"Happy Holidays" UCAP010

With the stress of not-yet-completed-holiday-shopping coloring their every word, Dave, Jeb and Jack still squander a morning talking about the latest GA goings-on. Dave reveals his true feelings about the airline industry. We introduce the shiny new UCAP Listener Line. Raytheon closes the deal to sell their aircraft operations, and what that will mean. A small Connecticut town "responds" to a successful emergency landing. The FAA seems ready to raise the mandatory airline pilot retirement age, we talk about what that might mean. We marvel at the new "dual crew license" plan. The big jet demo teams announce their 2007 schedules. And Dave tells about the restoration plans for "Doc".

Posted: 2006-12-21 | Recorded: 2006-12-21

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Christmas shopping progress report
Airlines rant
Introducing the UCAP Listener Line: 206-495-6532
Onex & Goldman Sachs to buy Raytheon aircraft division
Conn. town wants someone to pay for city response to successful emergency landing. Aero-news
Raising the airline pilot retirement age
Side effects of age-65 retirement
Keeping up with safety on future aircraft
Dual crew license. no-solo first officers?
Jet demo teams 2007 schedules
Blue Angels
Thunderbirds
Canadian Snowbirds
"Doc" B-29 restoration at Kansas Aviation Museum. Picture above from 360wichita.com.
Opening music: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby
Closing music: "Santa's Got an Airplane", The Beach Boys; "When I'm 64", The Beatles

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