Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #162 "Go VFR at Seventeen-Five"

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Flying antiques, landing on water, sniff-tests, and decoder rings. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #162 “Go VFR at Seventeen-Five”

Recorded: Sunday, November 29, 2009

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

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• When is Ditching your Westwind the right answer?
  • Some local knowledge from falcon124
• A Bad Router takes out FAA communications
• Intros and Chit-Chat
• Is the Cessna Skycatcher hurting LSA adoption?
  • UCAP forum response
• Through-the-Fence redux…
  • The FAA gets even weirder on the issue
• TSA Follies
• UCAP Meetup for Brunch and Airport Visit at KASH (Nashua, New Hampshire)
  • Breakfast, J3 Cub, Trinidad, good crowd - maybe short-notice is the way to go!
• Flying Without a License?
  • You bet, when it's a Public Aircraft!
• The Sniff Test - TSA Flight Recall doesn't pass it?
  • A UCAP listener is holding his nose on this one...
• OFLOTW - Two Walk Away from Stearman crash, but Jack Asks:
  • Should we be flying antique and rare aircraft?
  • Listeners respond - if it doesn't fly, it's just sculpture!
• Spence asks: Isn't it time we gave up the secret decoder ring for weather and other reports?
  • Or is he just full of “Blowing Snow”?
• Shout Outs
  • Flying the Bellanca Super Viking at www.160knots.com
    • From listener “holysmokebatman”
  • Facebook Fan Page for Leinenkugels!
    • Thanks to @MartinSantic
  • Deadline to replace paper certificates!
    • Get plastic now, from your Friendly Aviation Agency!
• Guest Disclaimer: Brian Hobbs
• UCAP Theme: “Sledgeflattener”, Thomas Dolby