Aerial Fail is all around...
...yeah, that was a pretty lame title. But today's post relates to one of America's favorite pastimes, ranked up there with IRS audits and root canals: air travel. Where to start, where to start... Ok, let's first rewind about a year and revisit the now famous Flight 1549 aka The Miracle on the Hudson, which I briefly reported on here . Nearly a year later, people can not get off of Captain Sully's jock. Seriously. Dude was Grand Marshall of the Tournament of Roses Parade, and TLC is airing an hour-long documentary tomorrow night about the flight. An hour-long documentary - about a 6 minute flight. Seriously. I can sum it all up in like, 45 seconds: Plane takes off from LaGuardia. Two minutes in, geese hit engines. Loud banging noises commence, then engines fall silent. Capt. Sully (to first officer): I got this, dude. My aircraft. Skiles: No prob, dude. Go for it. Capt. Sully (to control tower): Tower, we have a problem. We need to land this sucker immediately. Tower: