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Would you go?
You have to take off at dawn to pick up an Angel Flight patient 200
miles away, so you call the FBO the night before to have the airplane pulled out and fueled. When you arrive at the airport, you find the fuel truck parked in front of the airplane, blocking it. The FBO is locked up and no one's around. Checking the gauges reveals that fuel has been added. You call the FBO's number, but all you can do is leave a message on the answering machine asking what's going on. It's time to go; you could push the plane away from the truck and taxi away, but now you're wondering: did they block it for a reason? Is the fuel contaminated? Did someone notice something dangerous about the plane that you don't see? Did you forget to pay your fuel bill? What??? In the event, I did an extra careful preflight, took large fuel samples, did an extended run-up and took off with no problems. Would you have? -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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It's time to go; you could push the plane away from the truck and taxi
away, but now you're wondering: did they block it for a reason? Is the fuel contaminated? Did someone notice something dangerous about the plane that you don't see? Did you forget to pay your fuel bill? What??? In the event, I did an extra careful preflight, took large fuel samples, did an extended run-up and took off with no problems. Would you have? I would assume that the line-guy brain farted and forgot to move the truck after fueling. I would have departed, same as you. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote: I would assume that the line-guy brain farted and forgot to move the truck after fueling. It would have been a quarter-mile walk back to the FBO. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 07:31:42 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote: You have to take off at dawn to pick up an Angel Flight patient 200 miles away, so you call the FBO the night before to have the airplane pulled out and fueled. When you arrive at the airport, you find the fuel truck parked in front of the airplane, blocking it. The FBO is locked up and no one's around. Checking the gauges reveals that fuel has been added. You call the FBO's number, but all you can do is leave a message on the answering machine asking what's going on. It's time to go; you could push the plane away from the truck and taxi away, but now you're wondering: did they block it for a reason? Is the fuel contaminated? Did someone notice something dangerous about the plane that you don't see? Did you forget to pay your fuel bill? What??? In the event, I did an extra careful preflight, took large fuel samples, did an extended run-up and took off with no problems. Would you have? Based upon a successful preflight, I would have went, but I would have tried harder to track down the FBO's manager or owner to ask WTF? |
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Since there are a thousand more clear ways to communicate that there is
something wrong with the plane or fuel, I would assume the truck's placement was the result of something else and make the flight. "Dan Luke" wrote in message ... You have to take off at dawn to pick up an Angel Flight patient 200 miles away, so you call the FBO the night before to have the airplane pulled out and fueled. When you arrive at the airport, you find the fuel truck parked in front of the airplane, blocking it. The FBO is locked up and no one's around. Checking the gauges reveals that fuel has been added. You call the FBO's number, but all you can do is leave a message on the answering machine asking what's going on. It's time to go; you could push the plane away from the truck and taxi away, but now you're wondering: did they block it for a reason? Is the fuel contaminated? Did someone notice something dangerous about the plane that you don't see? Did you forget to pay your fuel bill? What??? In the event, I did an extra careful preflight, took large fuel samples, did an extended run-up and took off with no problems. Would you have? -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote: I would assume that the line-guy brain farted and forgot to move the truck after fueling. It would have been a quarter-mile walk back to the FBO. -- Dan C172RG at BFM Truck broke? |
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Truck broke?
Yep: starter busted. |
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"Dan Thompson" wrote: Since there are a thousand more clear ways to communicate that there is something wrong with the plane or fuel, I would assume the truck's placement was the result of something else and make the flight. That was my guess, that they probably would have at least left a note. But that's assuming good sense on the part of the late shift line guy, a very shaky assumption at best. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Dan Luke wrote:
That was my guess, that they probably would have at least left a note. But that's assuming good sense on the part of the late shift line guy, a very shaky assumption at best. Considering where he left the broken truck, he appears to be making your point for you. - Andrew |
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There are much more obvious ways to ground an airplane than to park a
truck in front of it. They could have telephoned you, or left you a note. In our club, we ground an airplane by tying a rag on the prop, writing a note in the aircraft tachsheet, and calling the crew chief for that aircraft. Parking a car in front of the hanger is only going to **** someone off. "Dan Luke" wrote in : You have to take off at dawn to pick up an Angel Flight patient 200 miles away, so you call the FBO the night before to have the airplane pulled out and fueled. When you arrive at the airport, you find the fuel truck parked in front of the airplane, blocking it. The FBO is locked up and no one's around. Checking the gauges reveals that fuel has been added. You call the FBO's number, but all you can do is leave a message on the answering machine asking what's going on. It's time to go; you could push the plane away from the truck and taxi away, but now you're wondering: did they block it for a reason? Is the fuel contaminated? Did someone notice something dangerous about the plane that you don't see? Did you forget to pay your fuel bill? What??? In the event, I did an extra careful preflight, took large fuel samples, did an extended run-up and took off with no problems. Would you have? |
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