On Oct 5, 11:53 am, B A R R Y wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:21:50 -0500, "Maxwell"
wrote:



The POH will answer that.

Wise ass.

What's up with that?

Getting a new pilot into the habit of going to the POH _first_, is a
bad thing? G

The POH for the 1958 Luscombe I used to fly had a 10-page POH. I
imagine the older cessna models were the same.

Besides, how many times have you really switched tanks in a 172? The
last time I tried to turn the fuel switch in a 172 to demonstrate to a
student, it felt like I might break something. It probably has never
been touched in years.

The OP has a damn good question, so telling him to "go read the POH'
is very patronizing and reflects poorly on all pilots' attitudes
towards new students. And you wonder why the student population is
declining in aviation. I once flew with a smart-ass CFI like this. I
flew with him only once, and unfortunately that experience kept me
from coming back for a long time. Be careful about how you treat new
comers to aviation.