Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #264 "Bravo Honkin' Bravo"

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Popped breakers… Impressive chopper flying… Unusual field repairs… Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded Dec 5, 2011

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

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

• Breaker, Breaker! Did tripped breaker force gear-up landing of Polish Airliner?
  • Blog Item on this Story: Letters from Flyover Country
  • Preliminary agency report from Poland, from Aviation Safety Network
• Your Ride is Here! Chinook Seal Team Extraction video
• Intros and Chit-Chat (and the weather)
• What Comes Down Plane takes off from I-95 after emergency landing
• Randy Babbitt DUI Arrest, Takes leave of absence
  • FAR 61.15, Offenses involving alcohol or drugs
• Fall Listener Survey: Last chance to take it!
• Dave's Affordable Starter Airplane Buy of the Week
  • (sorry, '56 172 link expired, but there are more out there!)
  • Jeb's 1965 172 listing
  • Dave's 1968 Arrow listing
  • A 1962 Comanche 250
  • And finally, a 1966 Mooney M20E Super 21
• Shownotes Lag: OKAY, I'm workin' on it! ;)
• A Pipistrel Promise Pipistrel promises $83K Trainer
  • AVweb Article
  • The Pipistrel Alpha Trainer site
• Shout Outs
  • Raspberries to Congress for bogging down FAA funding. Again.
  • The ATA, now A4A. Or something like that.
    • Aviation Week Article
  • DC SFRA Training (same link as last week)
  • Great turnout at Tangier Holly Run

• Guest Disclaimer: Randa Dufault
• Closing Theme: “Sledgeflattener”, Thomas Dolby