"Gear Door Wedgie" UCAP371

747 landing gear problem... Interesting turboprop jump plane... ETOPS Redux... AirAsia Airbus probably down in Java Sea... All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded December 30, 2014.

Posted: 2015-01-07 | Recorded: 2014-12-30

Gear Door Wedgie: Virgin 747 gets jammed up and bounces it in at Gatwick (00:00:12)
- Picture of the jammed gear
- Video of the landing {starts immediately, has ads}
Welcome and Chit-Chat (00:11:00)
Jumping the Myth: Jack discovers the jump plane used in Mythbusters Episode 120 (00:14:30)
ETOPS EMAIL: Listener "ruckin" contributed by email on this topic (00:22:32)
- As did listenerjarheadpilot82 in the forums
AirAsia Flight 8501 Airliner missing over the Java Sea (00:28:54)
Disclaimer: "Masterpiece Pilotage " (00:39:15)
Why do Students Quit? Is it anxiety, or does automation take the fun out of it? (00:41:00)
- Journal article on retention of manual skills in the automated cockpit
Shout Outs (01:02:50)
- UCAP at Sebring's U.S. Sport Aviation Expo
  - Sebring Meetup thread on the UCAP Forum
- NAA awards Wright Trophy to Bob Hoover
- Slate Magazine's 25 Best Podcast Episodes Ever
- Bonus Material from Episode #370 - the second time around on the comet landing story
- 45th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission
  - Earthrise video
  - IMDB entry on "From the Earth to the Moon" series
Bonus Content
- Some additional conversation on the Pole Rounding story from episode #370
- Bonus Material from Episode #370 - the second time around on the comet landing story

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