On Feb 23, 2:11*pm, wrote:
Despite my years of fighting ignorance, many pilots still seem to
believe that the fuel gauge only has to be accurate when it reads 0. In
fact, I have seen both Rod Machado and the Kings assert this. We have
an uphill fight, my brother.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Rod Machado. I have his audio CD book and it may well be that this is
where I heard the idea of being accurate only when full or empty. I
can't remember at the moment but I'll find out.

Maybe the only-accurate-on-empty myth started as one of Rod's jokes
and got out of hand.