"Dan Luke" wrote in message
"Happy Dog" wrote:
We watch the weather closely, and carefully pick our times to fly. We
ALWAYS refuel after every flight, so that we always have full tanks.
Since we can fly non-stop for over 5 hours, this pretty much eliminates
the "running out of gas" scenario.

I don't know why more pilots don't do this.

Well, sometimes it doesn't make sense.
I'll give you an example: I got back from Houston last Friday with tanks
half full; thirty+ gallons. Yesterday I flew to Dothan, about a 1.1-hour
trip. Why would I tank up and lug 30 more gallons up to cruise altitude
when
I already had 3 hours fuel aboard?

If there's *no* chance of weather being a factor, then that's more than
reasonable.

On top of that, fuel is 20c/gal. cheaper
at Dothan, so I saved $6 by filling up there.

I assume this is a joke...

moo