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The boys get up early for a little bit of weekday-morning hangar flying. Jeb and Jack talk about a recent flying adventure... a California off-field landing... and they all agree that skydivers are crazy. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #183 "A Nervous Bird"

Recorded: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

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

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

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

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

• Hey, watch this! Crazy Skydiver/Glider Tricks

  • Skydiver moves between gliders mid-air: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zok7LltWU0E|YouTube video]]

  • Hold on! Skydiver grabs glider in flight: [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1265891/Hold-think-youre-going-Skydiver-grabs-gliders-tail-fin-fly-2-100-metres-100mph.html|Daily Mail link]]

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

• Flying the Champ: Jack and Jeb fly the Aeronca Champ

  • We don'need no steenking [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnandbank_indicator|Turn and Bank Indicator!]]

    • or electrical system, or stall warning device, or hearing protection, or...

• "Fourth Approach" vs. "Fourth Turn" The Polish crash in Russia

  • This [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1354&p=6905#p6912|UCAP listener says]] the "fourth turn" in Russia is the "turn to final"

• OFLOTW: Emergency Landing on Highway 50

  • [[http://www.kcra.com/news/22557388/detail.html|Sacramento News story]]

• Getting the Lead Out: [[http://www.epa.gov/otaq/aviation.htm|EPA and Industry respond]] to pressure from environmental groups

• //Shout Outs//

  • [[http://www.learntoflyday.com/|Learn to Fly Day: May 15th]] Get out there and share your passion!

  • [[http://www.aviastar.org/index2.html|Virtual Aircraft Museum]]

  • Listener Keith McQueen, for [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1355|posting a link to the SR-71 Flight Manual]]

• Guest Disclaimer: Mike Morgan

• UCAP Theme: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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