Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger returns to active duty tomorrow as he and his First Officer Jeffrey Skiles once again board US Airways flight 1549 from New York’s La Guardia airport to Charlotte North Carolina. This will be Sully’s first revenue flight since landing his A320 in the Hudson River back in January.
This clip from the Jimmy Kimmel show suggests that any Canadian geese in the area better beware.
Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil blasted into orbit today on a Russian rocket as the first Canadian civilian to pay to travel in space. He’ll spend over a week on the Space Station and promises to bring some fun to the normally serious proceedings.
The 1st round-the-world flight in a helicopter is completed as the Bell Long Ranger II, flown by Americans H. Ross Perot Jr. and Jay Coburn, lands safely. The entire flight took 29 days with 56 refueling stops.
The aircraft, shown above, is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
