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Guest: Dan Johnson, LSA Manufacturers Association. Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #249 Recorded: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:00:00 -0400 Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson Shownotes | Direct link to mp3 audio file of show (right-click to download/save). Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark Closing Theme: “Sledgeflattener”, Thomas Dolby

Do people really think that if they post a comment to a blog, and give as their name: “Penis Enlargement Pill”, that they won’t get blocked as spam? Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot!

A little while back I posted a video of what I judged to be a very cool invocation at the start of a NASCAR race. I confess that, at the time I posted it, I was uncertain how real it was. But it was fun, so I showed it to you. This, on the other [...]

Not to make this an all-Fallows-all-the-time blog, but this short piece by James Fallows’ wife Deborah does a pretty good job of identifying and exposing one of the reasons we fly: the sense of adventure. It also highlights the fact we can see the world as no one else. Recommended… Jeb

Got this email from Girls With Wings founder, AcroCamper, and AvPal, Lynda Meeks. This is a good cause, consider it. Dear Girls With Wings Supporter, I am writing this email to let you know of a plan we have in the works for the first weekend in October at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (http://www.oldrhinebeck.org ) [...]

Comes now this piece from James Fallows, comparing and contrasting Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) and his news-making flight last year with Myrtle Rose’s a few days ago. He raises an excellent question. We’ll keep an ear to the ground for news on how the FAA treats Ms. Rose. If any reader comes across something, send [...]

I’m not a very actively religious guy. But if this was the invocation at my local airshow I’d be OK with it. Boogity Boogity Boogity AMEN UPDATE: Turns out this is a slightly modified version of the original prayer. Here’s the original.

Over in the UCAP Forums listeners are talking about this unusual airplane. The Stipa-Caproni. Wikipedia | UCAP Forums

The UCAP gang are all back in their respective homes. Recovering from Oshkosh and getting back into the real life thing. Recorded: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:00:00 -0400 Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson Shownotes here. Direct link to mp3 audio file of show (right-click to download/save). Photo: From “The Mission” episode of Amazing Stories.

Myrtle Rose is a 75-year-old widow who, according to news reports, has been flying “since the mid-1960s and even performed as a wing walker until five or six years ago.” She’s in the news this week, but not because her award-winning Piper J-3 Cub has a teddy bear strapped into its front seat. Instead, her [...]