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====== Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #262 "A Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel" ======

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Auto vs. Boeing crash... Chart data to move behind paywall?... Odd Chopper crash. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded November 15, 2011

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

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

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

[[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/eps/UCAP262.mp3|Direct link]] to mp3 audio file of show (right-click to download/save).

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

• Ramp Rash: Airport van [[http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/815658/AirportvanhitsparkedplaneinChina.html|hits parked plane in China]]

  • Jack's Archer vs. Jeep story

  • Dave's Tale of the Too-Tall Gator

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

  • The first guest intro: Royce Ehrle

• Live from the Palazzo: [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/tmp/IMG_3277.JPG|Jack's Vegas view]]

• Tip o' the Wing: Jim Greenwood, Gone West

  • Jim's [[http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/profiles/article.asp?id=371|citation from 2004 Kansas Aviation Honor Awards]] (scroll down)

  • Oral History: [[http://www.youtube.com/results?searchquery=n1014f+greenwood&oq=n1014f+greenwood&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gssm=e&gs_upl=30623l39958l0l40422l16l16l0l11l0l0l208l753l1.3.1l5l0|Jim Greenwood YouTube interviews]]

• Bargain Bird? Dave likes a Navion, but Jeb has doubts...

  • [[http://www.trade-a-plane.com/keyword-search?s-type=&keyword=navion|Trade-A-Plane search on "Navion"]] (Dave's 1946 Navion listing was gone)

• You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Loose Wheel! [[http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2056-full.html#205716|Dash 8 loses wheel on takeoff.]]

• Burt Can't Stop designing... [[http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/2011-11-10_rutan.asp|Burt Rutan designing "combination wing ship and seaplane"]] in his retirement.

• No Chart Data for You! [[http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAAToChargeForOnlineCharts205722-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS|FAA to charge companies, deny individual access]]

  • [[https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/ask-faa-reversal-charge-government-approach-data-downloads-and-not-allowing-individuals-access-them/Hg1nqTJy?utmsource=wh.gov&utmmedium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl|Petition FAA to reverse this policy on whitehouse.gov]]

• OFLOTW: All [[http://www.indystar.com/article/20111105/LOCAL0104/111050323/Copter-had-fly-below-clouds-before-crash?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CIndyStar.com|walk away from helicopter's "hard landing".]] apparently with only minor injuries.

  • The aircraft rolled on landing, and was destroyed in a subsequent fire.

  • [[http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111104X91020&key=1|NTSB Preliminary Accident Report]]

• UCAP Listener Survey! Please take it (once...) [[http://www.uncontrolledairspace.com/survey/fall2011.php|Survey Link]]

• It's a Car! It's a Plane! It's a UCAP listener who [[http://www.terrafugia.com/|works for Terrafugia!]]

• //Shout Outs//

  • Steve Nusbaum, for "flying the airplane" while having a heart attack. Sadly he has passed.

  • Bill Doty, 2011 Hidden River spot landing winner

  • UCAP listeners who attended the UCAP meetup at Barnes (KBAF) on 11/5/11 )and to the cool military aircraft that were there!)

  • Petition to reverse nav-charts data paywall. (see story/link above)

  • Civil Air Patrol, 70 years old on December 1!

• Guest Intro: Royce Ehrle

• Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark

• Closing Theme: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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