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"Lookout For That Old Weather" UCAP293

Hacking drones... In cockpit weather might be old... Pireps... LSAs not doing their paperwork?... Skycatchers barnstorming... The Pilot's Bill of Rights in the news just before Oshkosh, go figure... Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded June 29, 2012.

Posted: 2012-07-03 | Recorded: 2012-06-29

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Hacking drones... In cockpit weather might be old... Pireps... LSAs not doing their paperwork?... Skycatchers barnstorming... The Pilot's Bill of Rights in the news just before Oshkosh, go figure... Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded June 29, 2012.

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

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

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

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

• Hack-a-Drone [[http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18643134|University team redirects UAS]] by spoofing GPS signals

  • And while we're on the subject, here's a [[https://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=maryland+drone+crash&oq=maryland+drone+crash&gs_l=igoogle.3..0j0i22l3.15310.19443.0.19725.22.19.1.2.2.0.109.1426.18j1.19.0...0.0...1ac.wPyZZZTQCh8|Google search for "Maryland Drone Crash"]]

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

• Jack's San Diego [[http://aroundthefield.net/?p=84|trip report]]

  • [[http://www.midway.org/|USS Midway Museum]]

• Late for the Sky: [[http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/22/travel/pilots-weather-displays/index.html|Are cockpit weather displays misleading?]]

  • [[http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/safetyalerts/SA_017.pdf|NTSB safety alert]] (pdf)

• Listener Question: [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2497&p=11234#p11234|How often do you file PIREPS? When? Why Not?]]

• My Wrist Pin is missing: [[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/06/21/Airplane-part-crashes-through-mans-roof/UPI-83281340318438/|Engine part falls through roof of Maine home.]]

• LSA Paper Chase [[http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-29/sport-plane-makers-warned-by-faa-to-stop-evading-rules|FAA warns LSA makers to follow the rules]]

• Cessna Barnstorming [[http://www.kansas.com/2012/06/21/2382480/cessna-pilots-to-promote-skycatcher.html|Cessna's "Discover Flying Challenge" sends Skycatchers across the country.]]

• Bill of Rights Senator Inhofe's [[http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2012/120629pilots-bill-of-rights-passes-senate.html|Pilot's Bill of Rights passes in Senate.]]

• Doubling Pilots [[http://lifehacker.com/5920248/answer-what-kind-of-pilot-doubled-in-number-over-the-past-decade|Glider Pilots double their numbers over past decade.]]

• //Shout-Outs//

  • Peelable Spacers [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2485&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a|follow-up in the forums]]

  • Matt Gregory of WTHI TV, [[http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/illinois/an-antique-airplane-lands-in-the-valley|for distinguishing "either planes or jets" ]]for us.

  • University of Maryland [[http://dcist.com/2012/06/rememberthosehilariousimagesof.php|"Gamera II" team's world record flight.]]

  • [[http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2503|UCAP Events at OSH]]

  • [[http://www.nxtbook.com/allen/avne/49-4/#/22|"Sometimes You Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows"]] Avionics News story by Dave Higdon

• Guest Disclaimer: Royce Ehrle

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

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