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Intersting tidbit about the Miami seaplane crash and fuel reserves
from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/
"One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana." Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were just saying that to discourage hijackers? |
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Intersting tidbit about the Miami seaplane crash and fuel reserves
Bimini is approximately 50 nm from Miami. Havana is considerably farther
away. Best regards, Steve Robertson N4732J 1967 Beechcraft Musketeer xyzzy wrote: from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/ "One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana." Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were just saying that to discourage hijackers? |
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Intersting tidbit about the Miami seaplane crash and fuel reserves
"xyzzy" wrote in message oups.com... from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/ "One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana." Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were just saying that to discourage hijackers? I'm not so sure they file IFR very often. -- Scott |
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Intersting tidbit about the Miami seaplane crash and fuel reserves
They're an air carrier, aren't they? All such operations are conducted
under IFR. tscottme wrote: "xyzzy" wrote in message oups.com... from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/ "One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana." Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were just saying that to discourage hijackers? I'm not so sure they file IFR very often. |
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Intersting tidbit about the Miami seaplane crash and fuel reserves
Paul Folbrecht wrote: They're an air carrier, aren't they? All such operations are conducted under IFR. No, they're not. |
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Intersting tidbit about the Miami seaplane crash and fuel reserves
"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message
... They're an air carrier, aren't they? All such operations are conducted under IFR. I've been leaving KFLL when I was IFR, getting a clearance, and when Chalks was ready to depart with passengers, and I know they departed VFR. Now granted that was early '90s, and things may have changed since. Sometimes they departed VFR and sometimes they departed IFR, at least from the airport I flew from and worked at. -- Scott Today, the sons and daughters of those earlier appeasers have taken up where their parents and grandparents left off. - Burt Prelutsky http://tinyurl.com/coplb |
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