Mike Gracia

NEW YORK (AP) – Clint Eastwood will follow his box-office sensation
"American Sniper" with a biopic of pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
(above).

Warner Bros. announced Tuesday that Eastwood will direct and produce
the not-yet-titled drama as his next film. The film is to be adapted from
Sullenberger’s 2009 memoir, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really
Matters," which chronicles his personal history before he landed a US 
Airways plane in the Hudson River in New York (seen above) in 2009. 

                   Director Clint Eastwood

 
Camille Bohannon

The Lucky Lady II (bottom) being refuelled by a B-29M.

The crew members of the Lucky Lady II are greeted by Air Force
Secretary Stuart Symington and General Hoyt Vandenberg.

Howard Hughes with his record-setting Northrop Gamma

Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record. He flew from Los Angeles,
California to Newark Airport in New Jersey. The West to East flight took 7 
hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds to complete.

Hughes climbs out of the Northrop Gamma at Newark, New Jersey.