Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #260 "Almost on Top"

Duct Tape Redux… a quality stroke… Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded October 28, 2011

Recorded: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0400

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Show Notes

DIY x 4 Popular Mechanics lists 4 Amazing DIY Planes
- A quick look at the 4 DIY airplanes
- The full story of the DIY Airplanes *
A Sticky Situation Did RyanAir use Duct Tape to repair an airliner?
Intros and Chit-Chat
Nuke It! Listener Brad K. points us to Nuclear Powered Aircraft
- Wikepedia's Nuclear aircraft page
- Google's search results on "Nuclear Powered Aircraft"
PIC only one! Forum discussion on being a student "sole manipulator" with a non-CFI PIC.
Emergency Nothingburger Emirates A380 returns for emergency landing due to "technical snag". (And it's ugly, too!)
Dreamliner Air-to-Air Clay Lacy air to air video of the B787.(Now that's a pretty airplane!)
Piper Dream Piper Aircraft suspends light jet development. Altaire won't fly.
Speed Up Coming Down A discussion of why sometimes loss of one engine calls for higher landing speed.
Going All The Way AirJourney has Dave's dream trip around the world all planned!
OFLOTW: Sean Tucker's Bipe becomes a glider.
Shout Outs
- Aviation Museum at former NAS South Weymouth now has regular hours.
- Mythbusters Duct Tape Airport revealed - New Jerusalem, Tracy CA
- Barry Schiff, for putting his own money up for solo flight scholarship