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"Bushing Migration" UCAP442

Guest: Savvy Aviator, Mike Busch. Where in the US is the pilot population... Mike Busch on the Lycoming AD... Advances in GA... Taxiway collision visualized... FAA funding extension... NBAA trip report... Groton CT AOPA fly-in trip report... All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace. Recorded October 20, 2017.

Posted: 2017-10-22 | Recorded: 2017-10-20

• Where the Pilots Are: Graphical display maps pilot numbers (00:00:10)
• Intros and Chit-Chat (00:08:05)
• Special Guest: Mike Busch - Savvy Aviation (00:10:35)
  • AOPA article on Lycoming AD
  • AOPA blog post on the AD
  • EAA Webinar Schedule and Archives
• Advance, GA! Listener boz196 in the UCAP Forums responds to Jeb's comments on technology in GA.
• Jack talks about the Tip Jar (00:52:56)
• Wingtip Clip: Delta B737 and American B757 have an oopsie at JFK: YouTube (00:53:40)
• Extended: Congress passes 6-month funding extension for the FAA (00:57:23)
• NBAA Reports: Jeb and Dave recount their recent attendance at NBAA-BACE Convention & Expo (01:01:05)
• AOPA Regional Fly-In-Groton: Jack gives his trip report from attending his first of these fly-ins. (01:15:09)

• Shout Outs (01:25:00)

  • A UCAP Holiday: UCAP is going on a brief hiatus, but we'll be back!
  • Adam Smith (formerly of EAA, AOPA, and CAF) will be moving to the comics!
  • Commissioner Harry Sims: Well-meaning, but clueless?
  • Listener David Antler of Dedeco
  • "As God is my witness..." FAA looks into Turkey drop.

• UCAP Forums thread for this episode

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