Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Three times a month the UCAP gang gathers to talk about all things GA. You can listen-in as some of General Aviation's most knowledgeable, opinionated, and plain-spoken characters do some online, hangar-flying. Show-notes can be found at http://www.uncont
Jack Hodgson & Jeb Burnside
Show overview
Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast has been publishing since 2006, and across the 20 years since has built a catalogue of 775 episodes. That works out to roughly 740 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 28 min and 1h 19m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 weeks ago, with 7 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2010, with 63 episodes published. Published by Jack Hodgson & Jeb Burnside.
From the publisher
News and conversation about the world of General Aviation flying.
Latest Episodes
View all 775 episodesP-3s and Soft Serve
Constantly Interrupted
Bad Relay
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]
Jeb & Steve's Excellent Adventure
Guest Co-host: Steve Tupper. Meth Plane... Jeb & Steve's Adventure... What's Next? All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Mar 2, 2026. () [#773] {55m12s} [UCAP1118]
Fertile Keynote
Guest Co-host: Steve Tupper. F-35 Glitch... Swift Fuel UL 100R... Headbutt... A320 Type. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Sep 25, 2025. () [#772] {37:30} [UCAP1113B]
"Pressurization Goes to Z"
Is Ground-effect flying?... Jeppeson/Foreflight layoffs... The Wright Siblings... Unleaded Avgas Update... RIP Bonanza... King Air Auto-lands... 11,000 Cirruses. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Jan 22, 2026. (56:50) [#770] {} [UCAP1117]
"Bagels"
Jeb and Jack meetup with Amy Laboda for coffee, bagels, and conversation about flying. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Dec 11, 2025. (28:07) [#770] {3} [UCAP1116]
"Windy Ramp at Opa-Locka"
Jeb and Jack fly over to Opa-Locka Florida to meetup with "172 Drew" Poley who is there for his day-job. Out on the windy ramp of Atlantic Aviation they talk about aviation, their airplanes, and Cuban food. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Dec 10, 2025. (9:41) [#769] {3} [UCAP1115]
"Dipstick on the Ramp"
Seasonable... Space Debris?... Oil on the windscreen... Confession good for the soul... OFLOTW kinda... White Nights?... MOSAIC Arrives... Palo Alto Airport Day... Original Airports... 99 year old pilot flies in P-51 again. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Oct 24, 2025. (47:35) [#768] {} [UCAP1114]
"Stolen Valor"
Guest Co-host: Amy Laboda. PSM flight diverts to Boston... FAA Administrator... Avoiding a B-52... Stolen plane circles Vancouver airport. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Aug 21, 2025. (32:48) [#767] {} [UCAP1112C]
"Secret Squirrel"
Drones Shut Down Copenhagen... Roswell Air Races #1... Drones Right of Way... Email from Rick H. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Sep 25, 2025. (32:44) [#766] {14} [UCAP1113A]
"Antarctic Arrest"
Antarctica!... Sununu to head A4A... Bonanza Threat. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Aug 21, 2025. (19:29) [#765] {29} [UCAP1112B]
"Ship of Theseus"
One last look back at Oshkosh... Nineteen!... Stolen TWICE! All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Aug 21, 2025. (19:40) [#764] [UCAP1112A]
"Leaving Too Soon"
UCAP Daily from AirVenture Oshkosh 2025. Jeb and Jack look back on their whirlwind visit to OSH2025. On the Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded July 23, 2025. (8:49) [#763] [UCAP1111B]
"Clamps & Safety Wire"
UCAP Daily from AirVenture Oshkosh 2025. Jeb and Jack review their visit so far to AirVenture Oshkosh 2025. On the Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded July 21, 2025. (9:34) [#762] [UCAP1111A]
"Mattress Manufacturing"
Fun Stuff at KPSM... Going to Oshkosh... FAA Defends 100LL Availability... Dealing with the Controller Shortage... Change is Afoot in US Federal Gov't... Sidebar: When Reagan Fired the Controllers. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded July 2, 2025. (1:08:13) [#761] [UCAP1110]
"Burn Ban"
Door Dash on the ramp... EZPass Seventy Five Cents... DCA Update... Twin Otter crashes near Beechcraft... King Air Rooftop Crash... Air India Crash... UCAP Newsletter Highlights... Calif Judge says 100LL cannot be prohibited, yet... More on the history of avgas and av engines... Oshkosh 2025... Commercially Speaking. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded June 19, 2025. (1:00:49) [#760] [UCAP1109]
"Outages"
Guest Co-host: Sue Folkringa. ATC Outages at Newark Airport... National Pause for GA Safety... Big Airplane... Email from Nate W.... AirVenture Notam... India/Pakistan Dogfight... The future of aerial combat?... OFLOTW... Plane Overboard!... Essay on AAM... Smart. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded May 29, 2025. (1:04:00) [#759] [UCAP1108]
"Borderline Mystical"
Guest Co-host: Amy Laboda. Build A Plane... More on the DC Midair... Quiet... A&M & FAA... Embry Riddle making new controllers... Rob Holland RIP... Air Race Classic... Boeing sells digital services... Time spent flying. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded May 1, 2025. (58:21) [#758] [UCAP1107]
"Timing is Everything"
Can't Land There... FAA Survey on unleaded avgas... Flight Service Radio shutting down... Bad Stuff... FAA ATC Official Stepping Down... Checklist Love. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded April 21, 2025. (1:02:47) [#757] [UCAP1106]