Multi achievement

Cactus 1549

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

US Airways Flight 1549 (call sign 'Cactus 1549') was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City (LaGuardia Airport), to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight, struck a flock of birds shortly after take-off from LaGuardia, losing all engine power. Unable to reach any airport for an emergency landing due to their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles glided the plane to a ditching in the Hudson River off Midtown Manhattan. All 155 people on board were rescued by nearby boats, with only a few serious injuries.

The media quickly dubbed this water landing of a powerless jetliner with no deaths "the Miracle on the Hudson" and a National Transportation Safety Board official described it as "the most successful ditching in aviation history". The Board rejected the notion that the ditching could have been avoided by returning to LaGuardia or diverting to nearby Teterboro Airport. The pilots and flight attendants were awarded the Master's Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators in recognition of their "heroic and unique aviation achievement".

To commemorate this event and honor Sully and his crew, we will fly the entire route.

The original flight plan was: Laguardia, New York [KLGA] to Charlotte, North Carolina [KCLT] and then direct to Seattle, Washington [KSEA]. For the purpose of this Multi-leg achievement, the flight from KCLT to KSEA will be broken into 4 legs. For the purpose of this achievement, you may fly any aircraft you choose.

Criteria

In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
04DEC24 0903Z KBZN KSEA Roger Abram Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -58 ft/m 481 nm 02:10 View
01DEC24 1046Z KBZN KSEA Josh Bennett FBW UNITED AIRLINES N431 -235 ft/m 523 nm 01:38 View
26NOV24 1047Z KBZN KSEA Nexus 03 Airbus A321 (A321) -204 ft/m 514 nm 01:22 View
23OCT24 1206Z KBZN KSEA VAF114 Pierluigi Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -1 ft/m 505 nm 01:20 View
18OCT24 1441Z KCLT KSPI Sascha O. Airbus A320 (A320) -175 ft/m 504 nm 01:20 View
13OCT24 2001Z KCLT KSPI Seasharks Airbus A320 (A320) -712 ft/m 514 nm 01:28 View
20SEP24 2035Z KBZN KSEA JuanKapilot57 Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -154 ft/m 524 nm 01:29 View
19SEP24 1819Z KBZN KSEA VAF210 Luis Boeing 767-300 (B763) -371 ft/m 524 nm 01:28 View
13SEP24 0131Z KBZN KSEA Hudson Garcia Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) -295 ft/m 501 nm 00:51 View
27JUL24 1846Z KBZN KSEA HCKilvy76 Airbus A320 (A320) -157 ft/m 554 nm 01:31 View
28JUN24 1815Z KBZN KSEA Ernest Maillet De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) -126 ft/m 518 nm 03:10 View
04JUN24 1335Z KBZN KSEA Niels1501 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -188 ft/m 503 nm 01:31 View
25MAY24 1738Z KBZN KSEA Icarusgr Airbus A320 (A320) -249 ft/m 513 nm 01:25 View
23MAY24 0006Z KBZN KSEA Nexus 19 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -88 ft/m 501 nm 01:13 View
20MAY24 2139Z KBZN KSEA Klappdrachen Airbus A320 (A320) -211 ft/m 525 nm 01:17 View
12MAY24 1414Z KBZN KSEA VAF125 Antonino Boeing 737-800 (B738) -210 ft/m 534 nm 01:34 View
09MAY24 2058Z KMHE KBZN Aaron Priest Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -54 ft/m 634 nm 01:53 View
28APR24 0125Z KBZN KSEA HuseeN AL Shammari Airbus A320 (A320) -199 ft/m 504 nm 01:15 View
05APR24 1330Z KBZN KSEA Christian Vignery Boeing 737-700 (B737) -255 ft/m 530 nm 01:29 View
17MAR24 1712Z KBZN KSEA Sergey Bikhtyaev Airbus A319 (A319) -241 ft/m 503 nm 01:19 View