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====== Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #141 "Bad Cronkite" ======

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Remembering Apollo 11... Three OFLOTWs... and Jack visits another hangar. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #141 "Bad Cronkite"

Recorded: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

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

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

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

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

• Where were YOU 40 years ago next month?

  • [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11|40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing]]

• Intros and Chit-Chat

• Who's that guy on the [[http://pilotwill.libsyn.com/|Pilot's Flight PodLog?]]

• Guns-drawn Customs "Check" draws pilot protests

  • [[http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/PilotProtestsCustomsCheck_200519-1.html|AvWeb Story on scary ramp check]]

  • [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=853&p=4213#p4213|UCAP Forum discussion]]

• Scaled-down B-17 and other "interesting" airplanes

  • [[http://www.eaa.org/experimenter/articles/2009-06_womb.asp|EAA's "fractional" B-17 story]]

    • [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=858&p=4231#p4231|UCAP Forum discussion]]

  • [[http://www.lazair.com/|Lazair]]

  • [[http://www.flyhummel.com/hummel_bird.htm|Hummel Bird]]

• **OFLW **

  • Plane Makes [[http://www.newsnet5.com/akroncanton/19744999/detail.html|Emergency Landing On Road]]

    • Pilot is the 2009 winner of NIFA's spot-landing contest!

  • Man, 83, [[http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Man-Lands-Plane-on-Expressway.html|Lands Plane on Expressway]]

    • Discussion: Should a stretch of road be your first choice?

  • [[http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/19768871/detail.html|Ann Arbor golfcourse landing]]

• Electric Plane flies, [[http://www.airventure.org/news/2009/090617_yuneec.html|hopes for OSH unveiling]]

• Bamboo Bomber followup

  • from listener (and Voice Talent) [[http://www.mikeblakeney.com/index.html|Mike Blakeney]]

• Flight Safety International offers Free Training to laid-off pilots, techs

  • [[http://www.flightsafety.com/fsproficiencyprotection.php|Proficiency Protection Program...generous, smart...]]

• Shout Outs

  • [[http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/SamWilliamsFounderOfWilliamsIntl.DiesAtAge88_200603-1.html|Dr. Sam Williams, R.I.P.]]

    • Genius behind [[http://www.williams-int.com/|Williams International]] was 88...passed June 22.

  • [[http://www.randyarmadillo.com/flying/2009/05/memorial-day-to-remember.html|Flying Man Blog ]]

    • thanks, listener "dcfly"

  • All those searching for Air France 447

• Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark

• UCAP Theme: “Sledgeflattener”, Thomas Dolby

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