I’d take punt you’re in a minority here.

Other than the passenger count, I’d say there’s no difference, and Chris didn’t have a crew to help…

Sully had the same number of options, it was the river or nothing.

And how many in a 4 ton fighter with a penchant for killing the pilot in a forced landing, low level at an air show?

Check your PM’s

It’s a public recognition of the pilots skill in dealing with a fast moving and potentially dangerous incident.
What’s the problem with that??

Just seems his only choice was landing on the runway, buy him a beer.

I wonder how many engine failures Student Pilot has dealt with…

In 35 years of flying for a living I have had three.

He might be a nice bloke but a medal for doing a forced landing onto a runway? What other choice was there? Is it just a Pommie military thing? If it is your going the way of the Yanks, next a medal for getting wounded?

I was an Ag pilot, or crop duster, so the less informed say for many years.

Flying at 1 to 2 feet all day when spraying and a maximum of about 150 ft in vertical 180 degree turns. Less than 20 seconds from spray off to spray on again. I have flown between trees that have touching branches and trees that are closer together than the wingspan of my aircraft. I have landed of a roll hundreds of times, and stopped within a foot of where I need to. You will never see photos or video of this as it is done all day every day as a matter of course. I have flown under power lines that are lower than the height of the rudder top and done it dozens , maybe hundreds of times a day. I have turned after take off with the wingtip brushing the ground or grass for a hundred yards or more time after time.

This is not showing off for a camera, this is the daily reality of Aussie and kiwi Ag pilots.

Military pilots showing off sends a shiver down my spine. These guys are amateurs in the low level world despite their macho pretence. That’s why they smash planes worth millions regularly.

Sexy pictures don’t make you an ace.

HD

Rereading your post Harley, you do go on a bit. Brushing your wingtip for 91.4 metres (I’m a metricated man) seems dangerous, quite silly and totally unnecessary.
Low flying is specialised in the military as well, NOE flying has been done from WW1 through to now. If you’ve been working a while you will remember Hornets at low level and if you’ve been around a bit longer F111’s/Skyhawks/Hunters/Porters/Canberra’s and even Mirages coming through your working area very low, practicing their low level flying.

They probably meant to say “the reel Battle of Britain”!

:D:D:D Worth 3 that one

Interesting the developments over last few years with the likes of Iraq and Libya. Both had despot leaders kicked out, those countries before had a sort of stable political climate. The leaders they had were brutal and unforgiving. What’s going on in those countries now seems a 100 times worse. Is it because we are seeing more because of news feeds or better technology?

This image is being used with the frenzied chest beating and Muslim bashing by Oz conservative politics to tighten the laws concerning Australians going over seas to fight as “Terrorists” in various flashpoints round the world. Since the Boar war people have been leaving the shores of Australia to fight other peoples wars. Will the Oz Government be stopping young Jewish Australians from going back to fight in another countries military (Israel) in an illegal invasion and occupation force?
One mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist, both come as volunteers and State sponsored mercenaries.