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====== Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #218 "The Widdle of Minter" ======

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Amy Laboda joins us in the hangar. We critique a list of the best GA planes of all time... Amy tells us about GA in China... and we register our vote for one of this summer's AirVenture movies. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #218 "The Widdle of Minter"

Recorded: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:00:00 -0500

[[http://jeburnside.com|Jeb Burnside]],

[[http://davehigdon.biz|Dave Higdon]],

[[http://aviationforwomen.org/|Amy Laboda]],

[[http://jackhodgson.com|Jack Hodgson]]

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===== Show Notes =====

• A Crash Landing that wasn't [[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700090119/FAA-Plane-crash-report-in-Utah-or-Wyoming-a-hoax.html|Reported plane down a hoax?]]

• Don't Call Me Shirley! [[http://www.eaa.org/ehotline/poll/|Cast your vote for EAA to show "Airplane!"]] at AirVenture next year

• Best 10 GA Airplanes? [[http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/99619.aspx|A not very inspiring list.]] The gang tries to do better.

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

• Blowin' in the Wind WSI issues its [[http://www.wsi.com/d93d6817-d065-45d3-aea2-749e1e4f5d10/news-scheduled-forecast-release-details.htm|2011 Hurricane forecast]]

• iPad, or iLost? Four "no" votes here on using an iPad as primary navigation source

  • [[http://www.nafinet.org/APPLEIPADUSEDASAN_EFB.pdf|NAFI report on iPad as EFB]]

• Amy in China Amy's recent visit to the China aviation scene

  • Wichita should be scared...

• Out of Pocket? Of [[http://www.gizmag.com/pocket-airports-would-link-neighborhoods-by-air/17296/|Pocket Airports and and Suburban Air Vehicles]]

  • Did somebody crank up the WayBack Machine?

• HondaJet takes off FAA-conforming [[http://www.hondanews.com/channels/hondajet/releases/honda-achieves-first-flight-of-faa-conforming-hondajet?e=91c12d90-9669-49ef-8246-3b1ecd34d7bb|HondaJet makes first flight]]

• //Shout Outs//

  • [[http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-12-16_dc3.asp|75th Anniversary of DC-3's first flight]]

  • [[http://impdb.org/index.php?title=TheInternetMoviePlaneDatabase|The Internet Movie Plane Database]]

  • [[http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-12-16_gps.asp|Cyber-Skywriting:]] At least a little bit cool.

• Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark

• Closing Theme: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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