Sully Sullenberger
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Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III is an American retired aircraft pilot, diplomat and aviation safety expert, who is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 1
Official portrait, 2022
Sullenberger's 1973 Air Force Academy senior class photograph
US Airways Flight 1549 afloat in the Hudson River
Sullenberger (back left) and first officer Jeffrey Skiles (back right) at the first inauguration of Barack Obama on 20 January 2009, with Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning in front
Jeffrey Skiles
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Jeffrey Bruce Skiles is a retired airline pilot who most recently flew for American Airlines. On January 15, 2009, he became known globally as the first officer of US Airways Flight 1549, when he work
Sully Sullenberger
…advocate for aviation safety and helped develop new protocols for flight safety. He served as the co-chairman, along with his co-pilot on Flight 1549, Jeffrey Skiles, of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)'s Young Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program from 2009 to 2013. Sullenberger retired from US…
Skiles in 2011
Skiles (back right) and Sully Sullenberger (back left) attending the first inauguration of Barack Obama on 20 January 2009, with U.S. senator Jim Bunning seen in front
Skiles speaking at the 2011 Wisconsin protests