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...legend to flourish. In this slim volume, William Langewiesche lets some of the air out of Sully's soaring mystique. The Vanity Fair correspondent, a professional aviator himself, hails the captain as a "superb pilot" whose "extraordinary concentration" helped save the lives of 150 passengers and five crew members after his Airbus A320 struck a flock of Canada geese and lost thrust in both engines. In the aftermath of the averted tragedy, Sully became a national hero, feted by all but a few stray critics carping over his inevitable book deal and talk-show victory lap. Langewiesche...
...join the crew in pushing the boat off the beach. Then jump in and jam your feet into the ropes on the boat floor as the captain guns the outboards. Bottlenose dolphins are common - look for fins breaking the surface. Humpbacks also abound in season (August to November). Graceful mantas can be spotted by their white undersides as they turn backflips under the surface. But there is nothing, of course, to beat seeing a whale shark. These leviathans evolved more than 60 million years ago, and swimming with one is the marine equivalent of walking with a dinosaur. See visitmozambique.net...
Captain and skipper Liz Powers and sophomore crew Marie Appel placed 14th in the B division with 93 points. Harvard’s total score of 176 was uncompetitive, as the top three schools posted scores below 120. Boston College won with 107 points...
Harvard hosted the co-ed division of the ACCs this weekend, where the Crimson took eighth place over 10 races. Junior captain and skipper Alan Palmer and classmate crew Grace Charles dominated the A division, placing fifth overall and posting both a first- and second-place finish...
...division, Himler and sophomore crew Annie DeAngelo finished 11th. Their 97 points gave the Harvard contingent a total of 168 points, a far cry from top finisher Boston College’s 99 points but still a solid result for a young team...