in article , Yossarian at
wrote on 11/15/03 11:03 AM:

Practically it makes no difference for the reason you state. But because
the fuel gauge is required equipment technically you would be flying
illegally.

Gotcha.

BTW, I wasn't suggesting I'd fly with a faulty gauge.


"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article , Yossarian at
wrote on 11/15/03 9:36 AM:

I understand that functional fuel gauges are required equipment for day
VFR
flight. Yesterday during my preflight in a 172 I saw that the right
gauge
was functioning intermittently--it would show full, flicker down to
zero,
bounce around, etc. Tank was visually confirmed full. Mechanic messed
around with it for a while to no effect.

Would you fly this airplane?

Since we are taught from day 1 of our flight lessons to never trust the
gas
gauge anyway, what difference does it make?