Watch “Virgin Flight” from Top Story! Weekly Episode 197: “Do You Know Who I Am?”

A story about how passengers on Virgin America can now buy each other drinks gave me an excuse to bring back Top Story! Weekly’s favorite hero pilot who crash landed a plane in the Hudson River saving 155 people’s lives!

VIRGIN FLIGHT by Michael Hughes

Starring Phillip Wilburn (Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger), Kipleigh Brown (Teri) and Josh Rachford (Chad)

Directed by Michael Hughes

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Watch “¿Que EL Hache?” from Top Story! Weekly Episode 66: “Lost in a Mosque-erade”

We have a lot of fun in Top Story! Weekly with Phillip Wilburn‘s characterization of Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger – so much fun that we had just done a Sully sketch the previous week when the JetBlue/Steven Slater story broke. But when Aires Flight 8250 crashed and all but one passenger survived…well, the temptation to go back to the Sully well was just too strong. And I’m glad I did since this sketch turned out really well. And fun fact: the real-life sister of the actor who plays the reporter who ID’s Sully was actually on Flight 1549!

The pilot who saved 130 lives when he crash landed Aires Flight 8250 on the Colombian island of San Andrés is hailed as a hero – except by a certain other hero pilot who crash landed a plane into the Hudson River to save 155 people’s lives!

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¿QUE EL HACHE? by Michael Hughes – from Top Story! Weekly Episode 66: “Lost in a Mosque-erade”

Starring Phillip Wilburn (Captain Chelsey B. “Sully” Sullenberger), Brent Pope (Colombian Pilot), Gregg Lopez (Aires Airlines Spokesperson), Brian O’Connell (Reporter), Tammie Smalls (Reporter), Melissa Okey (Reporter), Rebecca Stevens (Reporter), Sean Cowhig (Reporter) and Derek Reid (Reporter)

Directed by Michael Hughes

Watch “Ashes to Ashes” from Top Story! Weekly Episode 49: “No More Kings”

Here’s a sketch I wrote about the air traffic chaos resulting from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull. When you have to fly safely through a volcanic plume, you need a hero – especially a hero who crash-landed a plane into the Hudson River saving 155 lives!

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ASHES TO ASHES by Michael Hughes – from Top Story! Weekly Episode 49: “No More Kings”

Starring Phillip Wilburn (Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger), Matthew Harris (Andrews), Matt Moore (Walters), Kipleigh Brown (Jenny) and Shannon Ayers (Reykjavik Air Traffic Control)

Directed by Michael Hughes