NW_Pilot's Trans-Atlantic Flight -- All the scary details...
congrats on a successful flight NW... half of me is really jealous and
the other half thinks it'd be too scared to try that even if given the
chance. loved the story though...
i was curious about cessna's explanation of the airspeed problems - you
said "the loss of the airspeed indicator was caused by fuel vapors
entering the pitot tube". how did it get in there? the wing vent is
well behind the pitot, right? i see the picture with fuel on the
nosewheel, did that come ouf of one of the drains under the fuselage?
did you lose both the G1000 and steam gauge indications or did one keep
working (accurately?)
thanks,
todd.
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