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"Going Haywire" UCAP156

Back home and rested after their Kansas adventure, the boys remember the experience and lick a few wounds. Dave tells us about a really expensive new toy... Jeb marvels over a 737 vs. a flock-o-birds... and Jack is really starting to get the itch. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #156 "Going Haywire"

Posted: 2009-10-07 | Recorded: 0000-00-00

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Back home and rested after their Kansas adventure, the boys remember the experience and lick a few wounds. Dave tells us about a really expensive new toy... Jeb marvels over a 737 vs. a flock-o-birds... and Jack is really starting to get the itch. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #156 "Going Haywire"

Recorded: Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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

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

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

[[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/eps/UCAP156.mp3|Direct link]] to mp3 audio file of show (right-click to download/save).

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

• From the "Dude, Get a Life" file

  • [[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555068,00.html?test=latestnews|Stalking by Airplane]] story

    • WKRP in Cincinnati [[http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1499909/5115198|"Great Turkey Bomb"]] video clip

• Intros and Chit-Chat

• The Phantom Episode from Ponca City

• Wichita Trip Recap ([[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgh|Jack's Flickr page]] for related photos)

  • Leg 1: UCAP World HQ to Sarasota FL by HMT (Human Mailing Tube)

  • Leg 2: Sarasota FL to [[http://www.flywichita.org/|Wichita Mid-Continent]] via "Air Debbie"

  • Leg 3: [[http://www2.bombardier.com/en/30/32/3215/3151.html|Bombardier Safety Stand-down]]

  • Leg 4: Meetup at [[http://www.hangaronesteakhouse.com/|Hangar 1 Restaurant]]

  • Leg 5: Aviation Boosters Breakfast at [[http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPNC|Ponca City Airport]]

  • Leg 6: Visit to [[http://www.airnav.com/airport/71K|Dead Cow International]], aka Westport Airport, 71K

  • Leg 7: [[http://www.yelp.com/biz/sumo-by-nambara-wichita-2|Sumo Restaurant, Wichita]]

  • Leg 8: IFR back to Sarasota

  • Leg 9: HMT back to UCAP HQ

• Jack Gets Serious about buying an airplane

  • So much to consider, and how do you keep the boy down on the farm ([[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgh/3991440104/|in a 150?]])

  • FAA [[http://forms.faa.gov/infonew.asp?formnumber=337|Form 337]]

• Birdstrike! [[http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/PlanespotterCapturesBirdstrike_201248-1.html|B737 impacts (and ingests) a flock of Starlings]]

  • Check out the large version, and look for the red smudges at the root leading edge - yuck!

• KFD 840 [[https://www.bendixking.com/apexedgeseries/KFD840/index.html|PFD Wins its Wings]]

  • Standalone 6-pack replacement for only $17,000!

• Jack Flies (along on) the Potomac Visual

  • [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_Nj28W9m8|Video of approach to Washington Reagan National's Runway 19]]

• An Elected Official who "Gets It"

  • [[http://www.aviationacrossamerica.org/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?id=21347|Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue proclaims importance of G.A. to GA]]

===== Shout Outs =====

• [[http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_357.html|The Latest NASA Callback newsletter,]] and the [[http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/|ASRS (Aviation Safety Reporting System)]]

• Thanks to all of the folks we met in Wichita!

• Continued best wishes to Terry Fowler as he recovers.

• [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=124|rcigliano]] and the [[http://thenewpilotpodblog.blogspot.com/|"New Pilot PodBlog"]]

  ==== Credits ====

• Guest Disclaimer: The Denver Katana Pilots' Repertory Opera Company, under the baton of Maestro Royce Ehrle.

• UCAP Theme: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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