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"Junior's First Flight" UCAP359

Just Kidding Go-Around... UL to the graduation... Near miss of sunbather... Hanscom G-IV crash... Subscribing to AEA... Bad USAToday... AOPA Airplane personality results... UCAP@OSH14 Plans... All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded June 20, 2014. Alt title: "Embrace the Horror", "Never Mind", "Mainstream Jeb"

Posted: 2014-06-23 | Recorded: 2014-06-20

• "Just Kidding" [added to Pilot/Controller Glossary? (00:01:15)
• Welcome and Chit-Chat (00:09:00)
• Ultralight Commencement: Dad flies son to graduation - local cops takes note. (00:13:50)
  • FOX6 News coverage
  • More local news coverage on YouTube
• Stun-on-a-Beach! German sunbather gets a close shave from landing Cherokee in this video (00:20:10)
• Hanscom G-IV Crash leaves some unanswered questions. (00:26:00)
• Gone West: Ed Swearingen - legendary aircraft designer. (00:33:18)
• Disclaimer: "If it ain't Baroque..." (00:35:40)
• AEA's Magazine: Is the hardcopy magazine available to mere mortals? (00:37:10)
  • Avionics News
• A Blizzard of Blowing Snow: GA organizations cry foul over USA Today hack-job on GA safety (00:39:10)
  • HuffPost blasts USA Today piece as "Unfit for Publication"
• Aircraft Personality quiz wrap-up - get your Mooney on! (00:59:20)
• Shoutouts
  • UCAP AirVenture Plans
  • Junior, the Sandhill Crane
  • Rotax: 25 years, 50,000 engines - video
  • Beaver Ballad - music video from the Fretless Bar Girls

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