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Old November 16th 04, 04:09 AM
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two hours is two hours.. regardless of where the wind takes you.. it's still
8 gallons gone out of 12..
even if you are not where you thought you should be for that planned fuel
stop

BT

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:24:02 GMT, zatatime wrote:

Plan on 5 gph burn (more like 4.5 but be safe if you don't know the
plane)

Cruise between 2150 and 2250.


I set it at 2100 and expect 4 gph. I fly two-hour segments but of
course that's pretty meaningless on a ferry trip since you probably
can't account for the wind that precisely.

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