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"Midnight in the Morning" UCAP151

Amy Laboda visits the virtual hangar this week. She and the boys talk about some crazy flight situations... Jack goes on a very Dave-like rant... and they eat some crow. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #151 "Midnight in the Morning"

Posted: 2009-08-29 | Recorded: 0000-00-00

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{{ http://uncontrolledairspace.com/img/2009/ZZ62BFD286.jpg}}Amy Laboda visits the virtual hangar this week. She and the boys talk about some crazy flight situations... Jack goes on a very Dave-like rant... and they eat some crow. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #151 "Midnight in the Morning"

Recorded: Wednesday, August 29, 2009

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

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

[[http://aviationforwomen.org/|Amy Laboda]],

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

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

• Don't try THIS at home!

  • [[http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/belmondo/video/x5wp9d_lhomme-de-rio|Crazy "stolen airplane" sequence from Brazilian movie.]]

• Aw crap! [[http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/StudentPilotFliesIntoD.C.|Student Pilot Violates Washington SFRA...]]

  • [[http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/25/dc.airspace.alert/index.html?iref=newssearch|...in the same Cessna 150 that did it in 2005!]]

  • Wonder how much trouble the CFI is in?

• Intros and Chit-Chat

• Let's talk "Stabilized Approaches" and "Unusual Airports"

  • [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PCOcyt7BPI&NR=1=/a|Video celebration of Hong Kong's old Kai Tak Airport ]]

  • Now there were some pilots!

• [[http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/2009/september/honeymooners0909.html|RV10 story]] problem.

  • Did he or didn't he (build it?) The story says "no", but does his certificate say "yes"?

• Critical Pilot Knowledge: [[http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/jun/03/all-in-a-days-work/|Knowing the appropriate time to FREAK OUT!!!]]

  • Follow-up on 17 year old who had an OFLOTW

• RANT: TFRs galore

  • IFR excepted

  • Ryder trucks excepted

  • Martha's Vineyard [[http://www.biplanemv.com/index.shtml|Biplane operator]] shut down by the TFR

• LSA [[http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2009/090812sportpilot.html|training logging ]]mess.

• [[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pilot-killed23-2009aug23,0,6096072.story|We lost Vicki Cruse]] this weekend.

  • A fine aerobatic pilot. Californian. Women in Aviation member. Leader in ICAS.

• Shout Outs

  • Eating crow regarding the Apollo 11 quarantine (Jack)

    • OK, we give - there was no tunnel!

  • [[http://www.collegeparkaviationmuseum.com/Events/AirFair100.htm|Happy 100th College Park!]] (Dave)

    • The nation's first aerodrome? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CollegeParkAirport|Wikipedia entry]]

  • Jack meets a listener at the Sanford Airport LSA Expo (Jack)

    • "FranSan" is a Spanish listener who is about to start Sport Pilot training at KSFM

    • "I came up here for training because I heard about it on the podcast"

  • Kudos to long-time managers of DC-area airports for keeping them alive, post 9/11 (Jeb)

  • [[http://www.wai.org|Women in Aviation International]] has [[http://www.wai.org/education/scholarships.cfm|Scholarships!]] (Amy)

  • [[http://www.aopa.org/asf/|Say It Right!]] - Thanks to Bruce Landsberg and the good folks at Air Safety Foundation. (Dave)

• Guest Disclaimer: Will Hawkins

• UCAP Theme: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby

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