Everyone survived the water landing of a US Airways jet on the Hudson River in New York in January.

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Six months later he achieved his first jet carrier landing on the USS Essex which then set sail for Korea.

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Joseph County Airport Authority, said the jet attempted a landing about 4:15 p.m.

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Large flaps move out and down, placing the jet on a landing path at speeds similar to those of piston prop jobs.

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