Safety Tip: Make sure you don't run out of gas

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/small-plane-down-near-coleman-a-young-international-airport

Oh, and if a power line is down, don't walk into it.

 

[Lachlan]

Double Safety Tip: don't double post... https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/out-of-gas-really-really-detroit.96396/

 

[Zeldman]

I used to "run out of gas" when on a date.......

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Double Safety Tip: don't double post... https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/out-of-gas-really-really-detroit.96396/

Yup. Mine was first by about 5 hours.

 

[mscard88]

Yup. Mine was first by about 5 hours.

 

[Doggtyred]

Double Safety Tip: don't double post... https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/out-of-gas-really-really-detroit.96396/

Sounds like you should tell that to the other guy then...

 

[deonb]

I used to "run out of gas" when on a date.......

They have a pill for that now...

 

[Sac Arrow]

"the plane was a small Cesna type."

 

[Timbeck2]

And the gun was an AK-47...

 

[Unit74]

"the plane was a small Cesna type."

Aren't they all Cessnas?

 

[hawk25u]

According to our news reporters they used to be Piper Cubs. Now that we have a new generation of reporters all they know is Cessnas...

 

[Hank S]

The picture sure looked like a Cessna to me. But then, all of those planes with the funny tails look alike, slanted back and all droopy . . .

 

[Omalley1537]

Aren't they all Cessnas?

Yep. Unless it's an airliner, then it's a 737. Oh, and any moveable control surface is a "flap", and any power off landing is a "crash landing."

 

[kyleb]

Any paved surface at the airport is "tarmac".

 

[JOhnH]

Double Safety Tip: don't double post... https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/out-of-gas-really-really-detroit.96396/

Why? Are you going to beat him up? There must be thousands of threads on POA of repetitive nature. Why choose this one to ***** about? And why not the one that actually double posted?

 

[ircphoenix]

Captain Thorpe's thread can beat up ChemGuy's thread!

 

[PPC1052]

Aren't they all Cessnas?

Yep. Cessnas without flight plans. Maybe that's a good name for a garage band.

 

[SoCal RV Flyer]

...and any power off landing is a "crash landing."

Reminded me of a classic. Pertinent bit is at 1:25.

 

[Omalley1537]

Yep. Cessnas without flight plans. Maybe that's a good name for a garage band.

And their rival band, Cirrus and the Red Handles.

 

[Zeldman]

Make sure you don't run out of gas tip:

Always carry a 5 gallon can so if you run out of gas you can send someone to the nearest Circle K for gas.....

A few years ago a guy walked into the FBO carrying a 5 gallon can. Seems he was flying a helicopter and was very low on fuel, so he landed in a field, walked to the highway and hitched a ride to the airport. We filled up his can, and I drove him back to the field. He put the fuel in, took off and flew to the airport to fill up. But before he left he did fill the 5 gallon can....

 

[ejensen]

I pushed it once and ended up dead sticking to the airport. Never again.

 

[midcap]

Make sure you don't run out of gas tip:

Always carry a 5 gallon can so if you run out of gas you can send someone to the nearest Circle K for gas.....

A few years ago a guy walked into the FBO carrying a 5 gallon can. Seems he was flying a helicopter and was very low on fuel, so he landed in a field, walked to the highway and hitched a ride to the airport. We filled up his can, and I drove him back to the field. He put the fuel in, took off and flew to the airport to fill up. But before he left he did fill the 5 gallon can....

That seems to be a easier strategy in a helo than a fixed wing aircraft....

 

[denverpilot]

According to our news reporters they used to be Piper Cubs. Now that we have a new generation of reporters all they know is Cessnas...

They don't get any smarter with all the available ways to look things up, doubt anyone gets any smarter listening to them, either.

Just sayin'. It's not much of a thinking person's kind of job anymore. See: USA Today.

I laughed when some friends from overseas stayed elsewhere and then visited here on a trip and they'd gotten the impression USA Today was some sort of national good-quality newspaper... because they'd seen it in all their chain hotels.

"No, that's just the free crap that hotels toss on the floor in front of hotel rooms to deliver advertising to suckers... I can't think of a single person who subscribes to it ever, and we never see it unless we must stay in a chain hotel. I could go years without seeing one since I stopped traveling. Good for lining the birdcage, if you have a bird."