Uncontrolled Airspace
The General Aviation Podcast

UCAP #21 "Flying Upside-Down"

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Recorded: March 22, 2007

Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon, Jack Hodgson

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Jeb's off visiting his Mom, Jack's feeling a little feisty, and Dave's... well, Dave's just being Dave. The virtues of really big airplanes... an update on user fees... we hear from listeners on making flight training affordable... cockpit automation gone awry... and, a float plane to the rescue. All this and more, on Uncontrolled Airspace, episode #21, "Flying Upside Down".

• Jeb's visiting Mom
• AirBus A380 tours USA
• Update: FAA Reauthorization Proposal / User Fees
  • Congressman Oberstar (D-Minn 8th)
  • Congressman Costello (D-Ill 12th)
• Listener Joe's Tips for the Frugal Student Pilot
• Listener Sean from Hawaii's Audio Comment
• F22s software failure at the Int'l Dateline
• The challenges of aircraft automation
• Canadian Amphib rescues boaters
• FAA Forecast
• Bombardier Safety Standown goes to Europe
• Offshore UCAP listeners please check in
• Opening music: "Sledgeflattener", Thomas Dolby
• Closing music:
  • "International Dateline", John Otway
  • "The Mom Song", Insane Clown Posse

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