Uncontrolled Airspace
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"Maybe Blue Ice" UCAP398

Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded February 22, 2016.

Posted: 2016-03-25 | Recorded: 2016-02-22

• Things That Go Bump in the Flight: A Colombian A320 impacts unknown object but continues on. (00:00:10)
• Intros and Chit-Chat (00:06:57)
• Jeb in Singapore: Jeb fills us in on his recent business trip to the Republic of Singapore for the Singapore Airshow (00:10:22)
• Follow-up: Jack, Jonathan, and the Boeing 717 Listener Jonathan Hardwick tweets some info on the Boeing 717, last of the DC-9 derivatives. (00:17:25)
• Merlin PSA: A "personal sport aircraft" from Aeromarine LSA could make aircraft ownership an option for more of us. (00:22:45)
  • South Lakeland Airport AirNav listing
• Upgrades for the Deb: Jeb is waiting patiently to get his airplane back with numerous improvements, including 2020 ADSB compliance (00:26:17)
• Hey, There is Booze in My Gas! A discussion sparked by use of E85 for hotrods in Australia and why it is not such a great idea for your airplane. (00:29:10)
  • The Vanguard Squadron - still flying on American Ethanol.
  • Auto Fuel STC from Petersen Aviation
• ATC Privatization (00:38:40)
  • EAA advocacy page on ATC privatization
  • NBAA advocacy "Contact Congress" page
• Shout Outs (00:57:40)
  • Canadian Forces Snowbirds to fly at Airventure Oshkosh 2016
  • New friends (and some UCAP listeners) from the Sonex Foundation
  • UCAP Swag Store
  • UCAP at Sun-n-Fun 2016
  • Definitely not a shout-out about a porn star making an emergency landing on a highway. Nope. Definitely not.

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