Sully – Miracle on the Hudson

WOW thanks Moggy. Did not think to check that the actual A320 have been preserved, just assumed it was a standard A320 from the fleet and the museum was ‘set dressing’

Possibly here?

http://www.carolinasaviation.org/commercial/miracle-on-the-hudson-flight-1549

Moggy

Seen the film. At the end the pilots, crew and passengers are reunited all being filmed with a A320 and obviously in a museum, several US Navy type in the background. Any idea where this was filmed?

Just seen it. Excellent movie. Does anyone know what the MAUW of this 320 with 155 passengers and crew would have been on departure? I don’t recall any mention of this in the film.

Went to my local book shop to-day and bought the book: “Sully”, Miracle on the Hudson. Formerly titled: “Highest Duty”.

Great Film, recommend.

Agreed although Eastwood is unique as no producer (people normally to blame for films going off the rails) would argue or meddle in the film from a legendary actor and a multi oscar nominated director (and Army vet).

Curlyboy

…. which probably stopped the film going all ‘Hollywood’ like these types of film normally do.
Curlyboy

I think most of the credit for that should go to Eastwood, he’s not the type of director to take a story like this and make it “Hollywood/Pinewood”. Look at “Letters from Iwo Jima”, and some of his later efforts.

While in Texas, I had friends who worked with him on a film shot in the area, all said he was a very down to earth guy. And this summer I met a retired gentleman from California who has provided and driven cars for a couple of Eastwood films, he said the same thing. Had photos of him and Clint having lunch…Eastwood would rather hang out with the “regular people” than go “Hollywood”.

Tom Hanks was on Graham Norton a couple weeks ago and said both Sully and the co pilot were on set to advise what happened and when which probably stopped the film going all ‘Hollywood’ like these types of film normally do.

Curlyboy

Saw the film last night, As moggy said Great Entertainment but what Outstanding Airmanship!

:highly_amused: Good call!

Apart from the windshields..

Somehow the film released in New Zealand two months ago. My wife and I saw it and thoroughly enjoyed it – I confess to getting choked up when, after the passenger evacuation, Sully was told all survived. The CGI of the A320 was stunningly well-done. The dream sequences really shocked me – incredibly realistic, and scarily reminiscent of certain real plane crashes in New York’s recent history.

I just read the Wikipedia page about the Aeroflot river ditching and found this passage:
“The tugboat’s captain then broke the aircraft’s windshield to tie a cable to the cockpit’s control wheel and proceeded to tow the craft to the river bank.”
Russian aircraft really are built tough!

Sorry, is that a minor typing error :)….Should it not be Bell 412?

Yes.
There was a 214 (basically, a 212 fuselage with a larger single Chinook engine…years ago, I watched one doing logging in the Cascades….a very impressive show, and the stretched “ST”) but I meant 412.
Sorry for any confusion.

Really great entertainment.

As long as you are happy it’s a movie, not a documentary it’s well worth a trip to your local multiplex.

The audience left in almost total silence. (In a good way)

Moggy

Sorry, is that a minor typing error :)….Should it not be Bell 412?

A fine film, the early “square tailed” Stearman and Phantoms were an unexpected treat for those of us who like old aircraft. Apparently, the USAF repainted a couple of their F-4 drones for the film (they’ve also sent some out…in “manned” mode in case you’re wondering….to air displays this summer).

A friend, a 747-400/800 copilot for a large cargo carrier, said the film was better than he thought it would be, given most airline films.

My only aeronautical point is the obvious substitution of a Bell 205 (single engine Huey) for the NYPD Bell 214 (twin engined, four bladed rotor Huey).

And as long as we’re on the topic of ditched airliners, don’t forget the JAL DC-8 that landed just short of the runway at San Francisco in the 60s.
Unlike the Hudson A320, it was returned to service and had a long career.

Not a bad film I watched it on my box of tricks a couple of weeks ago.

Went to see it last night. It’s well worth seeing. Very good film. Some good bits including two F4 Phantoms. The NTSB acting as a “prosecutor” rather than an investigative body is fictional, but makes the point.

🙁 Doesn’t always have a happy ending though ,
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/pilot-killed-p-47-crash-hudson-river-new-york-city-thunderbolt-recovered.html

The Russians did it too in 1963 when an Aeroflot Tupolev 124 ditched into the Neva river. I guess the hero on this occasion was the tug boat driver, see last paragraph of this link:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Aeroflot_Tupolev_Tu-124_Neva_river_ditching