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"Like an Artichoke" UCAP390

Weird multicopter... Spitfire OFLOTW... Reno racer burns on the ground enroute to Nevada... FAA reauth and 3rd class medical reform... Burning Man airport... All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded September 11, 2015. "It's like cigarettes in prison"

Posted: 2015-10-29 | Recorded: 2015-09-11

• Peeling the Avocado An aircraft that Dave won't fly. (00:00:15)
  • Is this a ROFL-Copter, or a thing with potential?
  • ROFL-Copter On YouTube {video starts immediately}
• Welcome and Chit-Chat (00:11:07)
• OFLOTW: Spitfire plows a fresh furrow, pilot OK (00:14:40)
• Molten Metal Reno racer "Precious Metal" burns at refueling stop (00:20:23)
• MH370: Found but Lost 777 flaperon washes up on Reunion Island (00:24:40)
• Flying Naked in the Desert: Burning Man Airport (00:30:10)
  • AOPA's Dave Hirschman's article on flying into Black Rock City
  • AirNav page for 88NV, Black Rock City Airport
  • The 88NV-Burningman website
• Shout Outs (00:39:15)
  • Capt. Chris Henkey's "last flight" after BA fire in Vegas
  • Jack asks for help with UCAP audio
    • In a related story, Hell has frozen over... (just kidding Jack!)
  • Wichita Soaring Association at Sunflower Glider Port and UCAP friend Tony Condon
  • Charlie Kulp, the "Flying Farmer"

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