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"GTFO" UCAP285

Guest: "Chris" the retired B-52 pilot. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded May 3, 2012.

Posted: 2012-05-15 | Recorded: 2012-05-03

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Guest: "Chris" the retired B-52 pilot. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded May 3, 2012.

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

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

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

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

• Crashing Party The Discovery Channel crashes a 727 for science, pilot must GTFO first.

  • Discovery Channel [[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/29/discovery-channel-crashes-a-passenger-jet-for-science-documentary/131319/|Press Release]]

  • [[http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2012/04/boeing-727-crash-landed-in-mexican-desert/683824/1|Video of crash]] on USA Today website

  • 1981 Anti-Misting Kerosene (AMK) experimental crash "failing enthusiastically" [[http://youtu.be/Y33N0raKZBo|in YouTube NASA video]]

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

• OSH NOTAM is out!

  • [[https://secure.eaa.org/airventure/notam_request.html|Download or request hardcopy]]

  • Register for June 21st [[https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/147432010|Flying into AirVenture EAA Webinar]]

• Gulf Spiral [[http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=2573?WT.mcid=120427epilot&WT.mcsect=gan|Bruce Landsberg's take on the Cessna 421C]] that went into the gulf of Mexico

• Damn this Traffic Jam North Korea [[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-02/flights-disrupted-as-north-korea-jams-gps-signals/3985794|disrupts South Korean airline traffic]] with GPS jamming signals

• Drone Wars Comments to the FAA's NPRM on UAS test sites indicate that [[http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2012/04/pilots-drones-pose-major-safety-threat-civilian-air-space/55455/|pilots see them as a major safety threat in civilian airspace]]

• Raptor Rapture A small number of [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57424710/air-force-leader-some-pilots-want-to-avoid-f-22/|F-22 pilots ask not to fly,]] fearing hypoxia.

  • Follow up: [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57434777/pentagon-limits-f-22-fighter-flights/?tag=re1.channel|CBS News Story: Pentagon restricts F-22 flights]]

• Amelia's Airplane A breakthrough in the search?

  • [[http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/2012/may/briefing.html#ooid=U5aDQ4NDrXk9qkwEkAoFORwwl1c-aUeT|AOPA video (scroll down)]]

  • [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57400586/amelia-earhart-mystery-attracts-hillary-clinton/|CBS News Story]]

• Buffs2OSH? 60th Anniversary of the B-52. Could it fly into [[http://www.airnav.com/airport/osh|OSH?]]

  • Chris jumps in and says it's the width, not the length that's the problem.

• Winglets Advance Boeing reveals new [[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2246|Advanced Technology winglet for 737 MAX]]

• //Shout Outs//

  • Lynda Meeks and her [[http://girlswithwings.com/scholarshipmain.html|Girls With Wings Scholarships]]

  • EAA 88 in Wichita and their [[http://www.eaa.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=13154|49th Air Capital Fly-in,]] July 7th

  • John Glenn on the [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46428980/ns/technologyandscience-space/t/godspeed-john-glenn-years-first-us-orbit/#.T6BzZrNSSnk|50th anniversary of his first U.S. orbital flight]]

  • [[http://www.topgunday.com/|Top Gun Day]] - maybe next year!

• Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark

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

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