Episode #24 - Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Non-Towered Airports, & Transporting the Space Shuttle
Stuck Mic AvCast - An Aviation Podcast About Learning to Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly! · Carl Valeri
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Show Notes
We're back in action this episode with comments on the Cessna 421 crash in Florida, unmanned aircraft systems, Carl's interest in model airplanes and rocketry, flying at non-towered airports, the definition of an airport non-movement area with a quiz included, references to Pontiac, MI KPTK airport, the sleeping tower controller at DCA, ferrying the Shuttle Discovery, and a whole bunch more! Join us :-)
Pre-Flight
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Cruise Flight
- Cessna 421 crashes in Gulf of Mexico - an article including flight track
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems - what are they and the dispute with them flying around our national airspace
- Customs and Border Patrol Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Model Rockets - between rockets and r/c aircraft, this is what got Carl excited about aviation
- Non-Towered Airport operations checklist
- Airport Movement vs Non-Movement Areas - including a movement area quiz
- Pontiac, MI KPTK airport overview - provided by iFlightPlanner.com
- Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers - including the occurrence at KDCA Reagan National
- Ferrying the Space Shuttle - Shuttle Discovery makes a journey to Virginia to it's resting place at the Udvar-Hazy National Air And Space Museum
- Stuck Mic AvCast Mobile Phone Applications
- Other flying banter and tomfoolery included
After Landing Checklist
~ Picks of The Week ~
Carl - LiveATC.net: Live Air Traffic from Their Headsets to You. FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems information website.
Victoria - Back Country Pilot Forum and website
Rick - French Countryside Flying in a Super Cub, videos and photos included
Len - iFlightPlanner.com website service update and new features
Virgin Galactic Space Flight Fund
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