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It’s Episode 40 of the PlaneMadness Podcast. With this week’s news on the US Economy, I thought what better then to take your mind off all the negativity by sprinkling the show with some great Podsafe Music. It’s a bit of a departure from the standard show but what the heck let’s try something new. When you get a chance check out the Podsafe Music Network. It’s a fantastic resource for us podcasters and the content is exceptional!

In this week’s episode:

• MotoArt.Com - 8:05
  Fantastic artistic furniture made from airplane parts!
  MotoArt.Com

• Venus on the Horizon - 13:38
  Venus is spectacular right now. Take a look at the low western horizon tonight around 9PM PST

• Yves Rossi - 14:29
  Fusion Man Yves Rossi made it across the English Channel with his jet powered wing!
  Jet-Man.Com - Official Website
  Press Release
  YouTube Doc-U-Vid on latest accomplishment
  Popular YouTube Vid set to Moby Music

• Steve Fossett - 16:35
  Personal articles of missing adventurer Steve Fossett reportedly found by a hiker.
  Steve Fossett… Found? Article from PlaneMadness.Com

• More on the Confiscated F-14’s - 19:18
  Seems the government is more worried about Iran gaining parts off these old museum pieces

• Chinese Report on Spaceflight Before the Fact - 24:08
  The Chinese Government had a huge achievement last week in it’s spacewalk. The only thing is that they released a fully descriptive press release about it before it ever happened.
  USAToday Article

Music in this Episode:
Valley Lodge - All Of My Lovin :18
Pepper - Nice Time 5:20
Lauren Zettler - Thank You 10:23
Robert Lund - 50 Ways To Lose Your Luggage 20:54

PlaneMadness Episode 40 Show Notes:
http://www.planemadness.com/2008/10/01/planemadness-episode-40/

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Several aviation museums lost their Tomcats last year after the government showed up and removed them, citing security reasons. Recently the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino California reached a financial settlement with the US Government over the matter, which also absolved it of any wrong doing.

Many of these old Top Gun birds were rendered useless, without engines and elevated onto pedestals in the museum’s front yards. Perhaps a business opportunity exists now for any handy craftsman to construct full scale models as replacements, but that remains to be seen.

One may recall the guy who had FBI agents knocking at his door (Note the source of the previous article - Ed) after he put a retired, deconstructed Blue Angles F-18 on eBay and said it could be flight ready after only a few hours of re-building. Not. It didn’t have it’s flight computer brain anyway, thanks to prior actions by the government.

I do not know if the confiscated Tomcats were demilitarized, but after seeing the Feds reaction, one could guess that they were probably not.

Capt’n Chris

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