Multi achievement Epic

Cactus 1549

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

Briefing

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.

This achievement is considered epic, only 10.7% of eligible pilots have completed this achievement.

RonMont

CaptnHook

Kubek0012

Patoch974

VAF278 Roberto

Dabullair

Matt Hurst

Piotr Z

Delta Tango

Ton van der Kolk

LEOpoldo

chrstphd

Evik03

John Zatroch

Dwolf

Rockin Redwings99

WingNutRv7

VAF957 Paolo

VAF273 Giacomo

VAF159 Gigi

Cjgreen14

Eduardo Martinez Herdugo

Lithona

NcGator424

Wakkie

A total of 121 pilots have completed this achievement, but we're only displaying the most recent, would you like to see the full list?

Date	From To	Pilot	Aircraft	Landing rate	Distance	Flight time
15JUN26 1506Z	KBZN KSEA	RonMont	Boeing 777-200 B772	-28 ft/m	520 nm	01:22
07JUN26 1705Z	KBZN KSEA	CaptnHook	Cessna Citation Sovereign C680	-87 ft/m	506 nm	01:17
07JUN26 1625Z	KBZN KSEA	Kubek0012	Airbus A320 A320	-201 ft/m	524 nm	00:53
06JUN26 1241Z	KBZN KSEA	Patoch974	Boeing 737-800 B738	-190 ft/m	511 nm	01:21
03JUN26 1759Z	KMHE KBZN	VAF278 Roberto	Boeing 737-700 B737	-236 ft/m	575 nm	01:30
28MAY26 1606Z	KBZN KSEA	Dabullair	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude C700	-44 ft/m	535 nm	01:15
24MAY26 2058Z	KBZN KSEA	Matt Hurst	Airbus A320 A320	-261 ft/m	518 nm	01:45
19MAY26 1834Z	KBZN KSEA	Piotr Z	Airbus A320 neo A20N	-295 ft/m	509 nm	01:24
08MAY26 1636Z	KBZN KSEA	Delta Tango	Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 C25C	-216 ft/m	480 nm	01:27
23APR26 1456Z	KBZN KSEA	Ton van der Kolk	`CND` Boeing 737-800 B738	-255 ft/m	513 nm	01:23
13APR26 2147Z	KBZN KSEA	LEOpoldo	`PIL` Airbus A320 A320	-484 ft/m	521 nm	01:28
06APR26 0916Z	KBZN KSEA	chrstphd	Boeing 737-800 B738	-209 ft/m	530 nm	01:27
28MAR26 1857Z	KBZN KSEA	Evik03	Embraer Phenom 100 E50P	-27 ft/m	495 nm	01:52
23MAR26 1830Z	KBZN KSEA	John Zatroch	Airbus A320 neo A20N	-268 ft/m	561 nm	01:42
22MAR26 2021Z	KBZN KSEA	Dwolf	Boeing 737-800 B738	-261 ft/m	511 nm	01:28
07MAR26 2008Z	KBZN KSEA	Rockin Redwings99	Cessna Citation X C750	-85 ft/m	518 nm	01:32
28FEB26 1643Z	KBZN KSEA	WingNutRv7	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude C700	-73 ft/m	539 nm	01:44
18FEB26 1457Z	KBZN KSEA	VAF957 Paolo	Airbus A350-900 A359	-347 ft/m	508 nm	01:10
18FEB26 1456Z	KBZN KSEA	VAF273 Giacomo	Boeing 737-700 B737	-345 ft/m	500 nm	01:13
29JAN26 2023Z	KBZN KSEA	VAF159 Gigi	Airbus A321 neo A21N	-587 ft/m	546 nm	01:40

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