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"83 Wiseasses" UCAP321

(This is NOT an Sun n Fun episode.) We explore a well sourced story that claims that the Wright Brothers weren't the first... When is it OK to ignore the instructions of air traffic control... And... From the faces of babes, a little girl reminds us about the joy of flying. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded Mar 21, 2013. Alternate titles: "Sturm & Drang", "83 Wiseasses", "I got mine!", "Tears down to the surface", "Happy hour at the fubar", "More dollars than sense"

Posted: 2013-04-08 | Recorded: 2013-03-21

• Wrights Wrong? Jane's All the World's Aircraft says Whitehead flew in 1901
  • Smithsonian's Crouch fires back at the claim
• Lainey's First Airplane Ride The million dollar video for general aviation?
• Crew Ignores ATC orders to go-around, while a technician searches for his lost van...
• Drones and More Drones NYT article on the impending boom in "drone" business
  • Markey's proposed drone privacy amendment
• Bulldozers on the Mountain: Utah mountain ridge home to paragliders, but mining will scrape it clean
• NTSB's 5 GA Safety Alerts Board issues reminders of the big 5 in preventable GA accidents
• ABC News Story twists interviews, stretches truth, ignores facts
• Award-Winning Controller gets furlough notice

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