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====== Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #249 "Always On Fire" ======

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Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #249

Recorded: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:00:00 -0400

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

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

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

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

• The Medvedev Plan: High accident rate [[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/medvedevs-impossible-airplane-ban/440554.html|prompts proposed ban of certain Russian passenger planes.]]

• Nyet! Russian passengers [[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/11/tourists-on-burning-russian-jet-force-pilot-to-abandon-takeoff/|force pilot to abandon takeoff after engine fire.]]

• Did Whitehead Fly? Connecticut Discovery Center [[http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/entertainment/leisure/nm-ff33whitehead-20110809,0,3026260.story|celebrates Bridgeport man's reported flights,]] supposedly made two years before the Wrights' flights.

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

• Myrtle Rose Our pilot of the week!

  • [[http://www.ktul.com/story/15216974/private-pilot-explains-encounter-with-f-16s|Myrtle and the Presidential TFR.]]

  • [[http://nordonews.leebottom.com/2011/08/first-ever-non-governmental-tfr-issued.html|The Myrtle Rose Non-Governmental TFR]] at [[http://www.leebottom.com/index.html|Lee Bottom Flying Field]]

  • [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14428377|And one more story - with pictures of Myrtle and the Cub]] (and Teddy Bear)

• Sun-n-Fun Radio [[http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=klal|Year-round communication courtesy of Dave Shallbetter and LiveATC.net]]

• Lites at SnF [[http://sun-n-fun.org/NewsArticles/snfnamesleenhoutsnewpresident.aspx|Sun 'n Fun Fly-in Inc. has named its next President]]

• Volts on Floats! [[http://seaplaneforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=945&p=4408#p4408&utmsource=twitterfeed&utmmedium=twitter|Twin Lazair Electric Amphibian]]

• //Shout-Outs//

  • [[http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=29785|Summer Martell's Student Prince]]

  • The [[http://www.ladieslovetaildraggers.com/tag/summer-martell/|Ladies Love Taildraggers Fly-in]]

  • [[http://www.faa.gov/news/pressreleases/newsstory.cfm?newsId=12988|FAA Revamps Cockpit Program for controllers.]]

  • Skynet goes Hypersonic! [[http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/darpa-launches-loses-contact-with-hypersonic-aircraft.php?ref=fpblg|DARPA loses second test vehicle.]]

• Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark

• Closing Theme: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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