UCAP Blog

Five years ago TODAY, Jeb, Dave and I recorded the very first episode of the UCAP Podcast. Go figure. The shownotes say Aug 24, which was the date the episode was posted on the net.

Here’s a screengrab from Google Street View. The view is from Indian Trail which passes beside Ray Community Airport, the location of next week’s AcroCamp 2. Anything hit you about this pic? First, the end of the runway (Rwy 27) is very close to the public road from which Google did its survey. That’s good, [...]

Today seems to be a big day for blog posts that are only vaguely aviation related. Here’s another: Higdon found this.

Probably a little outside of the mission of this blog, but cool nevertheless. I’m really getting into this kind of Maker stuff. I think this falls outside of Dave’s criteria for “flyable” though.

Yessiree, today’s the birthday of the first human acknowledged and credited for successfully operating a heavier-than-air machine from level ground… Mr. Wright, Orville, would be 140 today and as he was at his death on Jan. 30, 1948, be even more amazed by the progress of aviation in the post-World War II years…ultralights to light-sport [...]

Here’s an episode which was recorded back before Oshkosh, which due to the OSH workload got delayed in the pipeline. Still lots of good stuff here though. Guest: Steve Tupper (Photo: Steve Tupper’s twitpics) Recorded: Tue, 12 July 2011 18:00:00 -0400 Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Steve Tupper, Jack Hodgson Shownotes | Direct link to mp3 audio file of show [...]

Over on Google Plus, Max Trescott reminds us that the historic airship hangar “Hangar One” is in a very precarious state: If you’re in Silicon Valley and look at the south end of Hangar One at Moffett Field, you’ll see that a large amount of siding has been removed, exposing the hangar’s inner framework to [...]

There are lots of these out there. This is just one I came across today. Two things of note: The very first airplane in the video touches down, then appears to bounce just as the video cuts away. I want to see the rest of that landing(s). 2nd: The Boeing Dreamliner landed with its nose [...]

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) publicly urged her colleagues on Friday to end the deadlock and fully fund the FAA and its programs. Without a long-term authorization, the FAA can’t plan effectively for major renovation projects or a badly needed overhaul of our air traffic control system. Read entire article. (Notable trivia: No biz jets in [...]