"Rocket Surgeons" UCAP1104-echo

"Rocket Surgeons" UCAP1104-echo

Author: Jack Hodgson & Jeb Burnside April 9, 2025 Duration: 6:10
Jeb and Jack chat on Monday after Sun n Fun 2025, wrapping up the week's activities, and planning for the future. On the Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded April 7, 2025. (15:06) [#755] {1}

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
"Whoa Nelly!" UCAP445 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:33
Airbus380 done?... Volocopter Flies!... Twin Commanche Gear-Up Landing... 737 Slides Off Turkish Runway... NJ Bans Drunk Drone Flying... GAMA Scholarships... Remembering Ed Lesher... Amanda & Ryan Shoutout... Uncontrolle…
"Into the Clag" UCAP444 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:41
Flying cars... Supersonic Russian Bizjet?... "That's All Brother" progress... Jack goes to Udvar-Hazy... Bartow Fatal Crash... Schuster Retiring... Huerta Term Ends... HR4149 is bad for Veterans. Uncontrolled Airspace Po…
"Domestic Dispute Landing" UCAP443 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:13
Airliner lands due to finger incident... Use the whole runway... Dubai Airshow... 737 upset... The 747 is dead, long live the 747. Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Nov 20, 2017.
"Bushing Migration" UCAP #442 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:41:51
Where in the US is the pilot population... Mike Busch on the Lycoming AD... Advances in GA... Taxiway collision visualized... FAA funding extension... NBAA trip report... Groton CT AOPA fly-in trip report... All this and…
"Annoying Hiss" UCAP #441 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:50
More on flying cars... Hurricane Irma recap... Basic Med review... Keep pushing against ATC privatization... Groton CT AOPA fly-in... All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace. Recorded September 27, 2017.
"Wasabi" UCAP #440 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:17
Sushi by drone in Iceland... It's gonna be a dark and stormy night... Twin lands with gear failure.. The new Part 23... Water bomber mishap... Miss America flies... All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace. Recorded Se…
"Turned Up To Eleven" UCAP #439 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:26
Flying out into the Gulf of Mexico... Flying the eclipse... US buys two new Air Force Ones... New procedures at SFO so no one lands on taxiway... AOPA ATC privatization checklist... UCAP 11th birthday... Flight following…
"Abby-Normal" UCAP #438 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:00
In-flight aircraft repairing... ATC privatization update... follow-up on Air Canada taxiway approach at SFO... Lycoming AD... All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace. Recorded August 14, 2017.
"We Missed Doc's Takeoff" UCAP #437 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:26
Dave and Jack are joined by James Wynbrandt and some other friends on the AirVenture 2017 Announcer Stand. From the grounds of AirVenture Oshkosh 2017. All this and more in Uncontrolled Airspace. Recorded July 30, 2017.…
"Tired But Happy" UCAP #435-golf [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:45
Jack and Dave chat for one last time at OSH17, just after completing the full-length ep from the AirVenture announcer stand. Satisfied, but a bit worn out, they recap the week, and head home. From the grounds of AirVentu…