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Old October 5th 06, 05:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Frank Ch. Eigler
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Default NW_Pilot's Trans-Atlantic Flight -- All the scary details...


"Doug" writes:

Before everyone jumps all over Garmin keep in mind that what caused
this was the auxilary fuel tank! It created a condition that the Garmin
unit could not handle. But the stock Cessna setup would never create
this condition! [...]


Given that the fuel vapor return line goes to the left tank, I wonder
what happens on these newfangled 172s if one flies off of the right
tank for quite some time.

- FChE