Saturday, January 17, 2009
Hudson River Aircraft Splash landing Video
Friday, January 16, 2009
Black Horizon: More "Red Whoosh" photos

Here are a few more frames. In one of the earlier photos it almost looks like it staged, like a rocket.


First stage plume?

Enlarged and enhanced. You can see a conical object at the head of the plume.

All photos (C) Steve Douglass and require permission for use.
Note: Turn up your speakers and reload this page to hear the military aircraft radio chatter I recorded at the time of this sighting that may or may not be related.
Investigation in plane’s river landing begins
Investigation in plane’s river landing begins: "NEW YORK — Everything about the fate of Flight 1549 seemed like a million-to-1 shot — a flock of birds crossing a jetliner’s path and taking out both engines, a safe landing in the Hudson River by a former fighter pilot."
(Via Air Force Times - News.)
FBI: Man held in Nellis bomb hoax
FBI: Man held in Nellis bomb hoax: "LAS VEGAS — The FBI says a 30-year-old man from Fresno, Calif., could face federal charges after allegedly driving onto Nellis Air Force base in a rental truck that he said had a bomb."
(Via Air Force Times - News.)
'We're going down -- brace for impact' NYC plane crash a miracle.
'We're going down -- brace for impact': "Passengers scrambled to get off a sinking jetliner after it went down Thursday in New York's Hudson River with 155 people on board. The US Airways jet apparently experienced a bird strike while en route to Charlotte. All of the passengers survived. 'I think that's miraculous,' a passenger told CNN.
(Via CNN.com.)