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"King Tut" UCAP287

Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded May 17, 2012.

Posted: 2012-05-23 | Recorded: 2012-05-17

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Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded May 17, 2012.

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

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

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

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

• No Turns: An [[http://rgl.faa.gov/RegulatoryandGuidanceLibrary/rgSAIB.nsf/dc7bd4f27e5f107486257221005f069d/95f527a33b560afd86257a01006f16ca/$FILE/CE-12-31.pdf|SAIB is issued for certain AHRS units.]] An avionics [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgecase|edge case]] for sure, but ooops...

• //Intros and Chit-Chat//

• SP is for "Speedy" [[http://www.airliners.net/photo/Iran-Air/Boeing-747SP-86/2103188/L/&sid=65b7495c7bc31366510c161057dc89a6|In-flight cockpit photo]] of Iran Air 747SP.

• Mama Bird Legendary aviator [[http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/11/152504446/mama-bird-evelyn-johnson-dies-at-102-logged-7-years-of-flight-time|Evelyn Johnson, dead at 102.]]

• EAB, by NTSB NTSB presents findings of Safety Study on Experimental Amateur Built aircraft.

  • [[http://www.capitolconnection.net/capcon/ntsb/ntsb.htm|NTSB Webcast Archive - look for May 22]] (available for 3 months after meeting)

• TacoCopter: [[http://tacocopter.com/|Coming soon to your neighborhood?]]

  • Not so much... [[http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/28/business/la-fi-tn-tacocopter-internet-hoax-20120328|LA Times says it's a hoax]]

• OFLOTW: Just Dropping In [[http://m.nbcmiami.com/nbcmiami/pm_108209/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=pwGcjAhe|A Hot Air Balloon in the neighborhood.]]

• OFLOTW: Kittyhawk Found A [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9257499/WWII-plane-found-frozen-in-time-deep-in-the-Sahara.html|WWII P40 "Kittyhawk" discovered in the Sahara.]]

  • [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9264072/Pilot-of-lost-Second-World-War-plane-to-be-buried.html|More on the P-40's pilot]]

• F-22 Limits Set [[http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2213-full.html#206700|SecDef Leon Panetta to set flight limits for the Raptor]] (again) due to questions over oxygen system problems.

• //Listener Questions//

  • From DJTorrente: AvGas vs. MoGas when the aircraft can use either?

  • From Alan Smithee: Can any plane be hand-propped?

• //Shout Outs//

  • Randy Babbitt - drunk driving charges dismissed

• Guest Disclaimer: Mike Morgan

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

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