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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/-rbbt • 26d ago
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Aviate, navigate, communicate. Mans is a legend!!!
146 u/that_dutch_dude 26d ago dude might want to add "check fuel" to that list. video is around for a while, he ran out of fuel. 50 u/VanillaGorilla59 26d ago Really?!?! That’s on preflight check where I come from… 28 u/EggOkNow 25d ago My buddy works as aircraft mechanic. Some guy, back to back summers had to go down in orchards because he didnt check the fuel... 9 u/bigolchimneypipe 25d ago That's something I do every time in every car I ever drive so i cant even imagine forgetting to do that in an airplane. 11 u/tectoniclakes 25d ago The issue isn’t forgetting it as such. In most of these light aircraft, the fuel gauges do not work or are not reliable. You have to use a “dip stick” on both the fuel tanks to get the actual fuel. A step that some pilots simply skip 39 u/djamp42 26d ago I make falling out of the sky look good. 10 u/bkn95 25d ago it’s not flying.. its falling, with style! 15 u/hornyadele 26d ago If this isn’t the ‘calm under pressure’ dictionary example, I don’t know what is 4 u/YuriRosas 26d ago Well, they all train it and go through a test about it. 4 u/Turtles47 25d ago Except it was his own doing that he didn’t check his fuel levels before he took off. Engine didn’t actually fail. 1 u/[deleted] 26d ago [removed] — view removed comment
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dude might want to add "check fuel" to that list.
video is around for a while, he ran out of fuel.
50 u/VanillaGorilla59 26d ago Really?!?! That’s on preflight check where I come from… 28 u/EggOkNow 25d ago My buddy works as aircraft mechanic. Some guy, back to back summers had to go down in orchards because he didnt check the fuel... 9 u/bigolchimneypipe 25d ago That's something I do every time in every car I ever drive so i cant even imagine forgetting to do that in an airplane. 11 u/tectoniclakes 25d ago The issue isn’t forgetting it as such. In most of these light aircraft, the fuel gauges do not work or are not reliable. You have to use a “dip stick” on both the fuel tanks to get the actual fuel. A step that some pilots simply skip
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Really?!?! That’s on preflight check where I come from…
28 u/EggOkNow 25d ago My buddy works as aircraft mechanic. Some guy, back to back summers had to go down in orchards because he didnt check the fuel... 9 u/bigolchimneypipe 25d ago That's something I do every time in every car I ever drive so i cant even imagine forgetting to do that in an airplane. 11 u/tectoniclakes 25d ago The issue isn’t forgetting it as such. In most of these light aircraft, the fuel gauges do not work or are not reliable. You have to use a “dip stick” on both the fuel tanks to get the actual fuel. A step that some pilots simply skip
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My buddy works as aircraft mechanic. Some guy, back to back summers had to go down in orchards because he didnt check the fuel...
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That's something I do every time in every car I ever drive so i cant even imagine forgetting to do that in an airplane.
11 u/tectoniclakes 25d ago The issue isn’t forgetting it as such. In most of these light aircraft, the fuel gauges do not work or are not reliable. You have to use a “dip stick” on both the fuel tanks to get the actual fuel. A step that some pilots simply skip
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The issue isn’t forgetting it as such. In most of these light aircraft, the fuel gauges do not work or are not reliable. You have to use a “dip stick” on both the fuel tanks to get the actual fuel. A step that some pilots simply skip
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I make falling out of the sky look good.
10 u/bkn95 25d ago it’s not flying.. its falling, with style!
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it’s not flying.. its falling, with style!
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If this isn’t the ‘calm under pressure’ dictionary example, I don’t know what is
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Well, they all train it and go through a test about it.
Except it was his own doing that he didn’t check his fuel levels before he took off. Engine didn’t actually fail.
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u/localcasestudy 26d ago
Aviate, navigate, communicate. Mans is a legend!!!