"Octothorpe"

"Octothorpe"

Author: Jack Hodgson & Jeb Burnside March 29, 2025 Duration: 1:02:36
Co-host: Nicholas "FOD" Tupper. Awkward Start... National Airport?... UPDATE DC Midair... UCAP Newsletter... Purge... UCAP at Sun n Fun... ADS-B data abuse... Unleaded AvGas... Fafner Smoke. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Mar 13, 2025. () [#750] [UCAP1103] {15}

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
"That Kid Who Stole the Airplanes" UCAP #211 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:30
The boys consider some oddball aircraft crashes... they express their admiration for a third-world homebuilder... and they revisit their wonder at people who jump out of airplanes. All this and more in Uncontrolled Airsp…
"Beezarre" UCAP #210 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:40
The boys talk about strange preflights, they examine a frightening series of photos, and Jeb says he wants his own robot plane. All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace #210 "Beezarre".
"Characteristically Goofy" UCAP #209 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:30
The boys get up early on a Saturday morning in an attempt to catch up. Golf-Tango-Foxtrot-Oscar. All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace #209 "Characteristically Goofy".
"Observatory" UCAP #208 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:50
Amy joins the boys this weeks as they return from summer vacation for a long overdue session in the virtual hangar. All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace #208 "Observatory".
"Amy's Ditching" UCAP Hangar Classics # 001 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:15
Amy Laboda tells us about the time, in 2001, when she had to ditch her Cessna 210, with herself, two adults, and two children on board, into the Gulf of Mexico.
"Vulture Sink Rate" UCAP #207 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:40
Really incredibly stupid pilot tricks... We're the Federal Government and we're here to help you... And now for something completely different. All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace #207 "Vulture Sink Rate".
"Dead Sticks Orr Us" UCAP #206 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:15
A role-model off field landing... A couple of odd emergency landings... and Aviations favorite husband & wife tangle with the authorities. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #206 "Dead Sticks Orr Us"
"Holy Parachute Water" UCAP #205 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:40
Turning a gear-up landing into a cross-country flight... A UAV gets loose in DC... and the boys note a milestone. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #205 "Holy Parachute Water"
"Never Boozled" UCAP #204 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:10
Amy Laboda joins the boys in the virtual hangar, and they all have just a little bit too much fun. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #204 "Never Boozled"
"Position and Hold" UCAP #203 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:10
A long landing near LA... A fatal crash in Alaska... and more new terminology from the FAA. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #203 "Position and Hold"