Bad Relay

Bad Relay

Author: Jack Hodgson & Jeb Burnside April 10, 2026 Duration: 1:06:45
Still Missing... Tangy Update... Similar Parts & 3 Engines... More on Jeb's 747 Adventure... LGA Runway Collision... Roswell All Classes Planned... UCAP at Sun n Fun... Bonus Content. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Mar 26, 2026. () [#774] {1h06m45s} [UCAP1119]

There’s a particular sound that defines Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast, and it’s not just the hum of a Lycoming engine. It’s the sound of relaxed, informed conversation between friends who happen to know a tremendous amount about flying. Hosts Jack Hodgson and Jeb Burnside gather the UCAP crew three times each month, turning microphones into a virtual pilots’ lounge where everything related to GA is fair game for discussion. What you’ll hear in this podcast isn’t a stiff, procedural briefing but the kind of direct, opinionated, and often humorous hangar-flying that happens after the aircraft is put away. The topics naturally wander wherever the winds of aviation news, safety, regulations, and personal experience take them, all delivered with a plain-spoken clarity that both new students and seasoned pilots can appreciate. Tuning in feels less like attending a seminar and more like pulling up a chair to listen in on some of general aviation’s most knowledgeable characters swapping stories and insights. It’s that regular, grounded conversation, free from pretense, that has made this podcast a longstanding favorite for anyone who finds their peace-and their passion-somewhere between the runway and the sky.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 773

Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Podcast Episodes
Uncontrolled Airspace #132 "Never Gets Old" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:32:15
Closing day at Sun 'n Fun 2009. The boys are joined by SnF President John Burton, Sporty's founders Hal and Sandy Shevers, and old friend Craig Barnett. We do our best to wrap up this year's edition of the fly-in. All th…
Uncontrolled Airspace #131 "Among Friends" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:05
The entire UCAP Gang is on the ground at the 2009 Sun 'n Fun Fly-In this week. They've gotten together with a bunch of their friends for some actual, face-to-face hangar flying. They talk about some of the airplanes they…
Uncontrolled Airspace #130 "Jeb is Cranky & Snarky" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:20
The boys talk about challenging airports they've known... what they're looking forward to at next week's Sun 'n Fun Fly-in... and remember the Oshkosh Tower. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #130 "Jeb…
Uncontrolled Airspace #129 "Landing in a Puddle" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:10
Sun 'n Fun Radios's Dave Shallbetter visits the hangar to brief us on this year's fly-in. The boys also talk about how to prepare for your first spring flights... the possible sale of Cessna and some other GA companies..…
Uncontrolled Airspace #128 "Times of Useful Consciousness" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:15
The boys get together for a very casual visit in the hangar this week. They talk about hangars they've loved... the edges of the LSA price envelope... some great color pics from WWII... and, of all things, the pros and c…
Uncontrolled Airspace #127 "Getting Spread Thin" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:00
Amy visits the hangar and keeps the boys in line, or tries to. We talk about the recent Woman in Aviation conference... get updates on the latest news of some recent aviation incidents... and discover all about propeller…
"That Didn't Mute?" UCAP #126 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:30:20
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a roadable aircraft... Jack's trip report to the western wilds... the plan for Loran. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #126 "That Didn't Mute?"
Uncontrolled Airspace #125 "Landing Catywompus" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:23:55
James joins us in the hangar this week. We talk about flying vacations... the virtues of autopilots... and gear-up landings. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #125 "Landing Catywompus"
Uncontrolled Airspace #124 "Flying Monkeys" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:40
For some odd reason the boys are back in the virtual hangar after only three days. They admire some forthcoming green aviation tech... sum up the LASP comment period... and send good wishes to a grass roots aviation lege…
Uncontrolled Airspace #123 "The Young and the Impressionable" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:38:35
Continental does the right thing on a bunch of defective cylinders... The latest on the Eclipse Jet mess... and a UCAP listener makes the plunge into aircraft ownership. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episod…