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  @CaptainSultan14 сағат бұрын

  Speed is life, altitude is life insurance

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  @davidbarrington820216 сағат бұрын

  Cliche': Written on the desk of my first jet airlines' Chief Pilot. 'A superior pilot is one who uses his superior judgment to avoid situations that might involve the use of his superior skills'

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  @joshuamccarthy349319 сағат бұрын

  Love the old guys

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  @joshuamccarthy349319 сағат бұрын

  Just two friends doing things right

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  @joshuamccarthy349319 сағат бұрын

  And fantastic team work with no egos

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  @joshuamccarthy349319 сағат бұрын

  This man’s honesty is amazing,that’s exactly what can happen .I remember doing stuff like this my self,and some hide it which in my view is dangerous well Done My friend with so much self Awareness

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  @Flamer58423 сағат бұрын

  Hi there. Did you happen to be in the cafe at Bridgend Garden Centre a couple of weeks back? Perhaps whilst visiting EGPJ. I'm convinced my wife and I saw you there. If not, you have a very close look alike!!

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  @whathasxgottodowithit3919.Күн бұрын

  I think I would have put in a couple of 5 gallon cans of Avgas from another source prior to take off, as inconvenient as that is. still better than running low.

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  @AnthonyHigham6414001080Күн бұрын

  "Hot, high and heavy" You really can have too much fuel sometimes. Always do your performance calculations.

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  @danielreuter2565Күн бұрын

  I'm blocking your channel after watching too many where you do something stupid

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  @jarratt51Күн бұрын

  Did you have to request clearance for the class E enroute or did your atc flight plan sort that all out for you? ta

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  @TheFlyingReporterКүн бұрын

  They gave me a clearance as I approached it.

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  @blueferretman64Күн бұрын

  My instructor used to say, "Decide how long you'd like to live and fly accordingly".

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  @supaquickgprКүн бұрын

  If you had that much doubt over your fuel, why didn't you stop and fill up at a closer airfield? Seems like a lot of unnecessary stress. It looks like you didn't know how much fuel was in the tanks and needn't have worried if you had better information. Thanks for sharing though. Interested in your reasoning and decision making

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  @RJPick1Күн бұрын

  My favorite is: What are the three most important things in flying a fixed wing aircraft? The answer: Airspeed airspeed and airspeed!

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  @Shamdouh12 күн бұрын

  if you are thinking about fuel, you are low on fuel :)

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  @TheDrInkduff2 күн бұрын

  First of all I enjoy your videos and like to see what it's like flying a similar aircraft to what I fly in a very different part of the world to me! But... "I know how much fuel I had 3 flights ago and worked it out from there" seems crazy to me. All of the planes I fly have dipsticks and I check the fuel in both tanks with the dipstick before EVERY flight. I know you can get a good feel for how much fuel the plane burns and often the estimated fuel is very close to the actual amount of fuel in the tank but it takes like 5 seconds extra in your preflight to dip the tanks and know the fuel quantity for sure. So many GA accidents / incidents are caused by fuel exhaustion so to me it just makes sense to know exactly how much fuel you have before every departure.

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  @TheFlyingReporter2 күн бұрын

  Due to the tank design on this aeroplane you can’t dip the last 100 liters or so because the tank is sloped. There is no fuel to dip below the filler cap.

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  @TheDrInkduff2 күн бұрын

  @@TheFlyingReporter Wow ok that is interesting. Thanks for replying with the additional info. Have you considered installing an engine monitor with an accurate fuel flow sensor? I guess that wouldn't be cheap

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  @tonybeam2 күн бұрын

  Wonderful seeing Elstree (EGTR) where I flew happily between 1995 and 2010. Great video. Keep up your good work.

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  @bobbywxcvbn2 күн бұрын

  Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Cherokee Arrow III with a TSIO-360 200 HP 6 Cyl - Aircraft Serial #: 28R-7703154

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  @inchmanor2 күн бұрын

  Better 20 minutes late in this life than 20 years early in the next, my instructor back in the 80s when reminding me not to rush my pre flight.

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  @franwoon2 күн бұрын

  Almost 400 quid to fill your bird up - now I remember why I fly a Rotax powered Microlight. 😉 Great video! "better safe on the ground than unsafe in the air"

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  @thomasm19642 күн бұрын

  I'm mot a pilot but I have heard this cliché : Always fly the aeroplane; never let the aeroplane fly you. I think it's about situational awareness and anticipating what comes next so that your brain is always a step or two ahead of the current situation and, therefore, always a step ahead of your aeroplane.

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  @SadBstard2 күн бұрын

  "If its not Boeing, I'm not going" has become "If it's Boeing, I'm not going....."

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  @petedenton94342 күн бұрын

  With you 100% - the important thing with any risk is always to assess it and plan how you're going to manage it. Sometimes management means doing something differently/with extra care, sometimes it means not doing something. It's down to the specific situation.

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  @johnnorris44673 күн бұрын

  "There's never any point in having runway behind you." Dennis Pascoe, CFI, Cambridge Flying Group in the 80s, ex-Boscombe Down test pilot.

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  @matthewriddioughboylan26303 күн бұрын

  Never pass Gas! ;)

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  @peanuts21053 күн бұрын

  You said you had 47 litres in your tanks at Redhill. Surely that's way than you need to go from Redhill to Elstree, even anticlockwise around the TMA in your turbo PA28

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I recall looking at that and seeing that it was too tight, when factoring in the potential for a diversion on top of a 30 minute reserve. I had to factor in the possibility of Elstree being closed on arrival and then needing to divert. Stopping at Blackbushe I still had enough to divert somewhere if the runway was suddenly blocked, for example.

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  @peanuts21053 күн бұрын

  Also, going through the nonsense with Farnborough for a high probability of an orbit before allowed into CAS and the added workload as a result. Personally, I would have gone anticlockwise around the TMA with FIVE airfields to choose from to divert and have a better view over the Thames

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  @pilotjonno57893 күн бұрын

  Interesting video and lovely filming as always. Where I instruct we teach the NCO minimum fuel requirement of 30 mins as you outlined but also encourage students to add sufficient fuel for a diversion from overhead the destination (which comes from IFR). Your video is also insightful from a human factors point of view. Even GA pilots have a desire to “press on” and do the flight if they planned to do it. The car journey would have been perhaps just over an hour each way. Also coping with stress if the workload had increased. As a more experienced pilot you have spare mental capacity whereas newer pilots - many of whom I see have already commented - would likely have less. I remember it was a long while before I would dare take off with less than tabs in a PA28. It feels like you were “lucky” on this day. You landed with a lot more fuel than you’d expected. This does raise the question, what if things had gone in the other direction as your estimate was clearly some way off. Thank you for continuing to make these videos.

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Hi Jonno. You make some really good points. Answering your last question first. I'm the only one flying the aeroplane and have a reasonable grip on fuel burn based on many previous flights, and so I know that my estimates are if anything very conservative and so I had no doubt that I had enough in the tanks - barring any sabotage/undetected leaks etc. The fuel planning calculations for this flight, involved a diversion back to Redhill/Biggin Hill in the event of my destination being closed, with a 10 minute buffer on top of that as well as a 30 minute legal reserve. I too do prefer to 'know' exactly what I have in the tanks, and usually depart with tabs or more, because a known quantity is far better than an estimated one. I totally think that is best practise. I could have decided not to fly, but was confident in the numbers, and the plan B and C. It comes back to my point about 'if there's any doubt there's no doubt' cliche. There was doubt here, but the risks were calculated.

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  @pilotjonno57893 күн бұрын

  Yes, you have no shortage of diversions and point well made re your conservative fuel estimates. I too like to watch how much fuel goes in when a tank is filled against my guess of what we have left. It helps sharpen the “by eye” estimates.

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  @Jeffpower-3 күн бұрын

  Here one lol The three most useless things in aviation are the runway behind you, the altitude above you, and the fuel in the truck.

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  It's a good one Jeff.

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  @marram1013 күн бұрын

  Why not go to Fairoaks for fuel, then get an Ascot-Burnham transit through Heathrow from there to Elstree?

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Two questions there. I prefer Blackbushe - Last time I went to Fairoaks I noticed the area around the runway holding point was pretty poor with loose stones. And secondly, the Ascot Burnham route has to be flown at a height I don't like for safety, so avoid that in most cases.

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  @douglasb50463 күн бұрын

  Yeah Jon that got the Bismarck too -Captain Lindemann waiving the chance to refuel in the Norwegian fjords sealing his fate. 😀😀😀

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Well, luckily, I made it this time!

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  @user-lt3nk7pe1m3 күн бұрын

  I'm confused, where was the dip stick?

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Don't be confused. If I'd dipped my tank it would have shown 0 fuel - it's not a flat bottom tank and at about 100 litres, the fuel is barely visible at the bottom of the filler hole.

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  @tds4563 күн бұрын

  Great video, thanks for sharing. It was really interesting to see the decisions being made. I had a similar "close call" a few months back although in flight. I diverted on the way back for fuel as my partner was with me and then had way more fuel left in the tanks that I had calculated. It still feels like the right decision.

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Thanks.

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  @geoffreycoan3 күн бұрын

  67 litres of fuel = Jon stressed 67 litres of fuel = a full fuel tank for me! 65 nominal tank size but I can squeeze 70 in. And ouch your refill bill

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Haha Geoff!

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  @Rookiesaviation3 күн бұрын

  When people say climbing to 2.5 rather than 2500!!

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Yes, that would annoy me if I heard that.

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  @henryhunter29183 күн бұрын

  The difference in fuel cost between Redhill and Blackbushe more than paid for that sausage bap

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I'm saying nothing!

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  @richardharmon25193 күн бұрын

  As a member of a syndicate, we say any landing you can walk away from means you can go and put someone else’s name in the logbook. 🤣

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I haven't heard that one before.

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  @theflyingfool3 күн бұрын

  My favourite cliche is "Mummy, when I grow up I want to be a pilot". "I'm sorry darling, you can't do both". I think the essence of the "better to be on the ground" and "if there's doubt..." cliches is safety. A competent pilot has a reasonable grasp of the risks and should be using TEM to mitigate or avoid them. Those cliches serve as reminders that decision making in aviation is an individual thing and not always based on an exact appreciation of all the variables on the day, so I view them as "OK, I've done my appreciation. I've ruled out all the things that would prevent me flying, but lets step back for a minute and review it all".

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  @lawrencemartin11132 күн бұрын

  One of my favourite aviation jokes is, Q:"How do you know if there is a helicopter pilot in the room at a party?" A:"He'll tell you" Interestingly, just to be gender equal....it is only mainly true of male helicopter pilots! 😁

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  @morgidvmw0mdv3 күн бұрын

  Hers one mostly for road travel, but I guess can also be for flying, "Its better to take time and get there than rush and not get there at all".

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  That's a good one.

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  @RoseRodentКүн бұрын

  My mum's version of this was harsher: better late at your destination than early at the cemetery.

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  @ianleslie32903 күн бұрын

  Just wondering why you didn't factor Fairoaks in for your fuel stop? Either as your first choice or the diversion if you got delays at Farnborough or BB. Fairoaks as1st choice would have eliminated having to cross Farnborough, (saving time) Fairoaks as the Alternate would have been closer and have had fuel which you said Redhill didn't.

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I prefer Blackbushe to Fairoaks - when we went there I noticed the loose stones around the holding point which has put me off a bit. Fairoaks would have probably been my plan B if held up at Farnborough.

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  @flytoinspire77723 күн бұрын

  Time to spare, go by air. Gets on my nerves every time! The fuel one is very true though and I'm guilty of saying it!

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I quite like that one.

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  @jonochalker72443 күн бұрын

  Final reserve for piston is 45 minutes not 30

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Which country, which registration, which flight rules, which type of operation are you referencing this statement. I’m G reg, UK airspace, VFR, Non Complex operations.

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  @jonochalker72443 күн бұрын

  @@TheFlyingReporter Hi Jon, it’s for both EASA and UKCAA, G-reg and any EASA registration. 30 minutes holding at 1500ft is for turbo jet aircraft and 45 minutes cruise power for piston. Just finished CPL and MEIR and this was the planning minimum required for both and is also covered in both UK and EASA ATPL theory.

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  @jonochalker72443 күн бұрын

  Sorry, just done some research. Part-NCO is 30 minutes day VFR by the looks of it. Part-CAT is 45. Crazy, why can’t rules be simple and consistent…

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  You’ve gotta know YOUR rules eh. Had a few people take issue with this. But I do check these things before publication. That doesn’t make me infallible but I was pretty sure on this one.

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  @jonochalker72443 күн бұрын

  @@TheFlyingReporter This is true, I’m still surprised it is less for NCO and even more surprised it is only 10 minutes if you are in sight of the airfield and TO/LDG airfield is the same. Must before nearly on fumes by that point! One thing I did find interesting is that the final reserve has to be when you have parked (i.e not just on touchdown). So if you were to go into your final reserve whilst taxiing to stand this is still illegal and has to be reported to authorities. Assume this one is the same across the board but haven’t checked.

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  @lawrencemartin11133 күн бұрын

  Love it. The cliché list is great.....they go on and on. I think others here have already quoted my top list! Fuel wise, I remember back in the late 1980's a young chap who was fairly new to flying and a recently qualified PPL. I had a part time job at Fairoaks as ground crew and Fire crew. One sunny Saturday he turned up enthusiastically ready to take a trip to the Isle of Wight in a club PA28. He requested full fuel and commenced his walk round and pre flight. Then his passengers arrived in the car park. All three were pretty massive folk! They also had a fair number of reasonably large bags with them for a day out at the seaside, including an epic picnic.....he began to sweat a little as he realised the possible performance issues! Nonetheless, despite someone offering to help syphon off some fuel, he pressed on.....the take off was remarkable and how he didn't end up in the field beyond the end of the runway, I will never know. But incredibly, he made it and arrived safely for the day out and returned safely that evening. Lesson learned I suspect.🫣

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  This is why I didn't fuel - but now I try to make sure I leave the aeroplane with a bit more in the tanks!

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  @Rodhern2 күн бұрын

  The good old days :-) Thank you for that fuel story. Btw Jon, remember you are allowed to refuel twice. Fill the amount you know you are going to need after landing, then top up to match your flight plan before departure. People might think you are crazy, but I am sure there is a cliché to explain that one too.

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  @farmer68612 күн бұрын

  The other consideration when running your tanks low is detritus blocking lines and the likelihood of condensation forming which needs no qualification. Don’t go faster than your Guardian Angel can fly Jon!

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  @Robinbamv3 күн бұрын

  On a day with the weather as it was and so many suitable diversion airfields I would have gone direct to Elstree as it is clear that you would have been overhead Elstree with your 30 min final reserve intact. If Elstree had become unavailable there would have been three airfields within ten minutes flying time to divert to. Yes you should be on the ground with your final reserve intact but the reason you have a final reserve is to allow for unforeseen circumstances. The ultra conservative fuel planning in GA is a result of unreliable fuel gauges, poor use of mixture control and lack of fuel flow indicators. Your demonstration of the correct use of the mixture control was refreshing but I would hazard a guess that most pilots fresh from their PPL course have never been taught to lean an engine correctly and have no idea how to set a flight manual defined power setting.

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I don't think I'd have made Elstree with my estimated 30 minute reserve - as it turned out, I had more than estimated, but I couldn't have planned for Elstree based on my estimates.

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  @Robinbamv3 күн бұрын

  @@TheFlyingReporter Being able to trust your fuel flow settings and how much fuel is in the tank are difficult things to do with the kit in must GA aircraft. With experience you have a clearer idea than most. Having reliable fuel flow information coupled with the GPS was am eye opener for me and has saved me a fortune as the mixture gets set accurately and I don’t Cary unnecessary fuel, this allows me to choose where to buy fuel at the best price. With your touring type flying your aircraft is crying out for a Garmin GI 275 engine monitor.

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  @andrewmartin87393 күн бұрын

  Great informative video , but with the cost of fuel bought as well that was without doubt the worlds most expensive sausage bap 😆

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  You're not wrong.

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  @Falckodotcom3 күн бұрын

  "Emergency landing procedure at night: Landing light on, if you don't like what you see.... landing light off"

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I like that one.

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  @ghoflyer3 күн бұрын

  How do you measure fuel? Thought the arrow 3 had sloped tanks like my arrow 4. I have a GI375 with fuel gauges, very accurate. Looking in the tanks rather useless

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  It's very hard. I trust the book figures for fuel burn and I keep good records, and so after a flight I can estimate fuel remaining. Usually, I am on the conservative side - as demonstrated here. But, very difficult to measure on these tanks below about 100L as all you can see from the filler is the dry aluminium on the bottom of the tank.

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  @user-dl7wq7wx9q3 күн бұрын

  @@TheFlyingReportercan’t you use a fuel dip stick? Once you’ve done a few refuels you can get an eye for how accurate it is.

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  With the angled tanks. The last 100L is not visible from the filler cap and not possible to dip.

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  @user-dl7wq7wx9q3 күн бұрын

  Oh I see, not familiar with your aircraft type.

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  @douglasb50463 күн бұрын

  General aviation aircraft have pretty piss poor fuel measuring systems, regardless of any fancy avionics for displaying fuel amount-as the axiom goes garbage in garbage out. This differs from transport category aircraft which have capacitance probes spanning the wingspan so one has a very accurate measure of the amount of fuel. .

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  @rwm29863 күн бұрын

  Thanks for another interesting video. One comment - at 10:35, as part of the briefing for Blackbushe to Elstree, you said you were going to turn left to enter the 'corridor' - I was pleased to see that you (correctly) turned right. Although, with still close to full fuel, a left turn would have been practical!

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Haha. Yes - I spotted this after uploading and I couldn't be bothered to re-edit it. Sorry for my laziness. Avgas brain.

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  @RebuildingScotland2 күн бұрын

  That confused me too!

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  @Rodhern3 күн бұрын

  The thing is a cliché is only valid within some realm of contexts. E.g. I find the "every landing you can walk away from is a good landing" a good general yard stick, but that is just because of the contexts that come to my mind. I don't think of that cliché in a "wow, that was perilous, but everyone walked away, so ..."-situation, in which case I might disagree with that very same cliché.

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  I just find most of the cliches lazy. Why not say something else instead.

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  @Rodhern2 күн бұрын

  @TheFlyingReporter Sure, that may certainly be an explanation. On the other hand, I am not bright enough to explain something like "aviate, navigate, communicate" more succinctly than the cliché itself. Then again, I didn't even know that the clichés were all that annoying - as you can see from my comments, I am not afraid of longwinded answers, but those can become annoying too.

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  @francescaf79673 күн бұрын

  I opened a business in Cheltenham which I opened there because of the proximity of the airport. I used Gloucestershire airport regularly throughout the year for many years - it’s very conveniently located close to Cheltenham and Gloucester and easily accessible from the M5. It has everything you could want in a GA airfield… maintenance/ab-initio and recurrency training, examiners based on site as well as aviation medicals. Out of hours ops were straightforward and I used to leave an airport car there. I visited the airport recently after a 10 year hiatus and if anything it seems to have grown. The only thing that it has lost is the pilot shop… let’s hope that whoever buys it understands the value it brings to the local economy

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  @DeadReckoner3 күн бұрын

  "There's nothing more useless than runway behind you, altitude above you, and fuel in the bowser." I'd say clichés are less useful than at least two of those: Altitude available you means you can climb without infringements; fuel in the bowser means you can fill up at Redhill when you land ;)

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  @TheFlyingReporter3 күн бұрын

  Don't rub it in Scott.

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  @DeadReckoner3 күн бұрын

  @@TheFlyingReporter I'm here to help 🤡