Uncontrolled Airspace #102 "Dave Needs a New ISP"

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The aviation world finally gets closure on the loss of Steve Fossett, we ponder the rise in medical helicopter fatalities, and the boys talk about TWO wacky Channel crossings. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #102 “Dave Needs a New ISP”

Recorded: Thursday, October 2, 2008

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

Direct link to mp3 audio file of show (right-click to download/save).

• Fossett's plane found?
  • NTSB Press Release
  • Article from Las Vegas Sun
  • Wired article with Google Earth pix and info
• This week's Bargain Bird - a BBJ (Boeing Business Jet) Make an offer!
  • For Sale ad (link will probably break once it's sold)
• English Channel Crossings
  • by Strap-on Jet Wing * BBC Story
  • by Pedal Blimp * BBC Story

• Forewarned: VFR into IMC -- The ASF Accident Case Study Course (for AOPA Members)
• Baseball and airplanes: Shea Stadium and “Expressway Visual” - NY Times article
• GAO says Runway Incursions still high - Chicago Tribune article
• “4 dead in medical helicopter crash” Is this happening more often?
  • NTSB: Lives lost 'needlessly' in medical helicopter crashes - CNN Story
• ADS-B Comments: Pro, 101; Con, 1,271; ARC says “no cost-benefit case”
  • FAA reopens ADS-B comment period
• Shout Outs
  • Bring home the C-119
  • Fantasy of Flight's 2nd Annual Roar n' Soar

• Guest Disclaimer:
• UCAP Theme: “Sledgeflattener”, Thomas Dolby