Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #217 "Systemology"

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Part of Jeb's airplane is turning Chinese… Has aviation progress slowed to a crawl?… and a listener shares a cautionary tale. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #217 Systemology

Recorded: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:00:00 -0500

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

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• News from the Asian Continent(al)
  • Teledyne's Continental Motors division sold to Chinese company
  • Wikipedia's list of Chinese-made Aircraft
• Intros and Chit-Chat
• Retrieving Debbie Jeb's return to Tifton to pick up his airplane
• The Pace of Progress Is aviation progress at a crawl?
• UAV Poll AOPA takes the community's pulse on this topic
• The Future by Committee The FAA's "Future of Aviation Advisory Committee"
• Skin Condition Emergency AD for Cessna Corvallis wing skin debonding problem
• Stadium TFR Violation “Please learn from this!”
  • A listener posts his story in the forum
• If we ignore them… maybe they'll go away
  • AOPA and Jeppesen choose to ignore FlightPrep Patent notice
  • And RunwayFinder shuts down after all
• Shout-Outs
  • Upcoming UCAP Brunch at KASH
• Guest Disclaimer: Michael Clark
• Closing Theme: “Sledgeflattener”, Thomas Dolby