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"Out Past Pahrump" UCAP290

Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded June 11, 2012.

Posted: 2012-06-18 | Recorded: 2012-06-11

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Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded June 11, 2012.

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

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

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

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

• Global Splat: [[http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/11/us/maryland-drone-crash/index.html?eref=mrssigooglecnn|RQ-4A Global Hawk "drone" crashes in Maryland.]]

  • [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/64|Map of U.S. drone sites at wired.com/dangerroom]]

  • [[http://threeriverproductions.libsyn.com/webpage/ucap3dontmakemelaugh_|UCAP Episode #3]] - our first mention of UAVs in the NAS

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

• Gato-copter [[http://boingboing.net/2012/06/06/dead-cat-transformed-into-taxi.html?utmsource=feedburner&utmmedium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29|Cat pelt as quad-copter]] - it's art!

  • [[http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/episode/2012/06/04/the-monday-edition-29/|"As it Happens" CBCradio show includes interview with the artist]] - about 17 minutes in.

• Dropper Chopper [[http://www.newschannel5.com/story/18649744/pilot-caught-on-video-letting-kids-using-helicopter-as-diving-board|picks up swimmers who take the plunge]]

  • [[http://www.darwinawards.com/slush/submit_story.html|Darwin Awards submissions page]]

• UCAP Mailbag yields tons of listener loot!

  • Lothar: [[http://www.maxsames.de/en/max-sames-blog/blog-details/9/|Lockheed Electra Junior prints]]

  • Brad: Big box o' German chocolate

  • Juan: Euro Aviation Charts

• Unplanned Departure: A Challenger [[http://www.aero-news.net/ANNTicker.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=8ba9776b-2a5e-40ac-a01e-f38d52940800|bizjet loses its door in flight.]]

• Spin Cycle Redux: Icon posts [[http://www.flyingmag.com/blogs/going-direct/spin-test-icon-a5-vs-cessna-150|side-by-side video of their A5 and a C-150]]

• EASA Light! The [[http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=seenewshome.php&newsid=1141689&paginachiamante=index.php|European Aviation Safety Agency allows certification of LSAs.]]

• //Shout Outs//

  • Jack's close encounter of the listener kind. (At the Palazzo Las Vegas)

  • Pre-OSH [[http://www.airventure.org/news/2012/120607_video.html|Prep video from EAA]]

  • The Dead Cow crew and Mike Hart

  • Mike Busch and [[http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/mikebuschsavvyaviatorengineanalysisfreeonline206769-1.html|SavvyAnalysis]]

• Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark

• Closing Theme inspired by: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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