Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #118 "Splash"

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Transponders for sailplanes?… the new administration's first steps in aviation… and, oh yeah, an airliner ditched in the Hudson River. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #118 “Splash”

Recorded: Friday, January 23, 2009

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

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

• Judge Approves Eclipse Sale
• Intros and Chit-Chat
  • The neighbors are watching…
  • Ben's Cessna 195
• Oh yeah, and an airplane ditched in the Hudson
  • Related ATC recordings
  • UCAP forum post with links to Garrison Keillor's 1549 crew tribute song
• Should sailplanes be required to have Transponders?
• A new president brings a lot of changes
  • Welcome, please, Mr. DOT Secretary, Ray LaHood
    • Story from LaHood's confirmation hearing - he wants to solve labor problems between Controller Community & FAA, he said…
  • So, now that a DOT boss is place, how about an FAA nominee?
    • FAA Names in play on page 4
  • GAO drops ATC modernization from troubled-programs list! Hooray! Now, Mr. President, about that incentive bill…
  • A New Hope
• Shout Outs
  • Bob Wood at the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo
    • Jeb's AvWeb interview with Bob Wood
  • A shout-out reminder: 121.5 MHz ELT Satellite monitoring ends 02/01/09
  • KSFM Ski-in and Winter Carnival
  • New EAA e-newsletter: EAA Experimenter (subscription form)

• UCAP Forum Thread for Episode #118

• Guest Disclaimer: Will Hawkins and Crew
• UCAP Theme: “Sledgeflattener”, Thomas Dolby