Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #135 "Seven Days"

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It's busy in the virtual hangar this week. Long distance flights… another GPS based next-gen system… a sad recap of the Colgan Air tragedy… Aviation Furniture… and seven days of podcasts. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #135 “Seven Days”

Recorded: Sunday, May 17, 2009

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

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

• Intros and Chit-Chat
• Ferry Pilots
  • Philip Greenspun
  • Hans??
  • Bill??
• Furniture and decor made from airframe components
  • Interflight Studio
  • Motoart
• Seven Days of UCAP
• Inside GBAS, Honeywell's GPS-based Airplane Landing System
• Where's there a Will, there's a Wing…
  • Maine 14-year-old building Gramp's plane project, a Ragwing
• Passenger spots fuel leak, declares an Emergency
• KSFM now has MoGas available on field
• Jeb's "Hornet's Nest" commentary
• Colgan Air crash hearings
  • Cockpit transcripts are pretty damning…
  • NTSB's Colgan 3407 animation
  • Lacking any other explanation, a failure of basic airmanship?
• Shout Outs
  • Listener “falcon124” says "Life's Better Inverted!"
  • Congrats to Stephen Force for adding Seaplane to his ratings
    • …and for generally having way too much fun with aviation!
  • The “TSA Stands For…” Forum discussion started by Dave

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