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====== Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #276 "Flying Cats" ======

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Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded March 11, 2012.

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

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

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

[[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/eps/UCAP276.mp3|Direct link]] to mp3 audio file of show (right-click to download/save).

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

• VVVVVVIP Jet [[http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/business_aviation/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=2f16318d-d960-4e49-bc9f-86f1805f2c7f&plckPostId=Blog%3a2f16318d-d960-4e49-bc9f-86f1805f2c7fPost%3a35b244e7-10b7-4b9f-b12c-a3efbe2307e0&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest|Private 747-8 set for delivery.]] Can you say "Oil Money?"

  • Two is better than one! [[http://stratolaunch.com/news.html|The final frontier requires two 747s.]]

  • Dave says “I’d strap on this equipment!”

  • //Intros and Chit-Chat//

  • How Low Can You Go? [[http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=19448%2a|Top 10 Low Pass Flybys of All Time]] video

  • Size Matters... How long's //your// runway?

  • New Hampshire's [[http://airnav.com/airport/NH16|Brookline Airport]]

  • Florida's [[http://www.airnav.com/airport/22FA|Hidden River Airpark]]

  • Kansas's [[http://www.airnav.com/airport/71K|Westport Airport,]] aka "Dead Cow International"

  • Virginia's [[http://www.airnav.com/airport/w75|Hummel Field]]

  • Flying Cats [[http://books.google.com/books?id=759NpemodtEC&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false|Gordon Baxter's Flying Felines II]]

  • I Learned About Flying... from that. [[http://books.google.com/books?id=px4vAaePr0C&pg=PA104&source=gbstoc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false|Jeb's early contribution to Flying Magazine.]]

  • Not So Swift? GA News report on [[http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2012/03/05/our-fuels-expert-visits-swift-fuels-2/?utmsource=The+Pulse+Subscribers&utmcampaign=018d05bc11-RSSEMAILCAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email|Ben Visser's visit to Swift Fuels]]

  • Thoroughly Modern Rotax: [[http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/934131/brp-introduces-most-fuel-efficient-aircraft-engine-in-the-industry-the-rotax-912-is|BRP introduces fuel efficient Rotax 912 iS]]

  • [[http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2146-full.html#206291|AvWeb Story about the 912 iS]]

  • //Shout-Outs//

  • Bob Hoover [[http://blog.al.com/live/2012/02/vintagefighterplanelandssa.html|makes a house call.]]

  • The [[http://sun-n-fun.org/FlyIn/GettingHere/flying/arrivalProcedures.aspx|Sun'n'Fun NOTAM is out!]] Note the listed corrections.

  • John Sheehan, [[https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22john+sheehan%22+aopa&oq=%22john+sheehan%22+aopa&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gsl=hp.3...3589l7629l0l8303l19l14l0l0l0l0l1115l4770l2-5j1j6-1j2l9l0.eqn.1.&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.rgc.rpw.rcp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=1972f979ac548a7f&biw=1536&bih=757|retiring from AOPA/IAOPA.]]

  • Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark

  • Closing Theme inspired by: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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