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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/-rbbt • 26d ago
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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.
48 u/VanillaGorilla59 26d ago Really?!?! That’s on preflight check where I come from… 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. 12 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…
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. 12 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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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.
12 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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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.