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"Turned Up To Eleven" UCAP439

Flying out into the Gulf of Mexico... Flying the eclipse... US buys two new Air Force Ones... New procedures at SFO so no one lands on taxiway... AOPA ATC privatization checklist... UCAP 11th birthday... Flight following after ADS-B... All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace. Recorded August 24, 2017.

Posted: 2017-08-25 | Recorded: 2017-08-24

• Vuelos a Cuba: Flying your bug-smasher to Cuba or around the Caribbean in general (00:00:10)
• Intros and Chit-Chat (00:15:30)
• 2 Air Force 1: USAF and Boeing deal moves towards VC-25A replacement (00:25:45)
• Air Canada Redux: Follow-ups on the nearly-disastrous event at SFO (00:30:00)
  • SFO makes procedural changes
  • SJ Mercury News Questions the FAA's response
• Tip Jar Jack solicits your support (00:34:40)
• Privatization? Not confirmed!: AOPA issues ATC Privatization Emergency Checklist (00:35:35)
• We're Eleven! Eleven year anniversary of the first UCAP episode - yikes! (00:38:00)
• Flight Following After ADSB: From the UCAP Forums (00:49:11)
• Shout Outs (00:58:50)
  • There's still time to get your ADS-B Rebate
  • Thanks to the NTSB for their SafetyCompass Blog
  • Jamie Beckett and his AirCam
    • Facebook post with in-flight video
  • NASA ASRS Callback #451
  • Complete plans for the de Havilland Mosquito found

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