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Old December 8th 08, 04:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Sam Spade
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Default This is why you should never trust your fuel gages

wrote:
On Dec 7, 10:20 am, Sam Spade wrote:

Ron Garret wrote:

http://ronsvideos.fliggo.com/video/uIgc0dP9

This video was shot in a Cessna 206 taking us to a game reserve in South
Africa. Watch the fuel gage in the upper right corner.


You might want to change that to "gauge."



Or not. Gage is a perfectly fine variant.


Say what?


gage [gayj] noun (plural gag·es) (archaic)

1.pledge: something that is given or left as security until a debt is
paid or an obligation is fulfilled

2.token of challenge: a glove or other object that is thrown down or
offered as a challenge to fight

3.challenge: a challenge to fight

transitive verb (past gaged, past participle gaged, present participle
gag·ing, 3rd person present singular gag·es) (archaic)

1.offer something as pledge: to offer something as security against a
debt or other obligation

2.BETTING offer as stake in bet: to
offer something as a stake in a bet