Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #150 "Three"

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With this ep the boys celebrate three years of Uncontrolled Airspace. They reminisce about the experience and plan for the future. They also talk about a squabble between two national aviation organizations, Jack's checkout in a C172SP, and a whole flock of unplanned landings. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #150 “Three”

Recorded: Wednesday, August 21, 2009

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

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

• A TSA-alternative name update in honor of 150th Episode!

Intros and Chit-Chat

• UCAP is Three Years Old!
  • A look back, some favorites, what we've learned, and why it's still fun…
• Jack's 172SP checkout
  • 13 fuel sampling locations? Captain, we need a bigger fuel tester!
• NTSB & NATCA at odds over Hudson midair investigation
  • Dave thinks it was right for NATCA to be slapped down in this instance.
• Eclipse:Rising from the ashes?
• On-Field Wreck of the week…sadly, courtesy of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
  • YouTube video with music
  • YouTube Video without music
• OFLotW #1: Rowers In One-In-A-Million Sea Crash Rescue
  • via Dave Shallbetter
• OFLOTW #2: Glider “Lands out” safely, but locals stage an all-out emergency response.
  • Maybe the state police, the volunteer fire department, and the medevac helicopter needed the practice?
• On-field Mandatory Emergency Landing of the Week: Oil leak prompts emergency landing for single-engine plane at Pease
  • Story reports airport manager as saying “Anytime a pilot experiences problems while in the air they are required to declare an emergency”

Shout Outs

• This listener saw James fly overhead in the L-39 jet
• NTSB Bar Association: Joe Nall Award
  • “The Joseph T. Nall Award…is to be given annually and seeks to recognize those individuals who have made significant contributions to aviation and transportation safety.”
  • Air Safety Foundation's "The Nall Report"
  • Joe Nall Annual Giant-Scale R/C Model Aircraft EVent
• Congrats to Captain Rick (“marriners” in the Forum) and mentor “t0r0nad0”
• Happy National Aviation Day!
  • Hope you toasted Orville Wright's birthday (and his collaboration with brother Wilbur!)
• And the winner is: Plainville, Conn!!
  • Town votes to buy Robertson Airport

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