the type of person who is always putting people before himself and is more caring about other people than the well-being of himself. Theme: Some main themes of this book includes survival, courage and heroism. This book tells the story of how Chesley Sullenberger successfully landed a plane with two engine failures in the Hudson River and how he saved the lives of all 155 passengers and crew members on board. How did the author’s life influence his writing in this novel? (2-3 paragraphs) My author's life influenced his writing in many different ways. My author grew up in Denison Texas where he expressed his love for planes. The interest in planes that my author had as a child is how my authors writing came started. When my author was young he had a very great interest in planes. He studied them, made model planes and always was reading about planes. He flew planes with a local pilot and that is how he began his path to be a commercial airline pilot. As he furthered his life as a pilot he joined the airforce. He flew Phantom F-4 ll jets and became a flight leader and training officer. After 7 years in the air force he became a commercial airline pilot for Pacific Airlines which later became US airways. Sullenberger was not just a pilot, he was a flight instructor and the Air Line Pilots Association chairman. After years of safety air line instruction the work finally paid off. Leading to the famous flight on January 15, 2009 when Sullenberger's plane hit a flock of geese and he had to land the plane in the Hudson River. Works Cited: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biography.com/.amp/people/chesley-sullenberger-20851353 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 By Logan L.
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Matt Marano
1/31/2019 10:17:18 am
Were many people mad about how he handled the situation?
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Jason Z.
1/31/2019 10:18:15 am
How has this incident affected airplane safety protocols today and what extra steps do you think could be taken in order to keep an accident like this from ever happening again?
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Marlon
2/3/2019 05:44:46 pm
If you were put in Sully's shoes. What would have you done?
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Alexa Messina
2/3/2019 06:38:13 pm
In the heat of the moment what was Sully's thoughts or how was he processing how to handle the situation?
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