Damaged aircraft - should I pay?

"Sylvain" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:

Who cares what it was before Mexico? 12 to 24 hours before, the track
and
size were well predicted.

now all the hypotheses about leaving on time and in the
right direction and all that, kindof fail if the local
FBO (the nice folks from whom you buy fuel had decided to
play it safe, pack up and leave before you did...

Listen, all, I'm not trying to say that it will work all the time for
everyone. But ya' gotta' try, IMHO.

Lots of folks keep at least half tanks all the time, right? That ought to
get you 60 to 100 miles, for any plane, right?

My whole thing is to get the home stuff done early, when it looks like you
*might* be in harm's way. At the end, if you are lined up for a hit, take
the short flight. It still ought to get you more safe, if you stay away, or
decide to drive back.

For each his own. Unless we get another Hugo, I'm safe, for now. If I was
living in a danger zone, part of my preparedness plan would involve moving
the plane. That's me, perhaps not you. My final words.
--
Jim in NC
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

Listen, all, I'm not trying to say that it will work all the time for
everyone. But ya' gotta' try, IMHO.

Lots of folks keep at least half tanks all the time, right? That ought to
get you 60 to 100 miles, for any plane, right?

"You fly it, you refuel it." We always had full tanks...

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote

"You fly it, you refuel it." We always had full tanks...

Yes, but that does not always work for all airplanes. For some, if you fill
all the tanks, you can carry two people and one handkerchief, but you can do
that for a long time! g
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Darrel Toepfer" wrote

"You fly it, you refuel it." We always had full tanks...

Yes, but that does not always work for all airplanes. For some, if you fill
all the tanks, you can carry two people and one handkerchief, but you can do
that for a long time! g

Generally works well for the 1xx series Cessnas and a 3Pacer we owned...

Morgans wrote:
"Darrel Toepfer" wrote

"You fly it, you refuel it." We always had full tanks...

Yes, but that does not always work for all airplanes. For some, if you fill
all the tanks, you can carry two people and one handkerchief, but you can do
that for a long time! g



Relax. After an hour or two you'll be legal again.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Darrel Toepfer wrote:

"You fly it, you refuel it." We always had full tanks...

Great. Do that in a Maule, and you'll never have full tanks (the vents will dump
about 5 gallons out of each if you top it off). If you have a tiedown with a bit
of a slope (I did at Old Bridge), you'll fuel up before flying. And you'll leave
an inch of air in the top of the tank. If you park on a slope with full tanks,
the uphill tank will cause the other to overflow and it'll be half full the next
time you want to fly.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.