Sentences with phrase «flights of geese»

As the sun comes up over Arkansas, we see flights of geese overhead and ducks in the flooded rice fields between the woodlands.

In Hale we meet Maggie's jovial but hard - drinking dad (Paul Dooley), who is a good sport, assuming he has to pay for all the weddings; her best friend Peggy (Joan Cusack), a hair stylist who reads omens in the flights of geese, and Maggie's grandma Julia (Jean Schertler), whose theory is that it's not the wedding Maggie is afraid of, but the wedding night.

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As the aspen turn gold and the robins re-gather and the first flights of southbound geese murmur overhead during the night, another farming season, too, draws to close.

The crash landing of a US Airways flight on the Hudson River in New York City in 2009 minutes after takeoff was thanks to a flock of geese hitting the plane.

A study in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment shows that the birds that took down U.S. Airways Flight 1549 were migrating geese, not a local N.Y.C. population — important info for development of aviation bird avoidance techniques.

The animals expend more energy per minute of flight than any other bird, surpassing even the previous champion, the bar - headed goose, famed for flying over the Himalayas.

Plus, Charles Bishop discusses the «roller - coaster» flight strategy of bar - headed geese as they migrate across the Himalayas between their breeding and wintering grounds.

This print of geese in flight is presented in warm hues on canvas and is framed in crisp white making it an exquisite focal point for your space.

WHAT: On January 15, 2009, commercial airline pilot Captain Chesley «Sully» Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the middle of the Hudson River when the plane struck a flock of geese shortly after takeoff.

Although the descent of Flight 1549 after it struck a flock of geese is depicted several times, including the nightmare from which Sully awakens in the opening scene, the bulk of the film concerns what happens next, especially the increasingly hostile investigation by a panel accusing Sully and his first officer, Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart), of endangering their passengers by refusing to try for LaGuardia or Newark.

Certainly, it's easy to think of a real fast - thinking heroic pilot in Captain Sully Sullenberger, the man who safely landed a US Airways flight on the Hudson River in 2009 to great fanfare, a near - tragedy caused by a flock of Canada Geese.

The magic of Kiki is the girl's sense of wonder in her new world, whether it's her soaring flight among the migrating geese or a bicycle ride with Tombo (Matthew Lawrence) to see the dirigible.

During a routine flight between New York and Cleveland, all hell breaks loose after a flock of geese ravage the engines, resulting in total power loss.

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The sun is nearly set by 9 p.m. Small flocks of Canada geese are beginning their flight training.