True enough. But not providing a traffic advisory to an IFR arrival -- in Bravo airspace -- is an issue. The RJ crew literally never knew what hit them.
04.08.2025 14:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@jebburnside.bsky.social
Freelance aviation writer/editor. ATP/MEL-rated pilot. Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recipient. Uncontrolled Airspace podcast co-founder. Former Capitol Hill staffer, recovering lobbyist. No flight plan survives the second handoff.
True enough. But not providing a traffic advisory to an IFR arrival -- in Bravo airspace -- is an issue. The RJ crew literally never knew what hit them.
04.08.2025 14:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0According to the Associated Press, ATC never advised the RJ crew in the DCA midair that the Blackhawk was nearby. I wonder when it would have made a difference...
#DCA_midair #NTSB
The 2025 UCAP Tiedown Party was a big success. Big thanks to everyone who came out. As always it was a great pleasure to meet and chat with all of you! #OSH25
23.07.2025 13:29 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0AirVenture 2025 Wrap-up. Jeb and Jack run down their impressions of the whirlwind visit to AirVenture Oshkosh 2025. uncontrolledairspace.substack.com/p/airventure... #OSH25
28.07.2025 14:46 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New UCAP Daily episode "Leaving Too Soon" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com #OSH25
25.07.2025 17:05 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0UCAP Vectors logo
UCAP Vectors: AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 Preview
Jeb and Jack are attending this year's EAA AirVenture, and they reminisce about their first times to the fly-in.
uncontrolledairspace.substack.com/p/airventure...
The UCAP "Tiedown Party" will be Tuesday evening this year, at its usual location, on the grass just outside the "Friar Tucks" (formerly "Super 8") gate. 6pm to dark.
19.07.2025 21:15 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0New UCAP episode "Burn Ban" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
26.06.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New UCAP episode "Outages" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
10.06.2025 14:25 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In the current issue of UCAP Vectors: What's going on at Newark Airport? and will the SecDOT's modernization plan fix it? Losing a parallel runway... Long distance software upgrades... and flying into TwentyNine Palms. uncontrolledairspace.com/ucap-news/20...
25.05.2025 19:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0From the latest issue of "Vectors": "Even with a U.S. Senator's attn, it's hard to find any real changes in the NOTAM system, which often seems more focused on obstacle-light outages than, say, runway closures or revised instrument approach procedures."
www.uncontrolledairspace.com/ucap-news/20...
New UCAP episode "Timing is Everything" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
05.05.2025 19:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Episode thumbnail. Text "It's not Rocket Surgery" "UCAP Daily 'Echo'" "From Sun 'n Fun 2025"
New UCAP Daily episode "Rocket Surgeons" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
09.04.2025 14:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New UCAP Daily episode "Crossover" is posted. Guest: Carl Valeri uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com #SNF25
07.04.2025 13:52 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New UCAP Daily episode "Schemes, Diesels, and Navy Thunder" is posted. #SNF25 uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
04.04.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Drew, Jack & Jeb in front of an airplane hanger. Title: Sparkly Shock Diamonds. Text: UCAP Daily from Sun 'n Fun 2025.
New UCAP Daily episode "Sparkly Shock Diamonds" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
03.04.2025 18:57 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New UCAP Daily episode "Early Sun 'n Fun 2025" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
01.04.2025 17:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New UCAP episode "Octothorpe" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com @fodtupper.bsky.social
29.03.2025 19:11 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Screenshot of the top of the front page of Issue 102 of the UCAP News! newsletter.
New UCAP News! issue. Draco goes Production... DOGE comes for Aviation... a pleasant brush with a pilot celebrity... and an unlikely gathering at a local FBO. These stories and more in the current issue of the UCAP News! newsletter. uncontrolledairspace.com/ucap-news/20...
12.03.2025 23:57 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New UCAP episode "A Gust From God" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
19.02.2025 02:37 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0That's what editors are for...
18.02.2025 14:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The words "stay in your lane" have rarely had more significance then they do in this moment. If all you contribute is reciting racist and sexist comments from politicians, then you are part of the problem. Aviation safety is not a political game & treating it that way is beyond the pale. /fin
30.01.2025 18:36 โ ๐ 80 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Proposed Future NASA Mars Rotorcraft. Text: "Tuesday Nights in Buffalo. Guest Co-host: Amy Laboda.
New UCAP episode "Tuesday Nights in Buffalo" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
27.01.2025 12:05 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Image of antique Loran/GPS receiver. Text: "Going at Night", "Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast"
New UCAP episode "Going at Night" is posted. uncontrolledairspace.com/shownotes/UC... @jebburnside.bsky.social @jackhodgson.com
09.01.2025 17:06 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Just think: Decades of efforts to reduce air pollution have been so successful that people can see the constellation Orion so clearly they think it's a group of drones flying in close formation.
#drones #ufos #masshysteria #itsaplane
With dozens of key vacancies soon to open up in the Department of Justice, incoming Attorney General Matt Gaetz is expected to tap some of his young staffers.
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My first post. Wednesday Morning's great Saturn occultation by the Moon.
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