"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message

Happy Dog wrote:

I think that there's a certain measure of hyperbole involved. This has
happened plenty of times and the fuel doesn't drain at that rate.

It happened to a friend of mine in a Grumman. The fuel *does* drain at
that
rate. He lost five gallons out of one tank and never reached pattern
altitude
(did a fast 360 at about 400').

I was speaking only of a 185. I'm not trying to make light of this error.

moo