"You want to be particular and make it a RUNWAY, huh?"

[RoryN]

Sioux City Approach: "United Two Thirty-Two Heavy, the wind's currently three six zero at one one; three sixty at eleven. You're cleared to land on any runway."

Captain Al Haynes: "[laughter] Roger. You want to be particular and make it a runway, huh?"

Hero pilot of United Airlines Flight 232, who somehow crash landed a DC-10 with no hydraulics and saved most of the people onboard.

Capt. Haynes just passed at 87. Breaking.

 

[MileHighBound]

Sad day. His performance that day was even more impressive than Sully’s.